Jack Thompson Threatens Gabe Newell Over School Shooter Mod

[kurokenshi]

"Florida Higher Education Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention"

Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm not a native English speaker) but "substance abuse" is about taking drugs, right? What do they have to see with a topic like this?

Reminds me of that article about how playing games has the same effect as taking cocaine.
Which is just stupid!

 

[Woem]

"Florida Higher Education Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention"

Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm not a native English speaker) but "substance abuse" is about taking drugs, right? What do they have to see with a topic like this?

Reminds me of that article about how playing games has the same effect as taking cocaine.
Which is just stupid!

And the guy who claimed that was a therapist, who has no scientific knowledge of how the brains acts on cocaine, or while playing games. I could make the same statement with exactly the same validity.

 

[Lordpils]

Somebody should hire Jack Thompson to write video game reviews. That would be utterly fantastic!

I'm sorry sir but that has to be among the worst ideas I've ever heard. Why would we want to hear MORE of this asshole?

What about a parody of Jack Thompson doing video game reviews? Think of the humor that could be derived from that.

 

[JaffaFrost]

"I hate being right all the time." God, I laughed so much at that.

 

[Mechsoap]

I don't think valve has the power to stop it releasing, since their engine is free...

Damn, Thompson needs to do more homework.

 

[Ithera]

Oh deary me, Mr Newell must be shaking in his boots. Mr Thompson needs a reality check, and a few visits to a local mental health professional.

 

[TheMann]

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Jack Thompson R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!"

Yes, I could probably write an entire horror novel based on that picture alone.

On a side note I peer into the future:

[HEADING=1]PC GAMER[/HEADING]



2013 GAME OF THE YEAR: MURDER SIMULATOR!






Valve's smash hit inspired by douchebag's letter, says Gabe Newell.
[small]Still no comment on Episode 3.[/small]

Jan. 2014

 

[Butah P]

I wonder why he was disbarred. OH WAIT, it's because he files meritless and unfounded lawsuits about anything he doesn't like. You can't sue about bad taste. If so, I'd have a pending lawsuit against every fat chick in spandex.

 

[Gentleman_Reptile]

I agree with him in the way that the horrible school shooter mod should well and truly go away.....but the same can go for him.

 

[TheRealCJ]

Or, to paraphrase:

"Fuck you, Gabe Newell. Hahahaha.

Love, Jack."

I mean, this guy is just fucking hysterical now. "I hate being right all the time", "your Half-Life murder simulator", "GOVERN YOURSELF ACCORDINGLY".

I'm not the one to advocate for that horrid mod, but, Jack... hahahaha.

Dear Mr. Thompson.

We at Valve agree wholeheartedly, and will shut down this heinous mod on time, as per the deadline. if there's one thing Valve is known for, it's meeting deadlines.

(*trollface*)

Sincerely.

Gabe Newell

 

[kwagamon]

Double edged. The mod reflects poorly on the gamer side, so I don't really understand the hatred. Well, I do. The man is clueless to the culture we live in, but I do have to say that the mod makes us look terrible. It's a hard subject to approach. Do I defend the mod or do I condone it? I do neither. I stand neutral on this. Blindly hating everything the man says isn't going to get us, as gamers, anywhere. It is a mod that will raise eyebrows and fists in the non-gamer community, and I think that it may be pushing the envelope a little too far. We already are under so much stress for M rated games, so pushing it as far as it can go is a little much, especially when non-gamers view us as social deviants.

The part that pisses me off about the lack of understanding is that the M-rated games are just that: M-rated. The games aren't intended for and (usually) not marketed toward children openly. Yes, many of the titles are childish and many parents will buy the game for their under-17 children, but if the game company gets the M rating, anyone that sees the M on the case should be aware that it's going to be either overly violent or overly sexual, often both. People that say these games have an impact on kids should really get all huffy and start blowing smoke at the parents of these kids.

I played my first M-rated game when I was 5. That is less than a third of the age at which I could buy them. I don't have any problems other than a general minor bit of misanthropy which came from the heavy doses of bullying at school over the years. I'm not violent by the standards of 19-year-old boys. I have yet to consider taking a life. Even as a child I could understand that these games were not things one should do in real life.

Now, if I hadn't been releasing my massive amounts of frustration on virtual people, I almost definitely would have been taking it out on real people. I would either have gotten into fights a lot instead of just letting things go, or almost as likely probably seriously harmed somebody. Thus, video games saved the health and wellbeing of if not me then everyone who ever picked on me.

Here's just a couple of afterthoughts. (And I know these have been thought and said many times before.) Many parents will let their kid watch an incredibly violent movie without batting an eyelash, yet not play a less-violent game. Also, I have played every Call of Duty game in addition to several other first-person shooters with real weapons featured in them. I still have no idea how to operate any of the weapons in those games except for single shot rifles and shotguns. You know where I learned how to use THOSE? Boy Scout camp. Would someone like Jack ever tell people that Boy Scout camp teaches us how to murder things with real weapons? No. But they do. Just sayin'.

 

[stabnex]

...

"Q_Q"

*worlds smallest violen*

OT: Dear Mr Thompson,

Would you rather we sociopaths simply simulated our massacres, or actually enacted them?

Sincerely, Everyone

 

[Bling1907]

Ah lord no!

 

[smartengine]

What's he gonna do? Absolutly nothing. I think it would be kind of funny if he walked into Valve and started shooting everyone. Well, not funny but...

it would be ironic.

OT:

Half life is a "murder simulator"? WTF man.

Also... If I just made a video about a shooting with a lot of blood and gore, I bet they wouldn't ask Google to take it down from YouTube.

 

[TheScottishFella]

Hang on Jack I would like to say something.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Oh? You were serious?"

 

[Zinaxos]

Oh Jack Thompson... When will you ever quit?

 

[omegawyrm]

Lot less rage about the actual game then there was in that other thread.

 

[Vohn_exel]

Guess the guy has nothing else to do, lol.