09.28.07
Posted in GTA, Interviews, Jack, TakeTwo, Threats at 10:11 am by Exick
Once in a while, I feel like maybe being so blunt about the name of this blog isn’t helpful. After all, starting off with calling someone a fucking douchebag right in the title of it doesn’t exactly qualify as an olive branch. But then a day like today comes along and I stop feeling bad about it and wonder whether there are more colorful adjectives I could come up with.
New and strangely-titled game blog GameTwat has an exclusive interview with Old Man Jack up on their site today. It’s positively rife with so many examples of behavior that makes him truly despicable.
Name-calling (on GamePolitics): “GP really ought to stand for Godless Pissants”
Hypocrisy (on GP readers): “They care almost nothing about anything other than themselves and their petty concerns.”
General douchebaggery: “Welcome to A Clockwork Orange world, thanks to Sony, Nintendo, and the anti-Christ, Bill Gates”
Legal threats: “GamePolitics will be in court by then, so I shan’t bother them with the news”
For your convenience, I have extracted the various names that he calls people in the interview:
e-tard
lemming-like gamer robots
an industry lapdog
a tool of the industry
sycophantic readers
total moron
right at the amoeba brain level of intelligence
industry tools
twit
Godless Pissants
GamePolitics moron
anti-Christ
And now one last one: fucking douchebag. That one’s from me to you, Jack. I don’t feel bad about it anymore. Check out the full interview at GameTwat.
GameTwat: Exclusive: GameTwat Interviews Jack Thompson
GP’s response
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09.21.07
Posted in Jack, Threats at 8:48 pm by Exick
Scott Johnson, creator of the excellent gamer-aimed webcomic ExtraLife is now on the receiving end of Jack’s loony behavior. You see, a couple days ago, Scott was inspired by Jack’s hubris to create a Photoshop contest wherein one would insert Jack Thompson’s glorious visage into various video game scenarios. Fun for kids of all ages, right? Well, Jack didn’t think so. This angered Jack. JACK SMASH! Or rather, JACK SEND IMMATURE EMAIL! He fires off an email to Scott telling him to cease and desist within an hour. Scott figures it’s just a reader being funny. Well, apparently he was wrong. The email did, in fact, come from the actual Lord of Douchebaggery Himself. Scott seems to be handling it diplomatically, which is probably the right way to go.
Extra Life: Jack Thompson actually gave me a “cease and desist”.
P.S. Yes, I am laughing my ass off, Jack.
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Posted in Jack, Legal, Microsoft, Threats at 6:03 pm by Exick
Just to be fair, Jack has decided to stop focusing all his energy on Rockstar and GTA for a while and go after a something possibly larger: Halo 3 and Microsoft. Yes our old pal has filed a complaint in a Florida Circuit Court against Microsoft and Best Buy alleging, among other things, that Microsoft is deliberately marketing Halo 3 to teens who can’t buy the game. Of course, what he hopes to accomplish is anyone’s guess.
GameSHOUT: Jack Thompson Files Lawsuit Over Halo 3
Update: Read the full text of the complaint over at GP (Word Doc)
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08.31.07
Posted in Jack, Legal, TakeTwo, Threats at 8:06 am by Exick
So little Jackie is furiously typing away at his keyboard again. His target? Who else? Take 2 Interactive. Of course, there’s the little problem of the settlement between the two which, among other things, bars him from communicating with Take 2. Most of it is par-for-the-course Jack. The part about Take 2 threatening him is especially amusing since he’s the one that initiated the discussion and it opened with a threat. (emphasis mine)
Dear Mr. Zelnick and Mr. Feder:
Congratulations on receiving a “Mature” rating for Manhunt 2. You’ll live to regret it (trust me), so enjoy it while you can.
Read more about it over at Game Politics.
Game Politics: Take Two Warns Jack Thompson Over Manhunt 2
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05.22.07
Posted in Jack, Microsoft, Threats at 2:55 pm by Exick
Our old pal is still digging around his bag o’ tricks. This time he’s got Microsoft (and indirectly Bungie Studios) in his sights as he’s threatening legal action if Bill Gates doesn’t take “dramatic, real steps” to curb sales of Halo 3 to people under 17. More empty threats, nebulous demands, and posturing from The Baggy One. This isn’t the first time Jack has attempted to get Redmond’s attention, and it won’t be the last, but I’d venture that Jack hasn’t swindled and fearmongered enough grieving families out of their money to battle in the courts with Microsoft.
GameAlmighty: Jack Thompson Lays His Legal Sites on Halo 3
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05.08.07
Posted in Jack, TakeTwo, Threats at 9:48 pm by Exick
Since Jack is no longer allowed to go after Rockstar/Take Two directly, he’s decided that being a nuisance to them indirectly is the way to go. Enter Wendy’s and their Wii promotion. He hasn’t actually done anything yet, but this is Jack laying the groundwork. You can bet that sometime in the near future, everyone’s time will be wasted by this douchebag with yet another lawsuit.
GamePolitics.com: Hey, Jack… You Want Fries With That?
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03.16.07
Posted in Jack, Legal, TakeTwo, Threats at 5:35 pm by Exick
Jack gets Taken 2 court
The lawyers over at Take 2 finally had enough of Jack’s empty threats and garbage spewing.
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01.04.07
Posted in Jack, Microsoft, Threats at 7:36 am by Exick
Jack must be hungry because now he’s going after the deepest pockets of them all.
I’m sure your threats are very scary to Mr. Gates, Jack.
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12.29.06
Posted in ESA, Jack, Legal, TakeTwo, Threats at 11:45 am by Exick
Jack Thompson Vows More Public Nuisance Suits Against Games in 2007
Oh thank heaven for that. What might have become of us if we were deprived of you continuously promoting yourself at the expense of taxpayers and grieving families? I personally don’t want to imagine that world. Thank you, Jack.
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