Kotaku
We've seen people go to extreme lengths for both charity and eBay auctions, but this particular item, a copy of Grand Theft Auto III allegedly signed by fan fave Jack Thompson at VGXPO, combines the two in an attractive package. According to the listing, the PlayStation 2 version of the game can be yours (we think) for the low, low price of $4,000, the proceeds of which will be redirected in full to the Child's Play charity. There's even a picture of the signee and auction lister—who we're told is not TV's famous Wil Wheaton—to aid in the proof of authenticity.
What is suspect, however, is whether you actually get the signed copy of the game for your four large, seemingly the entire point of dropping this much cash on a used PS2 game. The eBay listing comes with the unclear note "Please note: I do not actually want to sell this. I am just listing it for show and to hopefully win a contest. However, if you want to spend $4000 on this then I will donate 100% of the proceeds to Child's Play Charity." The seller does have a 99.9% positive rating, so I wager you'll be satisfied. If you do decide to give up the cash, let us know when (and if) you get it.
Grand Theft Auto III Signed By Jack Thompson (PS2) [eBay - thanks, Rick!]
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Help please, a black hole just opened up in my room and is devouring space-time.
I'm not sure if these two things are related.
I'm scared.
Can people donate to me so then I can buy it so then the money is donated to child's play?
"I am just listing it for show and to hopefully win a contest."
What's the contest? Get a sucker to send you $4000 for nothing? If someone pays for this, then he'll certainly be a winner.
What the heck?
Am I the only one that can't possibly imagine ol' Jack signing this?
Seriously, I'm having a hard enough time picturing him within 10 feet of it, let alone coming into contact with it...
Wow, what a classy way to donate to Child's Play if you just love donating through a proxy... on eBay. Sounds like someone wants free money.
@Coquiton: Hypnosis, blackmail, force. Take your pick...
I'm really starting to wonder if Jackie T. remembered to take his crazy pills for a brief moment in time when he did the VGXPO debate. The videos of his interview with Geoff Knightly show a calm, half-way reasonable man who said he enjoys many games in his free time, even Call of Duty (*gasp* a shooter!) Geoff and N'Gai Croal were actually impressed by his... sanity. Now it seems he even did a friendly, tongue-in-cheek gesture there by signing GTA freaking III!
Since then he's back to his old crazy-ness, spewing FPS as war-training/brain washing conspiracies. Give this sick man his medicine!
The Boston Red Sox win TWO World Series...
The Patriots have a perfect season...
And Jack Thompson autographed a copy of GTA III...
IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD! FLEE!!!!
@Coquiton:
It might just be the DVD case that is signed.
He might have gone up to Jack with some sort of family friendly Christian game and got him to sign it, then just swapped out the game covers afterwards.
It's only a pic of him with JT on it. It doesn't show him signing the game, so until I see a video or pic of that, then I say it's a fake and might even go as far as saying that he'll probably keep the money to himself.
oh wait, sorry, he mentions that the autograph is on the paper inlay, my bad.
It says a "loyal donation" so I'm guessing you'll get nothing in return. Somehow I also think the signature is fake, unless JT has been fooling us all along. If you wanted to donate to Child's play you could just put the money straight into the CP donation box (via their website amazon) instead of a suspect auction like this. It just seems like someone on ebay wants an easy $4000.
@Jehuty:
He mentions that he doesn't actually want to sell it (hence why he lists it for $4000), he has simply listed it on ebay (with the indea of the auction just ending with no bids) so that hilarity ensues, and sites like kotaku write articles about it.
*gasp* Is that our beloved lawyer Jack Thompson?????
What an oddball.
It's pretty bloody useless unless you are called Nick anyway, and I'm not.
If anyone is interested, the competition the guy is hoping to win is here on GameSniped. The competition was to find rare items up for auction so he "cheated" by listing something from his own collection. I think he does intend to ship the item if someone is brave enough to pay $4000 for it. Perhaps JT will buy it to spare himself the embarrassment...
Come on, even JT, as hated as he is by gaming and vice versa, might actually have the sense of humor to do this. Hes not the froth spewing mainiac everyone makes him out to be. He just has crazy points and an odd look on life.
But I still think it might be fake.
The CD is either broken or missing... when you get it, of course.
I'd still rather have placed a bid on that Senate smear letter Rush Limbaugh was selling.
So the devil really does have a sense of humor! ;D
If its real, well played Mr. Thompson, well played indeed.
Now that's an oxymoron if I've ever seen one.
That's some bullshit... I wouldn't buy antidote from Jackie if my life depended on it. Extremist? That's how I roll.
why would people play a signed copy and make it used?
btw, I am no fan of GTA3, I like GTA:VC better, actually.
My guess is the guy who wanted it signed replaced the game art(cover thing) with a different game cover, and then switched it back to GTA.
?
Burn it!
At times I honestly feel that JT's a plant employed by Rockstar.
Hey, for all we know Jack is a big fan of GTA3. After all, isn't his argument something along the lines of "kids shouldn't play it". He may have the mentality of a 2 year old but he's technically an adult.
If I could donate $4,000 to Child's Play, this would be how.
JT did make a joke in an old podcast interview some somewhere about signing his own copy of GTA:SA and putting it on EBay. (Yes, he has a sense of humour!)
I don't want it cos my name's not Nick.
Donate Child's play by buying an adult video game, which contain swears words, violences, bad attitudes and moral panic?
Hell yeah.
Someone hold me. I'm scared!!
lol, has hell frozen over?
@Scazza: You're right. I honestly do think JT does have a sense of self parody, as he's joked with various game industry types about his past actions a handful of times.
I still can't stand him, and I do believe he's not completely sane, but he seems to me to be the kind of person who would be amiable when not talking games or politics.
Hypocrasy for the win!
I hate violent games so bad, that Im going to sign a violent game and make 4000 out of it.
That'll teach you bastards
@Terrorsaur:
Sh!t you didnt see that
"Hypocrisy"
Yeah, I call bullshit on it really being JT's signature.
My name is Nick...too bad I don't have that kind of money.
Does a signed game really worth anything?...I woudln't pay more than the price of the game.
If you're willing to pay that much for this game, you'd have to be as crazy as Thompson himself. Why not hold off a couple of months? Once that clown has his license revoked by the Bar Association, I'm sure he'll willingly sign anything for a quarter.
@beem: I think you're on to something. He's too much of a joke to be for real.
@bluesquareapple: I wish i could but setting people on fire is illegal and only a Mage can do that or a crazy kid from china. LOL
>^,-< *skeptical*
In other news, hell has apparently froze over, and the Dreamcast is being remade.
Pfft, I don't want his shit.
@Coquiton: Same here.
But personally, I say burn it!!!!
Glad to help, but here's a better idea. Give the proceeds to a game addiction treatment center rather than the knuckledheads who associate with the sociopaths at Penny Arcade.
Jack Thompson
Oh, and my Bar license is not being revoked for two reasons: a) there is no such thing as a "bar license," and b) I'm winning that fight. I guess you all haven't been paying attention.
Jack Thompson
PS: Hooah!
@jackthompson: I don't know if this is fake or not. I never correct anyone's grammar or spelling, but if this is really Jack Thompson, YOUR SPELLING SUCKS. Also, the "knuckledheads" you speak of are sick kids. Moron.
@jackthompson: Interesting that you Mr. Jack Thompson of all people is using "Hooah!" which is a slang expression used by the US Army.
Something smells fishy here.
@Witzbold: Yeah...now that I've seen his second post, shenanigans are definitely afoot.
Ignore him, he is no where near winning that "fight"
Am I the only one that thinks having JT touch or sign anything actually depreciates its value?
I know this kid personally. It's legit. Whether or not you would actually pay for this thing is another matter.
@marissa_melee: it can't really be jack thompson he doesn't embed gay porn into his posts