<![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Hell has frozen over.

AletaErginus

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Those specs ARE pretty G, you know.

Amp

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Don't worry! All this really tells us is that Jack Thompson has a firmer grasp on reality than Fox News. That is definately believable!

samaine

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Is this posting a joke? I don't believe this.

Sollus

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> When I first read this, it initially caused me to have a big increase in respect for Jack Thompson -- until I remembered that, if I recall correctly, he's done the same thing (see his comments about the level of detail in the nudity in the Sims games) he accused the other guy of doing.

dracosummoner

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> guys, guys, calm down, jackieboy is just scared he will loose his edge as the most extreme anti game right-wing looney.

Hes a jelaus attention whore, thats all :)

hurtCORE

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Jack still isn't on our side but I find it funny that he disagrees with Fox. I am glad we can all agree on disagreeing on something. Well thats sounds weird.

Stavros90

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> First EA is actually being the good guys demanding an apology for Bioware, now Jack Thompson agrees with them too?

THIS IS MADNESS! MAAAAAAADNESSSSSSSS!

Zen Grenadier

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Wait, wait, wait, what?

No, seriously. What the hell?

I' so confused.

NobleArc, The Lazy Canadian

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @kylenalepa: "Which is worse, the Sex Scene in Mass Effect or The Hot Coffee Mod in GTA"

When you say "worse", Do you mean the type of "porn" in a Mature Game, or the one that delivers what it promise?

In any case, go with the Hot Coffee Mod ;)

Also, it seems more likely that Jack Thompson is talking about the Kevin McCullough article posted on Townshall.com, here the article that was to some small degree corrected, eventually.

[www.townhall.com]

Also, I think we can all safely agree, that Cooper Lawrence will here by be refered to as HE :D

AntiZERØ

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @WarlordPayne: I believe this to be a more true statement that most people realise. lol

"Take 2 released My Little Pony Adventures 2? Sue sue sue!"

wired_fenix

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I never thought I'd say this with any real sense of sincerity, but... thank you Jack Thompson... I'm not gona lie, my wrist actually hurts after writing that.

Athest

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Mr. Pot, I'd love so dearly for you to meet Ms. Kettle. You'll both get along swimmingly, seeing as you're both black and all.

paradigmious

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I always knew Jack was awesome.
(dont sue me plz)

Seestoff

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I call shenanigas! I refuse to believe Jack-o Wack-o defending a game in which you shoot people!

TwilightSea

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> WAT. I... I'm awake, right? This can't be happening. Where's all the rage over being able to hold a gun? Over side ass and boob?! This must be an effect of that meteor. >_>

jessica73

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I was thinking you meant 'fellatious' arguments, for a moment.

As in the kind of arguments proffered by a dick-smoker such as Kevin McCullough.

73mike

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @yvrelabrosse: and might i add : capitalize on that. now ppl might think he's now fair and balanced. by the way i should've proof read myself its fallacious . my bad now it just reads weird.

yvrelabrosse

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @Habits: The ones thing that you can do, as they say, to kill a cause, is to defend it with fallatious arguments. Jack thompson may be self-righteous but he is not stupid. the mass effect controversy was a blessing for gamers everywhere but no one caught up on that. It is a proof that the gaming industry is being bullied. The best thing thompson can do is stop it and thats what he is trying to do.

yvrelabrosse

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> The ones thing that you can do, as they say, to kill a cause, is to defend it with fallatious arguments. Jack thompson may be self-righteous but he is not stupid. the mass effect controversy was a blessing for gamers everywhere but no one caught up on that. It is a proof that the gaming industry is being bullied. The best thing thompson can do is stop it and thats what he is trying to do.

yvrelabrosse

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> WOOOOOW what the hell!

Ra is on That 70s Show

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Jack Thompson = The Arbiter

(for about five minutes)

73mike

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @edb87:

There's already a asteroid 2000 feet passing right across us. And a satalite scheduled to crash either late Feburary or March.

Teonnyn

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @FMITAP: His point is that Rockstar "snuck it in under the radar", thus "proving that the ratings system isn't good enough", not that there was a sex scene in the game period.

Mass effect is very up front about its content.

Sunjammer

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> the enemy of the enemy is my.............. i don't know how to finish that off, i really don't.

whale

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Am I the only one who thinks it would be poetic and hilarious if JT went on Fox and tore McCullogh and Lawrence new ones?

Karlott

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> The "guy who shot his mouth off" is the guy that Fox News picked the lie up from before running with it: Kevin McCullough. I don't think he was referring to Cooper Lawrence.

CZroe

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> The world has ended!!!

Shijirou

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I'm sorry to be reading this story here. This guy is riding his schtick as Lawyer, Defendent Of New Media Morality, with nothing but willing press outlets keeping him afloat and relevant.

Why perpetuate it? I think it's worth sacrificing a few hundred thousand pageviews, if it's in the interest of complete eradication of his voice. Whether this was a considered, proactive decision, or simply the result of passivity, though is not clear.

What if anonymous got behind a cause with the goal of getting online media to stop reporting about Jack Thompson?

RichardMcBeef

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> He's still a dick.

Evil Jim

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> [IMG][i4.photobucket.com]]

Jobbo_Fett

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> This has been one strange week indeed.

First Norbit gets nominated for an Oscar, then Mad Money gets a thumbs-up from Richard Roeper, then Meet the Spartans gets #1 at the box office, Kirby, Animal Crossing Wii, and Disaster are actually in development, and now you're telling me Jack Thompson is defending Mass Effect and saying "hell" in a non-"YOU'RE GOING TO HELL, GAMERS" way?

Either world piece is nigh, or that asteroid really is going to kill us all tomorrow night.

OneManFreakShow

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I can't say I'm as surprised as many of you are. I don't think Mass Effect really has anything to do with his previous attacks on the industry. And I'm pretty sure he was referring to Kevin McCullough as a man, not Cooper Lawrence. He isn't certifiably insane... they tested that already.

Raziel

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Eh? Jack's pissed off with GTA's low level thuggery, but Mass Effect, a game that allows you to commit *genocide*, the wiping out of an entire sentient species, is fine?

That guy has some seriously twisted morals.

Jonman

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @DelDeadeyes: Brian Crecente - Leia Organa
... Could it be?
For some reason I can't wait for the scene from Empire. THE scene.

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Oh my god. EA, then G4, now Jack Thompson...the apocalpyse is coming.

runandgun

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> unpossible.

MeateaW

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> With the upcoming release of Brawl, things are starting to go crazy. Even Jack is supporting video games on this one. The world will soon implode on itself.

KM91

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Wow. Amazing that he sees no correlation whatsoever between one misinformed bigot and himself...
Also, the comment on his glasses is, to me, the highlight of the entire conversation.

Willows

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I got lost somewhere between "Jack Thompson, defend, Mass Effect".

Fyren

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Time Paradox!

Pieman2

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I think I just had a heart attack...wait, my left side feels numb...arrrrghhh

WillSerenity

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> This is like finding out that god regularly sleeps with the devil. At first it's appalling, but then, after some reflection you realize that you probably would too. Given the situation.

Evan R.Thompson

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @Atheist Jew: Yeah I noticed that too, and I found it quite funny.

Tako Attack

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> ...This can't be right

Dick-Ballistic

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Is Jack finally mellowing out a little bit!!!! If he keeps this up he'll find that the million geeks who consider him the anti-christ of video games his devoted slaves and best friends. PS- Or is this new Jack just the new glasses talking???

Syndicated Terence

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> So wait, some of you wastes of skin are actually going to say that Jack is now somehow sane????? Did I miss something here? I think there's a fair chance JT is even more insane. Based on his comments he believes that Cooper Lawrence is a man. Sure you could say that JT made a simple mistake. I for one think that it's much deeper than that. Here are my two theories which none of you can disprove.

1. Jack is a raging homosexual. I think that JT has an overwhelming man lust for Anderson Cooper. Just hearing the words Cooper and 360 spun Jack into an unstoppable homoerotic fantasy world in which he and Anderson Cooper fed each other grapes and gave each other hand jobs. "the guy who shot his mouth off" is playful gay slang for a dude getting his mouth shot with semen. Upon waking from his daydream JT thought that he was being accused of wanting Anderson Coopers nut sack in his mouth. Like a good lawyer he responded with "This contrived controversy is absolutely ridiculous." More or less calling everyone a liar.

2. The second theory doesn't hold as much weight. On the bright side it does have Mark Curry. You see JT was watching his favorite show "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" when he received the email from this Kotaku douche bag. Being the insane old fuck that he is, JT completely misunderstood the email. He thought that said Kotaku douche was warning him about Mr. Cooper jumping thru his TV and exposing an alien breast. Aroused and confused JT was at a loss of words. The only thing he could do is agree that alien breasts are okay and that everyone but him is a liar.

So all of that is trash and you are all stupider for reading it.

Lunchbox12

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> My jaw is now nowhere near where it should be. In fact, it's far south of where the floor generally is.

Taco Bell™

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @ShaggE:

*Holds you close...*

me to, little buddy... me too....

Enigma_20XX

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> What.

I'm speechless.

mitcjase

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Consider my socks blown clean off.

Gunhaver

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Well, well, well. It seems we've learned something about our dear Mr. Thompson. Namely that he has a fetish for alien side-boobs.

phnord

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Jack's sweating, that's all this is. He isn't sure how the who Florida Bar thing or the preemptive tT suit are going to play out and he's losing his grip a little.

Can't wait to see the end of this one.

wild_world_girl

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> This in my mind one hundred percent confirms a suspicion I've had all along... Jack Thompson works for Rockstar. The controversies he starts do nothing but sell their games. Why would he bash Mass Effect a controversy with that game would just drive sales of a competitors game.

Mark my words the makers of grand theft auto sign his paychecks.

Grey-Sky

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I'm shocked. I hate to say it, but maybe we don't give Jack enough credit. He might be a raving loon, but at least he does his research.

Luziphir

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I've always thought that Jack Thompson was relatively intelligent. I mean, he passed law school and everything. He's just always been very misguided. And probably insane. And very probably has rage issues.

Fishballs

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> This is getting really weird, first EA, then G4TV and now Jack...who can we hate now, except FOX?

ClutchWarrior

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> its a very cold day in hell, i assume

jtraveller

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I think he's just trying to convince people that he's not entirely crazy.

gravytrain73

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I think Jack's resolution for 2008 is to get a f***ing clue. Looking good so far.

omninode

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Wait... uh?

sorry I think I'm speechless like 99% of the gaming community right now.

IrisMR

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Sign me up for the culture wars!

strathmeyer

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I realize this comment will just be lost in the sea of others this article has drawn upon itself but I find it absolutely hilarious that Jack spells hell with a capital H. Quite the bible thumper, that guy is.

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I think I went in to another dimention or something, Jack Thompson defending a video game........ i think, if this is true, I´ve just heard and seen it all

SamusAran

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Damn... now my brain is going to go explode.
This controversy has had the most unlikely protagonists ever. Now two figures normally despised by the community are deserving of cheers (or at least a pat on the back). First EA, now Jack...

*head explodes*

RvBPrvtCaboose

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Yeah, Jack has sounded a lot more sane lately...I thought it was me. I saw him on Spike talking about videogames and he seemed relatively level-headed from what I saw.

Contrast this and that segment with everything else I've seen him do and color me curious to hear what he says next.

I just wish that everyone looking to keep this content out of children's hands would use the music and movie industries as a model. Let the content creators make what they will. Let industry bodies rate said content. Let the retailers keep the "mature" content out of the hands of children with ID checks.

Sure, there are holes in the process, but I remember getting someone over 21 to buy me a bunch of vodka at 14. I remember my parents putting a note in the videostore account saying that I could rent whatever I wanted. These holes happen, and in the case of movies and music are accepted as holes and largely ignored (not so much in the case of hard liquor). Why are games so different?

GorbyGipper

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I have to say: I don't love the new specs. Half-rim is passable on smaller lenses, but rimless is ridiculous at any lens size.

Habits

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Jack Thompson - Darth Sidious
Cooper Lawrence - Darth Vader
EA - Yoda
Adam Sessler - Luke Skywalker
Mass Effect - Alderaan :'(

...Could it be?

(LOL)

Sigma-D

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @plumenoir: Nah, pretty good analogy.

@Xagest: You have a point there. Normally it's Europe that's going nuts over violence, while the US are the prudes. Well one place has been at war for centuries, the other was founded by Puritans, go figure.

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @rebelphoenix: You win.

Nex Antonius

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> So this is what happens when the fabric of space and time starts to unravel. Oh well, at least I won't have to make another car payment.

CaptCaveman

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> GTA San Andreas needed a mod to get a sex scene put into the gameplay, and Jack went balistic. But, Mass Effect has a sex scene in the game from the start, and Jack's fine with it. Just goes to show that Jack Thompson has a vendetta on Take Two and Rockstar. Plain and simple.

FMITAP

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Maybe he's realized when he should pick his battles...

...oh wait- he's still fighting GTA...nevermind...

JGab

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I think hell froze over.

munkah

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Please, instead of posting stuff about J.T., help with the passive-aggressive campaign to fade him into obscurity.

Ratuna

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @Hylian: In video games, too.
@bostano: You're not alone. Is that accurate Mr. Crecente?

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> That's it. Armageddon is upon us.

Yamster

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I... I don't know what to say...

TK423

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I think Satan just felt a chill run up his ass.

The Amazing Exploding-Man

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I'm sure it's safe to say that we, the majority, still have some serious reservations in regards to Mr. Jack Thompson.

That being said, I hope this is kinda like that scene where Darth Vader looks at Luke and Emperor Palpatine, and then basically says "Fuck It!", and throws the Emperor down the well (Or whatever that seemingly endless pit was called...)

Here's hoping that Jack starts fighting the good fight...

Soldier_CLE

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Jack working for EA 0.o

JetPogi

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> o.O Can i still call him Crazy Jack?

Ruisu

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I have to wonder if Jacko didnt get confused. This isnt his usual stance and he said "He" as well. Unless he was talking about the panel member.. hmm

Murrytmds

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> He capitalized "hell." Wow, that's somewhat odd to me.

bostano

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> WHAAAAA? hmm are you 100% positive that Jack was the one replying?

Jacktherip

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> It's a trick, get an axe.

rebelphoenix

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> This kind of reminds me of Super Mario RPG. You know, when Bowser joins the party?

Insomnia Bob

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I've honestly always believed in his basic premise which is that video games should be rated and not sold to children. He's just really over the top sometimes, ok all the time, and goes about accomplishing his goals in the most ridiculous ways possible. Still I'm shocked to find him being so rational about something.

ConstantCupcake

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Wow, it's like the Twilight Zone.

Or maybe Jack just hates Rupert Murdoch?

VeritasVierge

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> My entire perception of reality... Ruined.
Kotaku, you win again!

RPharazonius

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> WHAT THE FLYING FUCK!?!?!

blaked569

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> "I like you rnew glasses"!!! LOL

Atilla_the_Nun

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> ...speechless

TheForgotenHero

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> My jaw hit the floor so hard I can hardly believe it.

AndrewG009

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> It seems Jack aint that bad. He should be a gamer!

whoooa

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Brane not process.

CyberSkull

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> of course her thinks it is stupid. He is trying to make his point, best he can with his version of information. The claims he makes, which I ee with them, are not libel and are based on his observations. This made comments based on nothing but stuff she "heard" from others, it weakens his cause to have such a on his side becasue she is such an

xtc46

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I believe he was talking about Geoff. (Jeff?) And not the Fox lady. But eh, whatever.

Eville1

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> You two should team up and make a sitcom about two guys who share an apartment.

Garcian_Smith

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> *fans self rabidly wile wearing a hoopskirt* Oh my, Mr. Thompson agreeing with the likes of us? My word, this is news indeed. *begins to get dizzy * Oh dear, I feel...I feel a bit faint. I'm sure it's noth...*crashes to the ground*

TheDollHouse

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> OK, I must have crossed over to a parallel universe.......I'm late for work, so I have to warm up my purple flying unicorn. !yad ecin a evaH

Acute Gamer

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Those are old-people glasses.

Zero_Beat

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Holy shit this is post is made of surprise and win.

"I like your new glasses"

XD!!!!!

Dudemeister

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Wait-- but you-- but he--
No. That's not true. That's... not possible...

Rubiximus

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Wait! Wait! Wait!

I figured it out. Jack is under the misapprehension that Mass Effect is about shooting *illegal* aliens and banging hot chicks. He doesn't realize that it's a sci-fi game and thinks that it's a piece of escapist good ol' boy fantasy.

Mystery solved.

The_Foo

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> i......um......ya........i dont know what to say

ZetaCrossfire

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Well that's.....unexpected. Pretty awesome though.

Eschguy

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Holy shit.

GuardianEarth128

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> To give Jack some credit, he actually studies up on the games he attacks. Plus, he usually only goes after the most violent like Manhunt and GTA.

Still, the industry needs to learn that video games are not just for kids. It's a regular full medium just like film and television.

Shigamado

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> This conversation makes me laugh for no really discernable reason.

AdmiralRupert

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I agree with all you comments and enjoy reading them.

I need to wake up too, cause its almost hard to believe.

Beyene

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I'm going to need a lie down...nothing makes sense anymore!

Hopanoe

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> consider my mind blown from every single f***king angle!

simmo

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> new glasses *perfect* lol

retronaut

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> [IMG][i220.photobucket.com]]

Gamer4250

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I feel warm and snuggly inside.

GiantEnemyCrab

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Is everyone missing the REAL POINT here?!?!? Jack Thompson is defending Mass Effect FOR HIS OWN GAINS. He wants to make it look like he doesn't go crazy over every game with the slightest amount of controversial content. So that he can go ballistic on other games and say well I'm not all against games I defended Mass Effect. Wow it's like this went over everyone's heads and they suddenly see JT as a normal person... Just wow.

Gam3r

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> *reads aloud*
"Jack Thompson defends Mass Effe- Huh whaaa?"
I loved the back and forth between you two about the glasses.
"Wow, as usual you're grasping the real news here."
Freaking hysterical.
I'm just confused as to why he defends one sex scene over another if this one doesn't require a mod to "unlock."

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> WHAT

Alazar

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Welcome to Bizarro-world
www.spm.com/details?2256874

martinpisto

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> See? No one has a clue....

Jack: *Ring* *Ring*
"Hello"
Caller: Is this Jack? Jack Thompson?
Jack: *Clears throat* Yes?
EA: Where are we suppose to send that check?

openedge1

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> i don't know what to say... go jack XD

detraya

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Hell must be really cold right now

Kounji

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> :O

nicopolitan

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> omg, the world will now end as we know it. jacky boy DEFENDING mass effect? that's like, that's like, uh... anyone or anything, y'know doing the opposite of what they normally do, y'know...

kw4k

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> 28/1/08 - Jack supports the gaming community.
29/1/08 - Megaman announced for SSBB.

Pretty logical in my opinion.

thewisestfool

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> War on Drugs, War on Terror, and now Thompson-dubbed "Culture war". Up next, War on (insert random scary thing here).

JohnnytheFuture

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I just had a brain-fart.

Ahsayuni

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> JT doesn't care because Mass Effect was not made by Rockstar

MonkeyBiz

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @EnigmaNemesis: Jack had a problem with the Hot Coffee mod of GTA, and all of the violence along with the context that violence was set in, all of which are pretty extreme when compared to other games with "M" ratings. I'm not saying at all that he is rational in his thinking, but he does research the games that he attacks beforehand to make sure that there is enough adult material to brew up real controversy.

Also, he seems to have far more of a problem with violence than he does with sex, which seems to be why he claims all school shootings are caused by video games. Mass Effect has sex, but is no more violent than any average FPS. Believe it or not, I think that Jack actually does more research than most of the people who attack gaming.

EightBit

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Be Wary Of He Who Dines With The Enemy

joelface

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> My socks didn't just come off, they burst into hellish flames, then froze.

That's right, hell just froze over.

Could he actually be getting his act together?

PsycheDiver

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Ok ok......

Street Fighter 4 is coming out.

Duke Nukem may come out.

and now JT doesn't hate a game?

Oh man...I thought the apocalypse wasn't going to happen until a few more years.

Figcoinc

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> My world was just turned upside down...

Zilor

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Hmm, interesting. I still think that Jack really cares a whole lot more about violence in games rather than sexual situations. I do find it a bit ironic that this 'sex scene' in Mass Effect has garnered almost as much attention as the Manhunt2 debacle. Then again, it always goes back to the fact that movies like Hostel can be released with an R rating, and sex scenes in films are cut, cropped, and seen as more dangerous than any amount of blood spilled. Either way, the man is still creepily insane.

ThisCharmingMan

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Does he realize that there is shooting in this game?

RaepGoblin

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @MeanMF: Agreed. He doesnt care about the situation at hand. He just wants to get his name in the news.

sean09

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Hmmmm, makes me wonder. Perhaps Jack thinks that by pointing out the general stupidity around the Mass Effect is porn news he can help show that he can recognize superfluous garbage from more important things like his personal crusade against violence and video games. Sure, scientifically speaking there has been no direct proof of such an issue but, thats whats called a leap of faith. Of course that ledge where real world violence sits all chummy with video games has yet to materialize, and Jack has already jumped now as he falls all he can do is reach out into the ether and hope for another school/mall/sporting event tragedy that can loosely be tied to video games to slow his already slow fall into obscurity...

lostalaska

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> you know what, this response from jack actually makes me think he might not be as mad as we all made him out to be. Because,even though GTA and manhunt are "for adults" most of the stuff included to make them so are crap... personally I don't have a problem with the content of the two games, so much as the fact that they are badly made and aren't any fun... have they finally fixed the molotov cocktails in GTA.

Sorry, I really don't like rockstar's games.

This is just an opinion, not trying to create a flame war.

thebluick

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @EightBit:

Stop. JT and research can not be said in the same paragraph, unless it pertains the lack there of.

GTA fully clothed, haste. GoW tits galore, ignored.

The problem with the guy, is he has an agenda. And it isnt video games at all. It is something more sinister. And he will do what it takes to drum up controversy.

EnigmaNemesis

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> "The encounter could create a time paradox, the result of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe! Granted that's a worst case scenario. The destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy." - Doctor Emmitt "Doc" Brown, 2015

DCSimian

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> "Culture War"?

Is there a release date for that? I hope it's not close to GTA IV's release date or it won't be selling well.

Jabbertrack

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Currently listening to: Pixies - Where is my Mind?

If Thompson is bent on ousting games he may do well to defend what he believes is OK every now and then. Obviously he dislikes gratuity in games and advocates censorship, half of that I can sympathize with. Still, he says the dude reporting on Mass Effect didn't know what he was talking about, however we've seen Jack "enhance" the truth all too often ourselves when it comes to a subject of controversy. I suppose he doesn't outright make stuff up though?

I can't remember, right now my brain is at odds with itself over reading this.

Absent Blue

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Believe it or not Jack Thompson seems to do his research before he asks a game to be pulled from the market, at least most of the time. He apparently isnt so much of a prude that he believes mass effect's sex scene, which he apparently has researched himself, to be controversial.

EightBit

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> 'spect J.T.

BurningRevenge

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> HELL = FROZEN SOLID

crashlanding

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> "To: Jack
From: Brian
I like your new glasses."

Hahahahaha! Fucking hilarious B.C.!



dead_red_eyes

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> He just wants us to throw him a bone

Orionsaint

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> why does jack hate us so much :(

Sunjammer

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Something is rotten in the state of Denmark...

Azurite

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Not only is this completely out of left field, but the exchange between the two of you is hilarious. This is the best thing I've seen all day, nay, all week.
It is only Monday, though.

Tako Attack

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Sheogorath

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> "Yeah, yeah! I know my glasses are great but you didn't notice the most important thing. Only 94 days to go Brian then we're at War! Rue the day!"

Along with assorted cackles and maniacal hand rubbing behavior are about what I expect to be happening at the Jack-Cave right about now.

TokeYo

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @MeanMF: After reading your comment and then re-reading the last bit of correspondence in the article, I have to say I think you hit the nail on the head. This is just the pot calling the kettle black.

I'm sure JT's going to propose to Cooper once he finds out she's female. (Unless he DOES know something we don't. Shot down in flames~)

CnEY

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Just to give Jack the bennefit of the doubt, is it possible he is refering Kevin McCullough, who's original "editorial" on Townhall.com started all of this? and then was picked up by Fox?

worsethannormal

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> It's obvious that this email was taken from Bizarro Jack Thompson, and not "our" Jack Thompson.

xiphos

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> 9 x 6 = 42?

JohnRabbit

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Everyone prepare... I see the apocalypse coming!

Xeneizes

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> lol at I like your new glasses

oh and OMG THE WORLDS ENDING!!!!!!!

bigsamboni

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> ...Wow.

Homard

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I love your first reply, genius work there. :D

Maleficence

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Wait.

Wait.

What?

Johnny_Under

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> "The guy who shot his mouth off about it had no idea what the Hell he was talking about."

OH, THE IRONY

almypal

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Jack Thompson: Defender of Video Games- now available for the Phantom.

blackadvent

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> The whole sex in Mass Effect is ridiculous. I still haven't gotten to that part of the game yet. I will say the whole relationship thing seems a little forced. You shoot aliens and then are like "hey what are you doing later? We should go out."

kemicon

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> huh. The plot thickens!

Crescente, laughed pretty hard at the glasses comment. Hah!

Shin_seven

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Marge fought to ban Itchy & Scratchy because of the violence but was OK with the sculpture of David and its nudity.

mitch079

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> He doesn't want any competitors in the anti-game market, He thinks Cooper'll put him out of business

Mitch10

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I gotta say, Jack actually has something here. He has a problem with violence. Sex, not so much. It's scary to say that we're similar in that respect. Seriously, us Americans are such prudes...

Xagest

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> This truly is a sign that hell has frozen over. Next up, Patriots lose the Super Bowl.

Perhaps Thompson actually knows that Mass Effect is no different from what you normally see on prime time television.

Peronthious

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Mass Effect isn't made by Take 2, of course he's fine with it.

WarlordPayne

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> This is really hard to type, but I'm gonna have to... agree... with Jack Thompson on this one.

The games Jack argues about are all games that at least contain the content he is complaining about. For instance, GTA games are incredibly violent, just as he says. But this Mass Effect controversy is ridiculous because it doesn't actually have all this nudity and sodomy and whatever else that everyone is screaming about.

In this case, I understand why Jack isn't on the bandwagon. He's (gulp) smart enough to stay away from this one. It would hurt his (cough, hack) credibility.

dowingba

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Wait, what? JT is actually fine with some m rated games?! Brace for impact. The universe might implode any second now.

Blackjack1353

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Yeah, whatever. He's just pissed he didn't come up with it first.

Spoony Bard

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Wow, Jack is making sense. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. Jack - the game industry champion?

morisatokun

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Even though Jack is a pretty crazy guy, from candid interviews in the recent year he seems almost level headed.

Garcian-Smith

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @Trowble (XBL/PSN):

Didn't Jack get up in arms about Halo 3, too?

On second thought, while the single-player mostly has you killing aliens and there isn't any sex at all, the multiplayer has you killing humans.

Or maybe Jack has realized the futility of his old war against all video games and is picking his fights a bit more carefully now.

Paviel

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> My problem with John Bruce on this is that he, as well as many others (individuals, organizations, and/or politicians) didn't come out and CONDEMN the lies.

I don't care if he or the rest of them like, don't care, or recommend the game, or anything else. I DO care that he didn't come out vehemently condemning the actions of a so-called "expert" and "professional" who knowingly and intentionally lied, not only to general viewers but to Parents as well.

John Bruce, as well as many others, scream condemnations at the industry, at the ESRB, at gamers, and anyone else they oppose that Parents are not being informed about what they are buying for their kids or their kids are being allowed to buy. They scream "protect the children!". They scream that Parents are confused by the information out there.

BUT, when someone APPARENTLY supporting their arguments very obviously lies and deceives those very same Parents, when they claim to be "experts" and "professionals" but haven't done squat to actually research what they are commenting on. When that happens, you'd think individuals such as John Bruce or those organizaitons and politicians would step up and scream along their usual lines "Parents are confused enough without having someone misinforming them further! If you don't know about what you're talking about, then shut it!".

But what was said by John Bruce and those others?

Nothing.

So, no, I don't care if he even thought it was the one game sent by God. He, and others like him, deserve the condemnation for their INACTION.

Nightnwg2000

Nightwng2000

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @Brian Crecente: Brian, is there any way to confirm that the individual posting as Jack Thompson is in fact the real Jack? I would just love to know, whether or not I can ingnore the posts because they come from the real ass, or just someone I can ignore because he is pretending to be a real ass.

zenpoet

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> There are no words...

EmeraldDragon

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> ...and in other news, the last digit of Pi had been found.

CanadianZero

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> He is just mad that he wasn't in the middle of the controversy.

There has to be a set up somewhere. I cant feel it.

EnigmaNemesis

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> No! NOOO!! MY WORLD HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE-DOWN!!!

I... I don't know what to believe anymore.

Moonshadow101

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> The defender Jack Thompson!

zleilndka

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Y'know, before I got my glasses, back in second grade, I remember being irritable and cranky over the silliest things, simply because I couldn't really see anything. After I got them, I felt a lot better.

Hmm...

QuirkyLittleTyrant

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Alien sex and murder is OK, consider them humans and it's not? He must be a closet Alien Nation: Dark Horizon fan.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @huginn (XBL - WendingoPSU):

HE'S A SKRULL!

Seriously, wtf?

Isn't mass effect super violent too? Like I ran around killing the shit outta everyone and punched women for trying to interview me.

ManjiKengo

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> It's not a sex vs. violence thing - if I recall correctly he was up in arms about Jimmy kissing another boy in Bully.

El-Suave

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I'm thinking it's a sex vs. violence thing... He targets violence. Also, your e-mails seem strangely tongue-in-cheek and casual for the rocky relationship so far...

Reilaos~

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> What a way to start off the day, this is great!

noelix

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> It's because you're shooting aliens, not humans.
Don't tell him that you shoot humans too...

Klink258

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> "I got on to the topic of the Mass Effect controversy and was shocked, literally out of my socks, to find him defending the game"

And what, exactly, does the fact that you weren't wearing socks have to do with anything?

Paviel

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Maybe EA can put on a sticker on the box - "Jack Thompsons's Seal Of Approval" like the Nintendo Seal Of Quality.

El-Suave

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> ....... *head a splode*

Toprem

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> i also like his new glasses. i bet he likes that movies, 'Mr. Holand's Opus'.

pancakes-mcgee

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I don't think he was referring to Cooper as a man. I think he might have thought Crecente was talking about that politician type who started this whole thing by grossly misrepresenting the game on his blog. You KNOW that's where Fox picked it up from.

Revenge_of_Nekojin

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Good news Cubs fans...the Cub's are going to win the World Series now.

Bonzo

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> That's, uh, an interesting series of emails. Yeah. Gotta go find my shoes now...

Shadowmist

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> TIME PARADOX!!!

rojo

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Is Hell within it's Winter months?!

Sorry guys, that's the best I'm able to type down while being awestruck...

what0080

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Wow...just wow.

I guess even ole JT has limits.

Kinda like how Charles Manson thought the Scientology was too crazy, even for him.

Now, I'm not comparing JT to Charlie there. It's just one of those moments that blows your mind when you hear it and your brain doesn't know how to process the information that seems to run contrary to everything you thought previously.

plumenoir

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> We have officially entered the twilight zone.

Jnas

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Those are some uhh... *nice* glasses.

D_DubDSU

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Give the guy a break, he spoke sense for once!

Spoffoth

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Take-Two has nothing to do with Mass Effect, and as such, Jack doesn't get paid to give it publicity.

GTA, on the other hand...

jasu78

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Jack didn't just have an epiphany or anything. He just loves him some blue alien booty shots.

djkibblesnbits

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> That just goes to show how insanely wrong Lawrence's statements was.

JohnnyH87

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> best comment thread ever. lulz achievement unlocked.

Clockw0rk

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> One thing me and JT can agree on: Rupert Murdock is not a good person.

Edge of Blade

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Holy handbaskets of hell, Batman!

Maldron

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> @crazyscreenwriter: lol

It's a trap, Brian. Watch your back for the next couple of days...

blacksamurai87

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> Coming soon: Crecente and Jack: The Sitcom!

saxamo

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]> I don't understand the world anymore.

Krug

]]> <![CDATA[Jack Thompson Defends Mass Effect]]>