I could care less, considering Jack Thompson has never had an effect on the release of a game.

It's cause of the motion controls, that's why he's ignoring the other two...

Yeah he wants to go after the Wii, since the PS3 has too many buttons for him to figure out.lol

I don't want to make any specific claims, but for awhile I have believed that many "crusaders" against violent videogames (as well as other topics) are actually people who demonstrate extreme cases of reaction formation.

For those that don't know, reaction formation is a defense mechanism described by Freud where a person who has socially unacceptable thoughts takes on a public persona in opposition of those thoughts; someone who has homosexual thoughts will be overtly homophobic, and a violent person may become a animal right's activist (or a violent videogame "crusader").

In an odd sort of way these people become remarkably well known for their efforts and can have very successful careers in public office. Often their secrets become known and the contrast between their public and private life makes for quite a scandal; a politician who crusades against gay marriage may end up being caught with a homosexual prostitute, a man who campaigns on family values has several affairs, and a man who attempts to protect children from adults is caught "picking up" teenagers.

And the ones that do it, are closed minded as well. I agree!

maybe the publicity will be good for Nintendo shedding their kiddy crap image.

It's only when a child isn't aware of the difference between reality and fantasy that violence in games becomes an issue (either because their parents never bothered talking to them about it or because they're missing some mental skills).

And videogames are always a secondary cause, not the primary, of a violent act carried out in real life by some kid who happened to play violent games.

I really can't imagine that anyone's more likely to become a killer by playing a violent game with the Wii's interactive controls. As far as mentally associating your actions with the death of a victim on screen, I think that swinging the Wii-mote is the same as pressing a button. You knew that you wanted to kill that fictional person, and you provided the appropriate input to do the job. Who cares what form the input took, unless you have to physically shoot a person for the game to recognize your command?

"First of all how many people agree with me that nationwide......Florida is known as the Retirement area."


i agree with dpmnymkrprez, florida is known for a retirement area....also for the coke too, good lord!!

"Yeah he wants to go after the Wii, since the PS3 has too many buttons for him to figure out.lol"

Lol

lol..........hmm you know this is another steroetype, along with ecs, remember Bad Boys 2?

That's just how hardcore the Wii is people!!

....and you XBox and PS3 people laughed at it with your weedy little consoles!