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BMaker11 on 21 February 2010

I'm not even going to read this. Jack Thompson is an idiot, so if I read it, my IQ my drop a few points



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hsrob on 21 February 2010

So game CEO's are the new authorities on Neuropsychology?



Seihyouken on 21 February 2010

I think Mr. Thompson might be addicted to harassing political, judicial, and various other influential figures with pointless and logically circular letters.



papflesje on 21 February 2010

That he uses that statement, no problem. That he has to insert childish insults and ad hominem attacks to "boost" his claim is pathetic.



Cobretti2 on 21 February 2010

HANG ON HOW IS ADDICTION A BAD THING?


because if these gamers are addicted and can't stop playing, when do they have time to commit these murder crimes that he claims they commit?

I think he has just disproved his own theory that gamers turn into serial killers. The gamer couldn't of done it because he couldn't get himself away from the game.



 

 

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Kantor on 21 February 2010

Could this at least make a case for Kotick's firing? Maybe? Please?



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Red4ADevil on 21 February 2010

I wish somebody would grab that paper and make jack thompson eat it.



Kantor on 21 February 2010
Jack Thompson said:

 

Dear Senator Yee:

My old boss, Sam Powers, taught me that if the other side talks long enough, they will give you all you need to win. In that vein, please take a look at what Activision's CEO just admitted about video game addiction:

"Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is definitely not afraid to speak his mind, which may or may not be a good thing for investors in his company. His recent comments at the D.I.C.E. Summit did nothing to change that perception.

While Kotaku labeled his speech "warm and fuzzy," one section of his talk centered on why he doesn't play games anymore, and caught our attention:
I play from time to time, but the nature of my personality is such that if I was regularly playing Modern Warfare 2, I would not be able to stop and it would be at the expense of all my regular responsibilities.
What does it say about the addictiveness of videogames if the CEO of the third largest publisher in the world can't play games because of his addictive personality?"
You can see the streaming audio/video of this wonderfully useful admission by Kotick at http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/02/19/kotick-not-much-gamer-anymore.

This admission flies in the face of video game industry spokespersons' false, sometimes perjured assertions, that video games do not affect the behavior of minors. Here is a full-grown adult (at least in chronological terms) admitting just the opposite.

Please contact me at your earliest convenience.

Dear Mr. Thompson

Sorry, I'll have to keep this brief, I'm in the middle of a MW2 Search and Destroy. But weren't you banned from practising law? Go play with a ball in a cup or something. Also nobody likes Kotick, he's a dick.

Yours sincerely,

Senator Yee.

That's how I would reply.

 



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KungKras on 21 February 2010

I want to see a Thompson take on Pachter.

It would be epic :D



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Alby_da_Wolf on 21 February 2010

Isn't USA the biggest market for Wii and XB360? Then he must be a secret PS3 fanboy! But if we consider that USA is big for Sony anyway, then he must be... OMG! Stallman's spawn!!!



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