Jack Don't Know Jack
Just as we all susupected, self-appointed "moral" crusader Jack Thompson has backed out of his offer to donate $10, 000 to a charity of Paul Eibler's choice if someone made a violent video game to his specifications.
Someone went ahead and did it and now Jack is backpeddaling saying it was intended as satire.
Basically, he didn't realize that he's really as dumb as we all know he is and didn't think anyone would call him on his bluff. Good for you Jack, you promised to give money to charity, and it turns out you lied about it.
But wait, it gets better. Because Jack didn't come through on his promises, the nice boys down at Penny Arcade made their own donation of $10,000 to the Entertainment Software Association Foundation and even did it in Jack's name.
This is the absolute best possible response to Old Man Thompson's crazy antics.
I know this is being posted everywhere on the internet even as I'm typing this, but I just absolutely had to comment.
Jack, I know that retro stuff seems to be all the rage, but McCarthyism isn't exactly what I'd call good retro fashion.
The gaming community is going to keep calling JT on his silly nonsense every time and he'll just dig himself deeper and deeper. And we know that he isn't going to quit no matter what. So we can still expect more highlights from the comedy stylings of Jack Thompson in the future.
Let's all point and laugh.
--The Geek
edited by White Mage 10/18/05
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