Sluggit
Member
+3|6964|Sweden
Okay you are a lot of people but there are some strange people among you and this one, well maybe he takes the price!!

Jack Thompson???

Read the interview here

http://www.netjak.com/review.php/1091
notorious
Nay vee, bay bee.
+1,396|6992|The United Center
yeah, we know.
ThundergodTyLor
You am dee best!
+34|6941|RCM Headquarters
Two things, first off, you got this in the wrong forum.  =P  Second, he is right, games are bad for kids.  I know that I myself have become more lazy and less intelligent by playing them all the time.  heh, well, looks like there's a third.  He isnt the strangest, I wont give links or names, but Im sure most of you know of a certain animal phenomena
AD_Kensan
Member
+7|7030
Well there's Idiots, jackasses and other kinds of darwin award contestants everywhere in the world.

That being said Jack Thompson is a guy that has some serious issues. It's unbelievable what stuff he writes and what things he does but most of all that he believes all these things. He gets way to much media coverage because he is just crazy... really crazy. Here's a little story involving penny Arcade and Jack Thompson. Start reading at the bottom and then go up.
Sluggit
Member
+3|6964|Sweden
Quote of the last part!

"32_Footsteps: To wrap up, any final message you’d like to get to video gamers?

Jack Thompson: Yes, put down the controller and get a life. Video gaming is an escapist activity and you’re being exploited by these companies. It’s not healthy; I worry about someone who would play Grand Theft Auto for ten hours a day. It’s a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside."
B.Schuss
I'm back, baby... ( sort of )
+664|7086|Cologne, Germany

wrong subforum. will be moved to the community section.

btw, if Mr Thompson believes that video gaming is a masturbatory activity he either has never masturbated or never played a video game before...

as he indicated himself, it is not a problem of the video game industry but rather a retailing issue. It is not up to the publisher to ensure that minors don't get access to games with adult content. That is up to the parents and the retailers.
S4INT05
Member
+1|6975|79605, TX
damn. i've never even heard of this dude until now, and goddamn! this fucker has lost his mind!
atlvolunteer
PKMMMMMMMMMM
+27|7017|Atlanta, GA USA
Doesn't really surprise me.  THere are a lot of morons out there who think "Video Games are the devil!"
_j5689_
Dreads & Bergers
+364|6962|Riva, MD
There are crazy people all over the world, you can't single us out.  You're just trying to fit in with everybody else by making jokes on Americans.  Maybe you're just jealous.

Last edited by _j5689_ (2006-01-12 19:59:00)

Sh1fty2k5
MacSwedish
+113|6955|Sweden
He didn't call you crazy, he called you funny. You should be honored.
staticblue
Vindicator
+28|6981|Houston, TX

ThundergodTyLor wrote:

Two things, first off, you got this in the wrong forum.  =P  Second, he is right, games are bad for kids.  I know that I myself have become more lazy and less intelligent by playing them all the time.  heh, well, looks like there's a third.  He isnt the strangest, I wont give links or names, but Im sure most of you know of a certain animal phenomena
Game's aren't bad for kids. Parent that let kids play the games not suited for them are bad for kids. Would you let a 7 year old watch Full Metal Jacket. Sucky Sucky 5 dollar. I think not. The games are rated. Problem is people don't know how to be parents anymore.

"I don't want Mountain Dew I want F'n chocolate milk." - those of you that saw the chocolate milk video from Xbox live get it.

You choosing not to exercise your body and mind aren't the games fault. That's your decission. This is the whole problem. Everyone making the games the scapegoat for there own inability to get off there ass and do somethin'.

Sorry I just get pissed when people say, "Games are bad." That's BS. It's easy to put the blame on a faceless victim.

I'll stop know or I'll just ramble.
xX[Elangbam]Xx
Member
+107|6943
probably another pat robertson
ThundergodTyLor
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+34|6941|RCM Headquarters
Yeah, see, where I made the assumption that "Games are bad for kids", Im using PERSONAL EXPERIENCE to make that inference.  Im 18, Ive played video games for the past 14 years of my life.  If I hadn't devoted so much time to those, I would have turned out much different.  And before anyone goes and says "14 years?! youre lying!!1one!"  Yes, 14 years.  Maybe even longer.  My grandparents got me an SNES for my 3rd or 4th birthday and I apparently havent gotten off games since.  Yeah, my first college GPA was terrible.  The reason? Video games.  Now, Im not ragging on games or anything.  Im just saying that yes, they are bad, but that shouldnt stop anyone from playing them.  Oh, and by the way...yes, I would let a 7 year old watch Full Metal Jacket.(They'd have to ask first though.  Also, Im not bound by Christian religion or any moral ideas that religion teaches.  So that wont work )  So, whatever, Id be a bad parent.

Last edited by ThundergodTyLor (2006-01-22 20:07:29)

Berserk_Vampire
Banned
+7|6933
Jack Thompson: Yes, put down the controller and get a life. Video gaming is an escapist activity and you’re being exploited by these companies. It’s not healthy; I worry about someone who would play Grand Theft Auto for ten hours a day. It’s a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside.


haha i bet hes played the game and finished it too.

Its not videogames that are bad for the person its just theres something wrong with the person in the first place and if they kill or do something stupid they will blame a videogame or movie etc.

Most be pretty retarded though i dont see how after watching a movie or playing a game you wanna go outside and start going jihad on people i could see if the person was a terrorist and was after overweight americans thats alright but anything else thats just plain wrong.

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