Jack's madness has method?

[strredwolf]

As you know, Jack Thompson's been on a crusade against games... but Gawker Media's Kotaku was able to keep tabs on him and ask about the game "Mass Effect" via email.  I quote:

(Kotaku's) Brian: I'm surprised you haven't been looking into Mass Effect.
Jack: Why would you be surprised. I don't see any problem with it. The guy who shot his mouth off about it had no idea what the Hell he was talking about.
Brian: You mean you're OK with mass effect?
Jack: Of course. This contrived controversy is absolutely ridiculous.

Condensed from http://kotaku.com/349423/jack-thompson-defends-mass-effect

This is a bit shocking.  It shows that Jack's taking context into consideration.  Remember, he's against Grand Theft Auto, which is a general bad side of town stealin', pimpin', rapin', pushin' simulator... which should only be sold to those over the age of 35 (in my opinion).  Mass Effect is sci-fi/adventure, with limits on what your character can do -- or an actual game you know is a work of fiction.

You know, I can see Jack's reasoning now; I just don't approve of his methods.  I think the ESRB could use some reform -- like playing the damn games.

Comments

[kazriko.livejournal.com]

I've said before that he's choosing his battles carefully. He and I differ on what should be done about them, but I agree that GTA is a lousy game that shouldn't be played by anyone. I just think it should remain legal even if I don't like it.

Add to it that by the time that conversation happened, the lady on fox news actually watched the clips of the game and retracted her statement, saying she was misinformed and that it's nowhere near as bad as primetime TV.

I thought it incredibly depressing that GTA was made AO only because of some tame sex scene, when it openly espouses criminal violence. That's just the opposite of how a sane and rational society should react. The criminal part, not the violence part. ;)