Jack Thompson is back and at it again! And this time he's going to, oh silly me, I mean trying to stop the release of Grand Theft Auto IV on the Xbox 360.

In an email that was sent out to various news outlets, titled "Bill Gates in the Crosshairs," Thompson says he will undertake various means to prohibit the sale of GTA IV and asks Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates to have his lawyers contact him to prevent such sales.

At last years Electronic Entertainment Expo, Microsoft revealed that GTA IV will no longer be a Playstation exclusive but will also be released for the 360 on day one. Grabbing GTA IV is a huge deal for Microsoft so you can rest safely knowing that Hell is more likely to freeze over before they let anything happen to it.

who is this jacksh1t. y dont he stop MS from selling saints row? its the same genre rite? ask him go take a shovel n whack his pinata

I would personally shove a grenade where the sun dont shine!!

I will lay the smackdown on his ass

saints row more violents than GTA4. in saints row when u holding a gun and try to high jack a car and u pull the driver off the car and BAMM!! u shot the driver i dont wanna do that!!! nice game though

This post has been edited by tailgunner: Jan 18 2007, 08:02 PM

saints row is not as violent as compared to gta series.. cos whn u kill a person.. not mch blood n gore compared to gta.. frm befo, jerk thompshaits has been eyeing to sue & stop rockstar frm releasing our fav game.. its always too controversial to him... its abt time dat he should stop..all his protest failed cos we love the games anyway..

hes scared of someone emulating the "gta/saints row" on his arse.
getouttayocarb*tchboomboomgunshotsfired

This post has been edited by un9ku: Jan 18 2007, 07:54 PM

why must they target games instead of movies ?!?!?!?!

Why didnt he try to stop Saw from showing at cinemas ? Or texas chainsaw massacre, etc

Douche bag

alah..this guy..talk only la..he must be playing GTA San andreas every day and night since he started to pick it up for 'research'. then publicly say wanna stop GTA, but under the table ask rockstar for one copy of GTA.

politicians..pfft.

Come to think of it, kids in the US can easily have access to guns, bombs etc. which has pointed the blame towards GTA when there were several highschool shoot outs in US and Canada. We don't really see this in Malaysia.

Just my 2 cents though

Rockstar is his main target, coz if he can bring Rockstar down successfully others will follow behind like a stack of dominos..

but remember when he tried to rally parents to boycott and ban one of Rockstar's games "Bully" months before it's release? brought the case to the court and in the end it turned out to be that the game's storyline is quite different from what he expected..he made a fool of himself in public and Rockstar won the battle again..

i'm expecting the story will be the same here, unless he has some new arsenals inside his sleeves..

but nevertheless, u're pathetic Mister Jack Thompson, simply pathetic..

AND U'RE OUR PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER 1!!

amrikans have got nothing else to do but to sue the hell outta everyone. they all sakkkkkk weiiiii. but hoorah to the movies n games industry though.

This b*****d Thompson really just dont have anything else to do

This post has been edited by double_agent: Jan 19 2007, 07:05 AM

why games instead of movies? a couple of incident where skool crimes that were commited were related to the games they played.. like whn they "pull a columbine" in skool.. i think that kid confested becos whn he played gta.. it made him invicible.. so, he decided to do it in skool n killed his fren.. stupeed dumbarse... i wonder if there's any of the "PULL A CHAINSAW"? on ur frens in skool..

This post has been edited by huss_wuss: Jan 19 2007, 11:38 AM

i thought the kid was inspired by DOOM? IINM, i read tht the kid said (about the shotgun he brought to school) it was "like something out of DOOM", or something like that.

anyway, i sincerely think tht this mr. jack "i wish i could kill him with a" Thompson should actually attack the flawed execution of game ratings by retailers. what in the blue hell is ESRB for?

u have M games, but still it's being bought by 10 yr olds. whenever a game comes out, it HAS to go thru ESRB for a reason. and IINM, GTA already got M rating (with the exception of San Andy cos of the Kopi Panas incident) so why are the politicians so pissed off and scared tht kids will buy it?

it's all becos of poor governance, be it from the retailers or the parents at the very core. fine, they can say "we must eliminate the source" which is said game developer, but where are our rights to entertainment freedom?

politicians are a bunch of crap. go ass crazy on something more important, obvious and globally affecting issues. like..i dunno...the genital-less Texan who is Bush maybe?

fortunately, we still don't have cases of kids here emulating GTA and God forbid let our young generation be dumb enough to do what those kids in the yew-ass-of A are doing.

OT: i remember there was a concern over wrestling on TV and kids emulating it and they wanted to ban wrestling. well, what about the kid who hanged himself because he emulated Saddam's execution which was shown on the news? Ban the news now eh?

i love hot coffee mod.. muahahahhaa

yea.. they should have tougher law on firearms.. instead of targeting games company. Even if GTA never existed, theres still violence everywhere.. music, movies..

perhap they shd banned Movie... and we all watch Barney

Me thinks it's not all about the gore... it's more about the action itself... like the really really funny (but sick) highjacking animation in saints row... love the slam head on steering wheel/horn variation!

But on a more serious note, some videogames are way to violent... but that wouldn't be a problem if retailers adhered to the age restriction!

ESRB and those US game publishers are too profit-driven and short-sighted to change their model.

just change "rated mature to 18++" and IDcheck all minors, then all those jack thompsons and opportunistic politicians will be gone

did u ever wonder if gore was president instead, his viceP would ensure mature games will be sold ala cero-z like in japan?? no in-shop promotion, and hiding games behind the counters to protect the children

This post has been edited by acougan: Jan 19 2007, 02:33 PM

the firearms industry is protected by the Second Ammendment of the US Constitution that stated every Americans have the rights to own firearms..to change that needs the act of God(and also the Senate, which is impossible..)

some one should go and kill that fella .lol

I bet when he is small tht time, his dad forbiden him to play games...
hatred built from young... well.. like all mat salleh like to get his name famous.. simply making noise

somebody should lay the smack down his ass

Someone should just use the Second Ammendment to do shoot down jack thompson then only assholes like him would keep quiet.

damn all gta haters.may demon kill you

Double post

Make him play Dead Rising and he'll die of Insomnia cause he can't sleep at night

Maybe he thinks that gamers learn to talk like this playing violent games?

Jack Thompson's crusade against violence and sex in videogames is exactly that. He is taking his ultra-conservative views against an industry. It's well known that he is a born-again Christian, and that his zeal for advocating his beliefs is a little more than vigourous.

And he is a politician. Every politician has an agenda. This is a fact. And this agenda, if it is not retirement, is the garnering of power. Politicians require a power base to remain in action, and without a base, they're done for. So how do you gain a power base? By becoming popular with the people who vote. Now, plenty of politicians have gone the other route, which is to lobby for consumer affairs, or for the rights of minorities or whatever. Jack Thompson is certainly not the first to take on an industry claiming it is in defense of the innocent, or the children, or great-grandmothers in wheelchairs. He however, has taken on one of the most liberal industries in the world, sitting alongside music and film and pretty much anything else creative, and protected by the right to free speech and all.

So he's portrayed himself as a champion against videogame violence, and given the unfortunate events in the States involving schoolyard slayings, he's got what he thinks is some ammunition to back his words. Now this might possibly appeal to all those shocked by these events (which is pretty much everyone), but it will definately hit a chord with those unable to see the full picture, or those willing to accept a cause-effect resolution in complete black and white. He may have statistics and some psychologist saying that there's a relation, but that's what it is. A relation between videogame violence and real-world violence. It's not the primary reason. It's not the catalyst. There is so much wrong in today's society that has deep-rooted causes that is not in anyway related to videogame violence. To prey on those who fail to recognise this and claim that it's a deciding factor is simply wrong.

Just because someone plays GTA doesn't mean that person will go on a rampage. Just because someone who did go ona rampage played GTA doesn't mean everyone else is going to also. The fact is, the seeds of the rampage has been sown long before the videogame was involved. Now, videogames aren't going to make anyone pull out a gun as much as movies or television is. Violence is much more deep-seated than what any exposure to entertainment can influence. It all boils down to the indivdual. And because of this, it's wrong to have an industry-wide blanket argument aimed at everyone, because each individual responds to things differently.

Jack Thompson should really be looking into some of the more important social issues his country is facing. Maybe he should take on the NRA. After all, they're the ones saying guns are good.

something people like JT need to think about:

malaysian kids buy M rated games..

i myself bought M rated games when i was 9/10.

yet i didnt turn out into a killer.

and neither did all of you.

but the american kids turn out to be killers,eventhough there it is restricted!

interesting how games are to be blamed when it mostly only happens in the U S of A

sorry bro, i learned from TV, not from GTA.....so ban all TV programmes/movies...how about that?

I once saw a father buying his primary school son a copy of the GTA PSP game... that's just not right... the ratings are there for a reason...

well... each to his own then... but is it really necessary to talk like that?

But seriously, each to his own, no offence meant!

erm...malaysian mentality? XD

"games are for kids","grown ups dont play games",yada yada yada... "stop playing games,grow up!",bla bla bla...

malaysian mentality...just fantastic

does anybody have any screenshot of GTA4 i mean the real one...not the fake one..?