Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson, the world's favourite ridiculous video game lawsuit lawyer is no stranger to saying completely ridiculous stuff, but he seems to have put his foot in it this time.
In an open letter to the games industry Thompson outlined his idea for a game where an angry father whose son is murdered by a gamer takes his revenge on the entire games industry, including killing the entire family of the fictional software developer Paula Eibel (A thinly disguised dig at Take Two CEO Paul Eibel) his ridiculous rant continues and he goes as far as daring the games industry to make the game saying he will donate $10,000 to a charity of Paul Eibel's choice should the game be made. (Link)
The saga continues now since a number of websites have now made text based adventure games following the plot outlined in Thompson's letter and challenged Thompson to stump up the cash. Zork Thompson, Jack Thompson presents Osaki, A modest videogame proposal, The Golden Rule O.K.'s revenge. Thompson has so far refused to pay up, we await further news...
In an open letter to the games industry Thompson outlined his idea for a game where an angry father whose son is murdered by a gamer takes his revenge on the entire games industry, including killing the entire family of the fictional software developer Paula Eibel (A thinly disguised dig at Take Two CEO Paul Eibel) his ridiculous rant continues and he goes as far as daring the games industry to make the game saying he will donate $10,000 to a charity of Paul Eibel's choice should the game be made. (Link)
The saga continues now since a number of websites have now made text based adventure games following the plot outlined in Thompson's letter and challenged Thompson to stump up the cash. Zork Thompson, Jack Thompson presents Osaki, A modest videogame proposal, The Golden Rule O.K.'s revenge. Thompson has so far refused to pay up, we await further news...
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