Jack...is...Back

Here we go again. Good old Jack Thompson is offering to pay 10k to any charity if someone will make a video game of his design. For those of you who don't know Jack is an attorney who makes his fame by telling the uneducated what he believes is happening to the youth of today because of video games. He has a habit of making very uneducated statements and in this move, absent-mindedly mocking his own agenda a bit. "Way to go Jack!" Sadly I don't think he even understands this or at least he didn't at the time. Thankfully, even those who are against gaming violence (ie, NIMF) have abandoned Mr. Thompson after this proposal.

The proposal being that Jack will give the game company "Take Two" 10k towards any charity of his chossing when someone develops a game for him that he designed himself. And this is where it becomes just silliness. A.) A game these days costs more than nothing (six figures easily) to make and the only money mentioned was the charity money. Obviously this is not as much about getting the game made as mouch as making another scandal, but we already knew that. B.) In the game a father whos son was killed (by men who were trained to kill by playing games) goes on a rampage against gamers. Killing his way to the "Take This" game company where he kills the owner and her family. Then the man continues his rampage across country hitting game related places and murdering eveything in site. A bit violent for a non-violent activist don't you think?

I'm sure we've all met people at some point who seemed to have a need to defy logic itself with their own agendas or ideals. (I can think of one who embodies it for my own life to date.) People who, if they would just take time and think outside their own boxes, might see a successful run or two. For example, Jack decided to burn every bridge he could find when what his cause needs is bridges. He has taken shots at the very game desginer that he is trying to get to acomplish these changes. He has attacked the gamers as a whole. wow. In this day and age (and society) I can't think of many I'd want to anger less than the technical youth. Half of these "kids" could dismantle his livelyhood in a matter of days, if they wished. The point being that at every turn the man determines to do the least effective thing. Creating little by little a scar over the issue of video game violence. By the time this guy's done their may be no chance for change in the gameing world not to mention their may not be anyone willing to step up to the challenge following his act.

Not that the man doesn't have a point. Video games can be ultra violent and surprisingly instructive to the watchfull eye. To make matters worse kids are all too capable these days of getting what they want. Including their choice of video games. But you simply can not go about this the wrong way. When dealing with kids whose average IQs are better than your own, precision is required. If Jack would just take the time to research and grasp the situation it would be a wonderfull thing or at least potentially. But then that's not why he's doing it all now is it? He seems to be more interested in fame than accuracy. More interested in making noise than saying anything of worth. I'd be laughing...if it were a joke.