Jack Thompson en-route to the UK.. Sad emoticons within.

[highpass]

Not content with all the real problems of the world, goody-two-shoers from the UK have enlisted good ol' Thompson to make them feel like they're doing something worth two shits.

Miami attorney and anti-violent video game activist Jack Thompson has been asked by individuals in the United Kingdom to help stop the distribution of Take-Two / Rockstar's hyperviolent video game Manhunt 2 in that country due out this summer. The game will feature stealth murder and torture. The last version allowed suffocation of victims with plastic bags.

The original Manhunt was responsible for the bludgeoning death of a British youth by his friend who obsessively played the game. The killer used a hammer just as in the game he played. Take-Two / Rockstar, anticipating the firestorm of criticism with the release of the murder simulator sequel, is lying to the public on both sides of the pond in stating this week that the game had nothing to do with the murder.

Take-Two is also stating that the sun does not rise in the east because Take-Two makes no money from its rising in the east. Take-Two has been repeatedly found in the U.S. by the federal government to be guilty of fraud, so what would one expect it to say.

Jack Thompson has agreed to this request from the U.K. Look for this effort to begin shortly given the summer of 2007 release date."

:(

Hopefully he gets mugged on the Tube.

[k_dog]

Here's what gets me.

How in the shit are they supposed to proove that a game was the reason someone commited the murder short of the convicted actualy saying "I did it because Rockstar told me to"?

Just looking for something to blame a murder on.

Don't blame the game, blame the blokes parents.

[PerpetualHeaven]

^^ Psychological analysis of the person who committed the murder is probably the way they did it. Either that or speculate.

[Zef]

Here's what gets me.

How in the shit are they supposed to proove that a game was the reason someone commited the murder short of the convicted actualy saying "I did it because Rockstar told me to"?

Just looking for something to blame a murder on.

Don't blame the game, blame the blokes parents.

What the hell else are they going to use? Evidence?

Psychological evaluation only works if you decide to group all murderers, rapists, thugs and naughty people together. I'd never entirely trust a psychiatrist anyway, bastards.

If Jackie boy does come over here it would be the perfect place to assassinate him. Maybe to add irony to his death, he should be forced to either play Manhunt or have various limbs removed. Then crushed under a right-L piece very slowly.

If someone wanted to ban a game over here they should just go to the censoring people with a petition of Christian OAPs who don't want it released.

[k_dog]

Psychological evaluation only works if you decide to group all murderers, rapists, thugs and naughty people together. I'd never entirely trust a psychiatrist anyway, bastards.

I ALMOST took offence to this...;)

Is anybody familiar with serotonin and what exactly it does? If not I can explain and how it pertains to this and explain the psychological views.

[Monsterbox]

What rediculous publication wrote that article? That is one of the most outrageous things I've ever read.

How in the shit are they supposed to proove that a game was the reason someone commited the murder short of the convicted actualy saying "I did it because Rockstar told me to"?They can't. And even if the convicted said that, it doesn't make it so, just makes the individual unstable. People have been blaming outside sources for their dirty deeds for years. My dog told me, my sock drawer said I should. I don't see anybody trying to ban dogs or sock drawers...

I swear the only thing that has been murdered by video games is the common sense of the people who oppose them.

Is anybody familiar with serotonin and what exactly it does? If not I can explain and how it pertains to this and explain the psychological views.
Which makes the game a trigger for an already pre-existing condition, assuming you can even prove that the game triggered a response, which is damn near impossible outside of clinical conditions. Of course, I'm sure you'd be pointing that out. I have a degree in Psychology and am finishing my doctorate. Sorry Zef, hopefully that doesn't mean you won't be my friend. ;)

[Blind Fool]

The irony is that when that murder was commited Manhunt was banned for a while in the shops.

However the police said that the killers had played it but not obsessively and that was a spin by the media. The murder was also similar in style to that carried out in the game but not identical.

As such the police said that whilst the game might have influenced the killers, it was certainly not to blame.

Why people go on about violent games is beyond me, where do we stop? Cartoons that show violence? Movies? Books? Reading about it in the news? Could all influence someone to commit violent acts, as could living in the UK under Labour so maybe we should ban them too! (hmm good plan...)

Oh and you'd have to be crazy to go to a shrink :p

[k_dog]

Which makes the game a trigger for an already pre-existing condition, assuming you can even prove that the game triggered a response, which is damn near impossible outside of clinical conditions. Of course, I'm sure you'd be pointing that out. I have a degree in Psychology and am finishing my doctorate. Sorry Zef, hopefully that doesn't mean you won't be my friend. ;)

Looks like we're in the same boat. :)

Yes, this is true. What I was going to point out is how the levels of serotonin are different from case o case. What they have tried to prove, and there have been studies, is that in some cases, while playing a certain type of game (triggered response) some players brains release extremely high levels of serotonin, which in turn, makes it a clinical condition like we have already pointed out.

But once again, cause and effect. The clinical condition was triggered by the gaming and as a result, the games are blamed. Unfortunatly, they don't test this theory on other activities like this such as engaging in sex or enjoyable sports. After all, why would they want to blame a murder on Football or Sex?

[Zef]

I have a degree in Psychology and am finishing my doctorate. Sorry Zef, hopefully that doesn't mean you won't be my friend. ;)

I said psychiatrists, not psychologists =P

You are the only person who could make me a Sip N' Shoot, so I agree with everything you say. Now I can call you Dr.Monsterbox, unless you won it in one of those claw machines =D

I still stand by my right-L shape statement.

People + games = happy people.

Happy people - games = murderer
Therefore:
People + games = murderer - games
Therefore:
People + 2 Games = murderer

Wait a minute...