Jack Thompson Goes After Department of Defense

Jack Thompson has issued a press release suggesting the U.S. Department of Defense is involved in an "unholy alliance" with the gaming industry, with the aim of turning kids into violent, remorseless killers.

According to a report by GamePolitics, Thompson said he will be training his guns on the U.S. military in the new year as a result of its continued collaboration with the game industry. In a press release, Thompson said one of the results of this partnership is "the increasing number of commando-style assaults by young gamers," citing the recent killings in Omaha, Nebraska as evidence of his claim. Thompson also continues to claim, despite all evidence to the contrary, that the Virginia Tech killer was "an obsessive high school player of the military-themed CounterStrike."

"What is increasingly clear is that the unholy alliance between the game industry and the DOD is teaching an an [sic] entire generation of kids that war is glamorous, cool, desirable, and consequence-free," Thompson said in his press release. "Believe it or not, there is actually a formal working relationship between the [DoD] and the game industry at the Institute for Creative Technologies [ICT] on the campus of the University of Southern California. U.S. Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma is its most unabashed and enthusiastic supporter."

The best-known example of the U.S. military's foray into videogaming is America's Army, first released for the PC in 2002. While ostensibly a recruiting tool, the freely-available game has proven immensely popular with gamers, and has since seen numerous versions released for the PC and Xbox 360. Full Spectrum Warrior, also mentioned in the report, is not officially affiliated with the U.S. Army but was originally developed by Pandemic as a serious game training tool for the military.

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Okay, now it's getting ridiculous. An elaborate conspiracy between videogames and the military to convert the children of the country into cold-blooded killers? Do I even need to bother with pointing out everything that's wrong with this?

Honestly, has he hit rock bottom yet? I can't tell, cause every time I think he does, he grabs a shovel and digs furiously as if getting even further can somehow net him a buried treasure.

If trying to sue the government doesn't get him discredited and dismissed, I don't know what will.

Whoa...

I wondered when he would resurface after having his court cases thrown out on him. Blind preaching won't net him any medals that's for sure since everything can't be a conspiracy in the world.

It's just like Jack, all he's trying to do is prove that EVERYONE's corrupt except him. The whike thing falls down when people realise he's paranoid, debunk the case, then get added into the accusations for being members of an "unholy alliance". The only person under an unholy alliance in this argument is Jack Thompson. Anyone who thinks otherwise is Jack Thompson.

He's taking on the military, now? Hah, oh, Jack. What will you do next?

Wow. He has even LESS chance against the military than against the Video Game industry.

Haha. Imagine if Jacky boy actually won. The army is forced to disband and give up all their arms. Then the invasions begin from nearly every other country that wants to take over America. I really hope he does win. That'll make one for the news.

TheNecroswanson:

PurpleRain:
Haha. Imagine if Jacky boy actually won. The army is forced to disband and give up all their arms. Then the invasions begin from nearly every other country that wants to take over America. I really hope he does win. That'll make one for the news.

That'll also make it the third sign of the apocolypse. The first being that Uwe Bowle won't quit, the second being the singer from led Zepplin making a country album.. It happened, I kid you not.

Hmmm.. Jack thompson blames son's homosexuality on video games, more at 11....
Ah the machinations of a genius.

haha. Maybe as a child, all his friends played video games, but he was never allowed to come over and see them. Or maybe his uncle touched him. I'll go for the second one.

I wonder how long until someone shoots him?

Just don't take him seriously. He doesn't even represent the 'normal' 'would games be voilent' people. I bet they groan as much about him as we do.
He makes a fine village idiot though :) You know, someone no one takes serious and we all know that we can have a laugh about.

Girlysprite:
Just don't take him seriously. He doesn't even represent the 'normal' 'would games be voilent' people. I bet they groan as much about him as we do.
He makes a fine village idiot though :) You know, someone no one takes serious and we all know that we can have a laugh about.

Maybe we should get him imported here to Aussie-land. My city doesn't have an idiot yet.
His policy seems to be that since he was probably viciously raped as a child by a game of Tetris and felt like hitting something, that everyone else must be the same. When's he gonna realise that the horse is dead?

Because keeping the horse's jittering and juttering must give a sign of life, or something.

but honestly, we just need to look at the article we already point out what's wrong. Maybe the judges keep him for humour.

Didn't the Escapist just recently post an article saying they weren't going to do any more JT articles?

maybe it was a case being put down, instead of him being an actual lawyer? Which is a joke btw.

Joe McCarthy did it better. I have to admit, I do wonder who will be this era's Joseph Welch and finally ask the immortal words 'Have you left no sense of decency?'.

Wow, who would have thought the millitary is working with the videogames industrie to make people kill each other?

Oh I know; sane people. How can anyone take games seriously when nut-jobs say therethe devil?

Like Moe The Bus Driver alluded to, this is the BEST NEWS EVAR for those of us who don't want the government regulating video games.

I keep wondering if this guy is so twisted that he actually believes this garbage or if he just throws up this convoluted nonesense every few months just so his face stays in the news. Next he might as well be telling us that Area 51 was a secret violent video game testing ground where children were forced to play doom and counter-strike!

Jack Thompson: Failure

If this were anyone else I would take it seriously. But this is Jack, come on.

This just in Jack Thompson needs a sex life, or some friends to play Video games with.

OMG, this idiot will not shut up!!

j-e-f-f-e-r-s:
Didn't the Escapist just recently post an article saying they weren't going to do any more JT articles?

Sort of. The point of that article was that we'd prefer to stop talking about Jack, but as long as he stays "newsworthy" in one sense of the term or another - and you guys keep paying attention to him - we have an obligation to continue reporting on whatever crazy shit he does next. So while I think there has been a certain reluctance around here to waste time and effort on him, when something so utterly out of the blue comes along like this, we're going to put it out there.

I swear, the man is like a disabled, attention-craved gradeschooler. This is just the adult version of dropping your pants and waving your doodle around to get people to stare.

How long before he wants to sue God for letting people grow up to be game designers?

I think we need to get Yahtzee on his ass, that'd sort him out.

Jack Thompson could not be any more ridiculous if he suddenly started wearing a big red rubber nose and clown shoes. I just wish all the news media outlets would realize this, and quit giving him air time.

Lol someone needs to strap jack down and force him to play grand theft auto. He has to kill X number of people each minute or hes given and electric shock. How bad would that mess him up? or would it cure him? Lets try it and see!

Abako:
Lol someone needs to strap jack down and force him to play grand theft auto. He has to kill X number of people each minute or hes given and electric shock. How bad would that mess him up? or would it cure him? Lets try it and see!

Awesome thread necromancy there, chief.

-- Alex

Considering just how unanimous the disdain for this fruit loop is I reckon either Sony or Microsoft should pay him to come out and publicly support their competitor; result - console war over.

How the might have fallen. Gaming's most notorious arch nemesis has gone from a powerful adversary to one step away from a homeless man on a corner yelling about "the government". What was once perhaps a great threat to gaming is now nothing more than a joke. Over the years I feel like I've gotten to know dear old Jackie boy. Watching him slowly descend into madness, I can't help but feel sad. But then I remember that I hate him, because he is a douchebag, and I don't feel sad anymore. Then I go play GTA.

This thread is from last December! Stop necro-ing it already!

-- Alex