Jack Thompson...is the Law

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In GameSpot's weekly Rumor Control feature, amidst false rumors that Halo 3 would be at X05 and oddly true rumors that Jessica Alba is working on a game, it was revealed that Jack Thompson himself, the scourge of the video game industry and of reasonable logical people, will be drafting a game sale restriction law. Florida governor--and brother of George W--Jeb Bush has asked Mr. Thompson "to draft and submit to him and to Florida legislators a bill that will prohibit the sale of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors".
When queried by GameSpot for more details, [Thompson] would only say that he is the only person thus far who has been asked to submit a bill to the governor's office about M-rated game sales. He did not offer details about what kind of penalties the bill would prescribe for offenders or whether or not said penalties would be imposed solely on the clerks selling the games or also on the establishment selling the game and/or the game's publisher.

You thought he would just fade away into a cloud of confused obscurity, but no. Now he's in charge of writing video game laws.

UPDATE: On the other hand, maybe he'll just continue to be his good old fabricating-reality self. According to The Inquirer, the Office of the Governor disputes Mr. Thompson's claims, saying that in fact he contacted the office himself, and that the governor does not have any desire to help him spearhead such a bill. Nice one, Jack. So who the hell is telling the truth here? Thompson does have a reputation for fact-bending... Thanks to Balboa for the tip.

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