At Least He’s on Their Side
Continuing with the not-so-recent trend of scapegoating video games as the epic source of all human atrocities, we now have an interview conducted by CBS News on the topic of violence in video games. The idea, to ask the same questions to both sides of the debate, is being carried out by their weekly “GameCore” column, authored by William Vitka and Chad Chamberlain. The first interview went to Jack Thompson. Never mind the fact that his site is vaguely reminiscent of those late-night lawyer commercials: “Have you been injured in an auto accident? Help ease your pain with the compensation you deserve.” Right. Because lawsuits fix all the world’s problems, especially whiplash.
An interesting idea. Jack Thompson is pretty much the attack dog of the anti-videogame lobby whose rabid hatred of video games is only outclassed by the baselessness of his arguments, which are about as sound as a Play-Doh skyscraper and frankly, crazier than a bucket of horse testicles.
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