Jack Thompson, the anti-GTA lawyer, has fumed at the production of the "murder simulator" GTA IV in a letter sent to the MUM of Rockstar boss Strauss Zelnick.
Thompson suggested that she should be "ashamed of herself" in the letter, which has been reported on in the Metro.
"The pornography and violence that your son traffics in is the kind of stuff that most mothers would be ashamed to see their son putting into the hands of other mothers' children," he ranted.
"Maybe you, Mrs Zelnick, were so taken by your handsome son that you spared the rod and spoiled the child. That would explain why he has brought you, by the way he presently acts, to shame."
He goes on to claim that experts hold GTA and Strauss' "entrepreneurial energy", in part, responsible for a "plethora of cop killings".
It gets better: "Your son, this very moment, is doing everything he possibly can to sell as many copies of GTA IV to teen boys. If you trained up Strauss to do this, then shame on you," he said.
We'd love to have been in Mrs Zelnick's 'How to Sell a Murder Simulator' classes.
"What you will see in your son's game," he added, "if this iteration is anything like its predecessors, is incredible interactive violence aimed at police offers (whom you can shoot in the head and see the blood spray), innocent bystanders (whom you can run over with your car just for the heck of it)."
Then he tries pulling on the heart strings. "Happy Mothers' Day, Mrs Zelnick, which this year is May 11, two weeks after your son unleashes porn and violence upon other mothers' boys. I'm sure you're very proud."
I'm sure that'll get her to stop the sale of GTA IV.
"Son, can you not sell that multi-billion dollar game? Go on, for your old dear."
This idiot is obsessed,does he not realise that cops were killed before GTA games came out? I think all of Rockstars staffs mothers should be very proud that their sons are the creators of one the best videogame franchises ever made.
I'm sure she's so ashamed of her rich Son and the games he produces. I'm sure she's sobbing at the very moment in her supersized luxury bed at effing big house that be bought her. I can only imagine how much she's dreading Mother's Day.
Read this in the Metro this morning. A little bit more publicity for GTA4 for Rockstar. Jack Thompson doesn't seem to realise that what he is saying is more than likely going to help the sales of the game further. Like they say, all publicity is good publicity.
Shame on you, Mr Thompson. I hope you are proud, your poor mother only wanted you to make lots of money and be well respected in the community. Instead you spend your life producing so much anally retentive, Amish style thinking that the whole world thinks your mother is your cousin. She's crying, and it's because of you Jack Thompson, shame on you.
This idiot is obsessed,does he not realise that cops were killed before GTA games came out? I think all of Rockstars staffs mothers should be very proud that their sons are the creators of one the best videogame franchises ever made.
QFT.
It is getting quite pathetic now isn't it Mr Thompson?
How about if all us gamers started writing to your mother telling her what a sad, pathetic person your have grown up to be and who really needs to get a grip on reality? Maybe you would get an idea of how it feels.
"At last nights launch party for GTA X, purported to be the final installment in the seminal Grand Theft Auto series, it was publically revealed that Jack Thompson has been on the Rockstar payroll for over 30 years. Jack was quoted as saying 'I was surprised how many people bought it, considering the bulls**t I was coming out with! It's such a relief to be a normal person again.'"
At this point who actually takes Jack Thompson seriously anyway? He's pretty much whittled away all respect he had. Not to mention he has such an uninformed view of video games that his opinion on them doesn't even matter.
Thats a new low. Surely Jack should get in some kind of trouble for this, its like harrassment.
yep it sure is. R* should go out and hire Johnnie Cochran to sue this pillock using his famous Chewbacca defense. it would make as much sense as any of the s**te that seems to come out of Jack Thompsons oral orifice.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Somebody write to Jack Thompson's mother tell her that her sons view that all the ill's with american society have stemed from computer games is such a stupid and blinkered view of the world considering he lives in a country where you can walk into a shop and buy firarms and also a country that is at war with more than country. surely he should be more concerned with putting an end to the wide spread use of firearms rather than a depiction of gun crime in a game.
Art mirrors life.
No real gun crime.
No need to portray it in a videogame/film/song.
But we all know that aint gona happen so Jack Thompson SHUT THE F*** UP
Sending a letter home....who the f**k does this guy think he is Zelnick's schoolteacher? This is definatly the act of a desperate man who's arguments are no longer relavent to the gamesindustry(or the public) so he's using sensationalist tactics. This guy is more morally corrupt than anyone who's worked on any GTA, he doesn't like a certain way of thinking so he uses his status to try and push and bully people into line! I just wonder, how the hell did he write that letter without any thumbs?
God someone really needs to get this guy p**sed, set him up with a pad and GTA.. or sick gay animal porn or something, paint a smile on his face and take incrimnating pictures. These whiter than white a-holes are always the biggest freaks.
Jackyboy... He never fails to shock me with how low he'll go. This is definitely grounds for harrassment and if it was my mother I would have his ass nailed to the wall already.
I still think he's getting paid by Rockstar for this publicity. He must be.
And I thought that there were no real blood sputs in this one this time?
Yeah, I think we should remove all blood spurts from games and teach children that when you shoot cops, sweets come out... Personally, I think that GTA does quite a good job of teaching you that the most common outcomes of a life of serious crime are death and/or a short prison sentence where you don't get your guns back.
Seriously, have we still not managed to absorb the fact that there is real porn and gun crime on the streets that is surely more influential than a simple (18-rated) computer game?
You can watch it, do it, or indeed shoot it in real life at the age of 18 and upwards, but to recreate those activities in digital form - DEAR GOD! THE HORROR!
I thought that lawyers were supposed to be highly rational with a faculty for taking in 'all the angles'. Did Mr. Thompson study at the same university where 'Dr' Gillian McKeith spent a year eating celery for her degree?
Thats a new low. Surely Jack should get in some kind of trouble for this, its like harrassment.
yep it sure is. R* should go out and hire Johnnie Cochran to sue this pillock using his famous Chewbacca defense. it would make as much sense as any of the s**te that seems to come out of Jack Thompsons oral orifice.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, then Jack gets the chair....
Thats a new low. Surely Jack should get in some kind of trouble for this, its like harrassment.
yep it sure is. R* should go out and hire Johnnie Cochran to sue this pillock using his famous Chewbacca defense. it would make as much sense as any of the s**te that seems to come out of Jack Thompsons oral orifice.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, then Jack gets the chair....
Look at the monkey, look at the little monkey...
THAT does NOT. MAKE. SENSE! Chewbacca is a wookie that lives on Endor
I thought Jack was just some money grabing bottomhole, but now I see that he's just a mentalist with a chip on his shoulder, and also has "mother issues".
Thats a new low. Surely Jack should get in some kind of trouble for this, its like harrassment.
yep it sure is. R* should go out and hire Johnnie Cochran to sue this pillock using his famous Chewbacca defense. it would make as much sense as any of the s**te that seems to come out of Jack Thompsons oral orifice.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, then Jack gets the chair....
Look at the monkey, look at the little monkey...
THAT does NOT. MAKE. SENSE! Chewbacca is a wookie that lives on Endor
Chewbacca does not live on Endor and he never did.
Personally I think Jack Thompson has done a wonderful thing (please read the rest of my post before murdering me...)
I say this because he has united all gamers in a common goal.. The hatred and ridicule of Jack Thompson. 95% of posts on this site seem to be one fanboy arguing with another, yet all the posts on this topic just deal with how absurd Jack's views are.
Isn't it wonderful when we all agree on something?
This man is a punlicity hungry maniac, he is as much a product of broken American society as anything else. He may even be mentally ill. Also, cudos to Briangriffin for the use of the word Wazzock.
you have some one who agrees with your every word.
it really doesn't matter that i am currently standing in a basin of cold water with croc clips connected to my nipples that are in turn connected to a car battery.
I am also currently sporting a gimp mask and bending over backwards in a vague hope you will beat me with that large grey floppy thingie lying on the table.
just be happy that some one who is just as normal as you believes in your every word.
*spots the men in white coats coming and slinks away*
Without GTA, we wouldn't have had the attention of the media in the gaming world. We need controversy in our games and we need games that allow us to do stuff we couldn't in real life.
Jack is doing this to become an internet meme, and now he's going to recieve the ridicule of millions. I would seriously like to see some pics of him with clever slogans like:
He has clearly lost the plot, time to call the men in white coats and prepare the luxury padded cell for him. This is not normal behavior from a lawyer. Its clearly a mental issue now!!
What Pornography? I must have missed that in all the previews I read!! Its no wonder he is not allowed to make law suits against games anymore!!
This guy has got to be in GTA V, please make it a mission in the next game it would be hilarious.
He's already in GTAIV bob.....'allegedly'; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTAIV#Jack_Thompson
"On 18 September 2007, Jack Thompson filed a document with a federal court in Florida that claims that the assassination target of a mission in GTA IV is a lawyer character based upon himself. When the main protagonist enters his office and pulls a gun on him, the lawyer yells "Guns don't kill people! Video games do!" Thompson has threatened that unless the similarities to himself are removed from the game he will "take necessary and proper means to stop release of the game".
Thank you for your kind letter, it really made my day.
Since little Straussie was but a wee lad he has always been getting into all kinds of scrapes and I thank you for bringing this latest effort to my attention. Porn, violence and aggessive driving being peddled to kids? Terrible... Terrible... I shall be having a word with Strauss and probably docking his pocket money, the cheeky scamp.
Love Mrs Z
P.S. I have just realised that this game is designed for adults?? What are you on, man??? Did you write that letter facedown in a bowl of coke with a rubber c*ck up your a*se???
Thats a new low. Surely Jack should get in some kind of trouble for this, its like harrassment.
yep it sure is. R* should go out and hire Johnnie Cochran to sue this pillock using his famous Chewbacca defense. it would make as much sense as any of the s**te that seems to come out of Jack Thompsons oral orifice.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, then Jack gets the chair....
Look at the monkey, look at the little monkey...
THAT does NOT. MAKE. SENSE! Chewbacca is a wookie that lives on Endor
Chewbacca does not live on Endor and he never did.
Thats a new low. Surely Jack should get in some kind of trouble for this, its like harrassment.
yep it sure is. R* should go out and hire Johnnie Cochran to sue this pillock using his famous Chewbacca defense. it would make as much sense as any of the s**te that seems to come out of Jack Thompsons oral orifice.
If Chewbacca lives on Endor, then Jack gets the chair....
Look at the monkey, look at the little monkey...
THAT does NOT. MAKE. SENSE! Chewbacca is a wookie that lives on Endor
Chewbacca does not live on Endor and he never did.
if u don't get the reference go watch the chef aid episode of south park
I'm surprised how far up his own bottom Thompson is - he continually publicly condemns GTA4, only furthering its publicity yet he just can't realise it.
Also, who's he to tell someones mother they brought someone up wrong? I actually think that's quite horrible and a nasty thing to say given that said mother isn't exactly going to be a young 'en.
that is f*cking low. what little credibility this t**t may have had before now has well and truly dissipated with this letter. hardly speaks of professionalism, does it?
I love Jack Thompson. No, seriously, we all should! As long as Jackie boy is around to make the anti-games lobby look like foamy-mouthed idiots then we're on to a winner!
A couple of pages in the tabloids on this story will only help to shift extra copies of GTAIV, and everyone will be looking at the figurehead of the anti-games movement and shaking their heads with pity.
We want people like Jack around to stop his views from having any credibility. Imagine how much damage a serious lawyer with Jack's views could do...
Thank you for your kind letter, it really made my day.
Since little Straussie was but a wee lad he has always been getting into all kinds of scrapes and I thank you for bringing this latest effort to my attention. Porn, violence and aggessive driving being peddled to kids? Terrible... Terrible... I shall be having a word with Strauss and probably docking his pocket money, the cheeky scamp.
Love Mrs Z
P.S. I have just realised that this game is designed for adults?? What are you on, man??? Did you write that letter facedown in a bowl of coke with a rubber c*ck up your a*se???
Kisses
That is some funny Sh*t mate!! I bet Straussie will get his mum to write back to Jackie Boy along those lines!
I love Jack Thompson. No, seriously, we all should! As long as Jackie boy is around to make the anti-games lobby look like foamy-mouthed idiots then we're on to a winner!
A couple of pages in the tabloids on this story will only help to shift extra copies of GTAIV, and everyone will be looking at the figurehead of the anti-games movement and shaking their heads with pity.
We want people like Jack around to stop his views from having any credibility. Imagine how much damage a serious lawyer with Jack's views could do...
You do have a good point....we want idiots like thompson to be seen as idiots with fixations, not upstart lawyers with nice suits
I love Jack Thompson. No, seriously, we all should! As long as Jackie boy is around to make the anti-games lobby look like foamy-mouthed idiots then we're on to a winner!
A couple of pages in the tabloids on this story will only help to shift extra copies of GTAIV, and everyone will be looking at the figurehead of the anti-games movement and shaking their heads with pity.
We want people like Jack around to stop his views from having any credibility. Imagine how much damage a serious lawyer with Jack's views could do...
You do have a good point....we want idiots like thompson to be seen as idiots with fixations, not upstart lawyers with nice suits
Let's face it, Jack is doing an ace job of making anti-gaming zealots look like rabid psychos. For me, that has to be encouraged. Perhaps I'll email Jack and suggest that he write to each school kid in the world individually warning them that their souls are in grave digital peril. Maybe if I send him a gingham dress and army boots then he'll wear those too...
We just need to stop short of getting him locked up - he's more effective 'on the loose'.
Jack's mom really should have contemplated getting her son in a "special school" for "special" children.
Very funny nonetheless. PRICELESS
She tryed but lordvonps3 got the last place.
Well Jack and 'The Lord' do seem to spend similar amounts of time/energy focussing on the negative aspects of gaming - it must have been pretty tight competition for that last place.
Jack's mom really should have contemplated getting her son in a "special school" for "special" children.
Very funny nonetheless. PRICELESS
She tryed but lordvonps3 got the last place.
Well Jack and 'The Lord' do seem to spend similar amounts of time/energy focussing on the negative aspects of gaming - it must have been pretty tight competition for that last place.
Jack's mom really should have contemplated getting her son in a "special school" for "special" children.
Very funny nonetheless. PRICELESS
She tryed but lordvonps3 got the last place.
Well Jack and 'The Lord' do seem to spend similar amounts of time/energy focussing on the negative aspects of gaming - it must have been pretty tight competition for that last place.
Perhaps they're related?
They had to do the garfield test which involved seeing who's face sticks longer to the special needs bus window needless to say lordps3 won
He rails against GTA, which has an M rating in the US and is not to be sold to minors, but he doesn't focus on local, free television that dipicts the same violence as GTA and is available for EVERYONE to watch.
Its the fault of the parents if their kids get a hold of this game. It is not the fault of the game developer as these games are intended only for adults.
This guy is a failure and a horrible person. Everyone on these forums should find his mom's e-mail address and send her letters about what an idiot she raised and its her fault he's an idiot. If she has passed away, perhaps send letters to him about his dead mother. Maybe then he'd shut his mouth.
Jack's mom really should have contemplated getting her son in a "special school" for "special" children.
Very funny nonetheless. PRICELESS
She tryed but lordvonps3 got the last place.
Well Jack and 'The Lord' do seem to spend similar amounts of time/energy focussing on the negative aspects of gaming - it must have been pretty tight competition for that last place.
Perhaps they're related?
They had to do the garfield test which involved seeing who's face sticks longer to the special needs bus window needless to say lordps3 won
I would like to thank Mrs Zelnick for bringing up the boss of a great games developer.And i would also like to think Mr zelnick for giving me the freedom to run over people and shoot cops in the head(and watch the blood spary all over the place,dont you just love realism in games)without any trouble coming my way. But I fear for the life of Mrs tompson, if she knew her destiny was to bring up a selfish,pig face moany bottomhole,Im sure she would have killed herself long ago. To Jack tompson I have bought GTA4,I am 17,the game is an 18, I know your son bought GTA:SA when he wasn't 17(or 1cause I saw the video of you saying it.So that is why you are a hypicrtical,numpty,fcukface who couldnt get a blowjob in prison. Im finished.
Somebody write to Jack Thompson's mother tell her that her sons view that all the ill's with american society have stemed from computer games is such a stupid and blinkered view of the world considering he lives in a country where you can walk into a shop and buy firarms and also a country that is at war with more than country. surely he should be more concerned with putting an end to the wide spread use of firearms rather than a depiction of gun crime in a game.
Art mirrors life.
No real gun crime.
No need to portray it in a videogame/film/song.
But we all know that aint gona happen so Jack Thompson SHUT THE F*** UP
that's it! that's only bloody it! thank you sir! flipping eurika!!!
thompson has got it the wrong way round!!
he thinks the s**te that goes down in real life is because of gta,, but really it is the exact other way round!!!! gta is the result of the s**te that goes down in real life!!!!!!!
because of this realisation,, i insist that the real world be censored so that it doesn't upset gta!!!!! and i'm going to write to the real worlds mum and tell her to sort it out!!!!!
dear mother nature.... are you aware that by spawning the human race etc... you have led to gta,, a video game which in a utopian world could have been about picking daisies,, into being one of the most violent video games around!!!!!! shame on you!!!!!
Jack Thompson is just a typical political nazi. He uses religion as most extremists do to control the entertainment medium.
What this lawyer doesnt realise is that the GTA series does is poke fun and show whats wrong with the world today and is not meant to be taken serious.
What he also chooses to ignore is that this is an adult game and is even rated so. If anyone is to blame for kids playing these games its the parents and the shops for not making sure these games arent getting into the wrong hands.
If you look at the history of violence most of the offenders dont even play videogames as they are usually out commiting these acts or they are obcessing in videos of these acts.
Jack Thompson is quick to attack people and if he had his way he would probably burn all media referencing violence including films, tv documentaries and video games.
He is quick to attack yet he never opens himself to question. Why doesnt he have a blog or something and listen to the people instead of trying to tell us what we need to do with our lives.
All he is, is an opportunist like Hilary Clinton who also has a crusade against videogames to further their political careers. Jack, Hilary leave us be.
Jack Thompson is just a typical political nazi. He uses religion as most extremists do to control the entertainment medium.
What this lawyer doesnt realise is that the GTA series does is poke fun and show whats wrong with the world today and is not meant to be taken serious.
What he also chooses to ignore is that this is an adult game and is even rated so. If anyone is to blame for kids playing these games its the parents and the shops for not making sure these games arent getting into the wrong hands.
If you look at the history of violence most of the offenders dont even play videogames as they are usually out commiting these acts or they are obcessing in videos of these acts.
Jack Thompson is quick to attack people and if he had his way he would probably burn all media referencing violence including films, tv documentaries and video games.
He is quick to attack yet he never opens himself to question. Why doesnt he have a blog or something and listen to the people instead of trying to tell us what we need to do with our lives.
All he is, is an opportunist like Hilary Clinton who also has a crusade against videogames to further their political careers. Jack, Hilary leave us be.
I agree, GTA is a Satrical game that parodies America; it is a British game.
Politicians should stay away from criticising games.
In the fairness of balanced media coverage (which is a legal requirement in the UK), I invite Mr Thompson to publish his own mother's address here so I can write to her and let her know what I think of her son.
Seems only fair to me. If anyone else wants to write to her too, that would seem fair too in UK law.
I'd also like to be able to write to the R* boss' Mum to explain one voice doesn't count for the tens of millions of others that think her son has reached the top of his profession and that she should be very, very proud of him.
thanks for that! I needed a laugh!!!! Theres a rant about ambluance chasing lawyers that could be used as a comeback, but its been done before, much better than i could do it so boo to you mr thompson!!
Lionel Hutz isn't, but he appeared on a billboard in the Simpsons Game as a cartoon dog. You had to build a new one saying he was right....*shudders violently* Seriously, next he'll say GTA invented global warming.
He's still yammering on about it being made for "boys" despite the fact it has an 18 rating. Sigh...
And I thought that there were no real blood sputs in this one this time?
I'm sorry, is there some sorta gender/age lock on GTA IV?
"Please insert penis into the PI slot (penis input) to access this game. WARNING! Do not attempt this if female and over 18 years of age! Machine will engage monkey security ninjas if under-age genatalia is not detected!"
See what you've done Jack Thompson?! And why exactly are you obsessed with putting things into young boys' hands?
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Thats a new low. 
what little credibility this t**t may have had before now has well and truly dissipated with this letter. hardly speaks of professionalism, does it?
cause I saw the video of you saying it.So that is why you are a hypicrtical,numpty,fcukface who couldnt get a blowjob in prison. Im finished.
