Monday, August 08, 2005
People Games Play
On this blog, I've detailed how Jack "Video Games Are Eeeevil" Thompson may well be a few bananas short of the bunch.
Well, a flame war with Scott, creator of VGCats, proves the psychosis goes much deeper: he's a fucking banana tree short of a bunch.
Thompson emails Scott about "Hot Coffee"... which is, in actuality, a recirculation of an email he sent to Patricia Vance, head of the ESRB. Scott acquaints Mr. Thompson with the results of Falwell v. Flynt, and informs him otherwise. Thompson then starts sending e-mails consisting entirely of insults, and, halfway through the volley of e-mails, tells Scott that he (meaning, Scott) was the one who initiated the conversation, not Thompson, and should thus shut up.
If this man were really about protecting people from the horrors of games, he'd be treating gamers with some sort of respect; after all, they've been "wounded." But, no. He's just a crazy old man who, if games didn't exist, would probably be ramping up the bonfire for the book burning.
Well, a flame war with Scott, creator of VGCats, proves the psychosis goes much deeper: he's a fucking banana tree short of a bunch.
Thompson emails Scott about "Hot Coffee"... which is, in actuality, a recirculation of an email he sent to Patricia Vance, head of the ESRB. Scott acquaints Mr. Thompson with the results of Falwell v. Flynt, and informs him otherwise. Thompson then starts sending e-mails consisting entirely of insults, and, halfway through the volley of e-mails, tells Scott that he (meaning, Scott) was the one who initiated the conversation, not Thompson, and should thus shut up.
If this man were really about protecting people from the horrors of games, he'd be treating gamers with some sort of respect; after all, they've been "wounded." But, no. He's just a crazy old man who, if games didn't exist, would probably be ramping up the bonfire for the book burning.
