Guns don’t kill people, Bill Gates does
Jack Thompson rides again: the VT massacre was Bill Gates’ fault, because Microsoft published the Xbox version of Counter-Strike.
In other news, Rockstar Games gets the equivalent of a restraining order against Jack Thompson.
7 Responses to “Guns don’t kill people, Bill Gates does”
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Tony Kiernan on April 20th, 2007
According to the Metro it was all the fault of Chan-wook Park’s Oldboy.
Gary on April 20th, 2007
According to a wag on popbitch, that pic of him should have had the speech bubble “say harro to my reetle flend”.
I hate myself for it, but I laughed for half an hour.
Fronz on April 20th, 2007
Thanks for spreading the news. It’s good to see Jack Thompson failing again and again.
Gary on April 21st, 2007
Hey Fronz. Nice blog.
I think it’s a shame Thompson hogs the headlines so much, because I reckon his overheated nonsense stops us from having a proper debate on the subject of violence in games. I think there is some stuff worth talking about, such as the deliberate marketing of age-restricted games to people who are too young to (officially) buy them.
Gary on April 23rd, 2007
More bad news for Jack. According to the inquirer, police have ruled out games as a link in the VT massacre – the killer didn’t have any gaming equipment and his room-mate never saw him play games.
mupwangle on April 23rd, 2007
I didn’t think Thomson claimed that he did. There are witnesses to say the he was seen playing counter-strike when he was in High School – not college. Obviously more important as he would’ve been trained in a murder simulator at a much more impressionable age. Also the blockier graphics of older hardware would’ve been more effective.
Gary on April 23rd, 2007
Heh.