"Former attorney and professional troll Jack Thompson is set to become a major motion picture figure, played by Bill Paxton, in the upcoming film Grand Theft Auto."

What.

ಠ_ಠ

So, okay, I was looking at Twitter and saw that, for some odd reason, "Jack Thompson" was trending. Interested to see what nutty new thing good ol' Jackhole was up to nowadays, I clicked his name in the Twitter trending thing.

And... I'm honestly not sure what the hell exactly is going on here, but it apparently has something to do with GamerGate ( Read more... )

How did I not ever hear about this before today? Or, if I did, I certainly don't recall it now, and a cursory glance through my LJ archives around the time it was released doesn't show that I made any posts about it, so I can only assume this is the first time I've ever seen it. I don't think my memory is that bad yet, anyway ( Read more... )

(EDIT 3)

A tweet from Wil Wheaton, as this was the first I'd heard of this:

"Not @TheOnion: @CNN interrupts Biden and NRA meeting coverage to report on YET ANOTHER FUCKING SCHOOL SHOOTING. http://is.gd/RVR3Ty"

Here is a Google News link.

(/EDIT 3)

Link to Forbes article.

Link to Gamasutra ( Read more... )

Follow up to this.

The Doctor Who Said Video Games Cause Rape Explains What She Meant

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I've just finished reading Foley Is Good, And The Real World Is Faker Than Wrestling, the second book written by Mick Foley, who is perhaps better known to fans of professional wrestling as Cactus Jack, Mankind, and Dude Love. I started reading that one immediately after finishing the first one, Have A Nice Day! A Tale Of Blood And Sweatsocks. I ( Read more... )

Look! Jack Thompson is being all zany again! Woohoo!

"Jack Thompson Threatens Entire Utah Legislature with Prosecution".

Via Mord.

Jack Thompson has apparently been permanently disbarred and fined over $40,000 on top of that.

You know... after all this, I almost... almost ...sorta kinda feel the tiniest bit sorry for the guy. If it weren't for the fact that he brought every bit of this down on his own head by being an utter asshat most of the time, I would ( Read more... )

Neither am I, really.

(EDIT) Here's a link to Desucktoid with the same picture, loathe as I am to give that site any traffic at all, because the gamepolitics link above seems to no longer actually have the picture for some reason. (/EDIT)

Looks like he's trying to be funny again, but it comes off as more creepy and weird than anything.