Take-Two Sues Jack Thompson - Blue's News Comments

Take-Two Sues Jack Thompson
[Mar 16, 2007, 10:44 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments

Jack Thompson suing someone would just be another "legal brief" post here, but Take Two Sues Jack Thompson over Manhunt 2, GTA4 is news of that classic "man bites dog" variety. To catch you up, we'll just quote Game Politics' summary of the case:

The suit alleges that Thompson’s public nuisance tactic violates Take Two’s First Amendment rights. Lawyers for the game publisher argue that the Florida statute under which Thompson is seeking to have the games declared as nuisances essentially makes the controversial lawyer “a private attorney general on behalf of the State of Florida.”

Take Two is also seeking to recover from Thompson its attorney fees and other costs incurred related to the pending legal action.

For his part, Thompson criticizes the Take Two complaint in a writ filed with the Florida Supreme Court, and rather dubiously takes credit for a recent shareholder revolt which is expected to result in the firing of CEO Paul Eibeler as early as next week.

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Re: I hate JT too BUT....
Mar 17, 2007, 03:01

Jerykk

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Re: I hate JT too BUT.... Mar 17, 2007, 03:01

Mar 17, 2007, 03:01

Jerykk

Or maybe developers wised up a bit and realized they should be focusing on trying to innovate game play rather than pushing the envelopes on pointless gore and gibs.

Ah... hahaha! Good one. Yes, look at all that innovation. I mean, we have C&C3, GR 5, R6 5, NFS 11, Madden 500, NBA whatever 600, Doom 3, Unreal Tournament 3, etc, etc...

Seriously though, some games need realistic gore in order to reinforce their immersion. As I mentioned, Condemned would have been much more visceral had it had realistic violence. Similarly, Manhunt would have been far more satisfying if it had more realistic gore. Same goes for Hitman.