How to get a game before release...

Lonyo

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13. Bully was supposed to be released to the public in the summer of 2005. However, Take-Two became embroiled in a public relations nightmare beginning in June 2005. Specifically, Take-Two embedded in its Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (GTA: SA) game, which is actually a murder simulator in which the virtual player can kill police officers, prostitutes, and innocent bystanders, interactive graphic sex in what came to be known as the ?Hot Coffee mod.? Take-Two was selling this game to children despite the embedded adult content, and it knew that children were accessing it.
Weren't the stores selling the game, and Take 2 supplied the stores with copies? If it was illegal to sell such games, then stores wouldn't be doing it.

He's basically complaining about Take 2 when they are not at fault, the laws are.
 

Raduque

Lifer
Aug 22, 2004
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Jack Thompson needs to have a meeting with the front-end of a high-speed train.
 

SLCentral

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Feb 13, 2003
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I agree, the game is kind of iffy in this day in age, with Columbine and a dozen other school shootings. Either way, this is completely unconstitutional. Fvck Jack Thompson.
 

daniel1113

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Jun 6, 2003
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Originally posted by: SLCentral
I agree, the game is kind of iffy in this day in age, with Columbine and a dozen other school shootings. Either way, this is completely unconstitutional. Fvck Jack Thompson.

I guess any game with guns is iffy in this day in age, with so many shootings each year. Either way, fvck Jack Thompson :p
 

nakedfrog

No Lifer
Apr 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: SLCentral
I agree, the game is kind of iffy in this day in age, with Columbine and a dozen other school shootings. Either way, this is completely unconstitutional. Fvck Jack Thompson.

Children have been becoming bullies for a loooong time with no help from video games.
 

bignateyk

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Apr 22, 2002
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we need to combine our talents and design a 3rd person shooter where the main character goes on a rampage and kills video game activists, with jack thompson being the main boss.
 

VTHodge

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Aug 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: daniel1113
Originally posted by: SLCentral
I agree, the game is kind of iffy in this day in age, with Columbine and a dozen other school shootings. Either way, this is completely unconstitutional. Fvck Jack Thompson.

I guess any game with guns is iffy in this day in age, with so many shootings each year. Either way, fvck Jack Thompson :p

Last time I heard, there were no guns in the game. Players are rewarded for doing the right thing and punished for doing the wrong thing. Going to class pays off more than skipping class. I'll try to find the article that I was reading...

EDIT: Here you go - USA Today
 

pontifex

Lifer
Dec 5, 2000
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Originally posted by: SLCentral
I agree, the game is kind of iffy in this day in age, with Columbine and a dozen other school shootings. Either way, this is completely unconstitutional. Fvck Jack Thompson.

isn't it "in this day and age"?
 

SLCentral

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Originally posted by: pontifex
Originally posted by: SLCentral
I agree, the game is kind of iffy in this day in age, with Columbine and a dozen other school shootings. Either way, this is completely unconstitutional. Fvck Jack Thompson.

isn't it "in this day and age"?

Yeah, my mistake.