Penny Arcade SPANKS Jack Thompson!

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:20 am

visit www.penny-arcade.com for the full story, but here's it is in bit form.

Jack Thompson offered to donate 10 grand to charity if someone made a game for him.

The game involved a gamer killing the head of a gaming company (or something to that extent.)

A group of guys on the internet MADE the game.

They called Jack to tell him that they had done it.

He told them that his idea for the game was supposed to be taken as a parody and, therefore, the 10k should have been taken as parody too.

Penny-Arcade's guys donated the 10k to the charity in Jack's name.

SPANK!!!

Post by **Best First** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:53 am

who tf is Jack T?

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:11 am

Yeah, I've been following this the last couple of days.
Gotta love the guys at Penny Arcade

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:14 am

That was quick. I knew someone would make the game the minute the missus told me about his grandstanding offer, but daa-aamn that was fast.

Keep forgetting those PA guys are so loaded. Nice work.

Tired Tracks · Post by **Tired Tracks** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:38 pm

He really needs o be wiped off the political face of the planet.
(By that I don't mean killed, just laughed at to the point he realizes how much of a joke he is, and leaves the topic and all others, alone.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:13 pm

P-A is hilarious. I didn't know they were loaded, though, (You'd think they'd be able to put up a new comic more often than thrice a week.)

Tired Tracks · Post by **Tired Tracks** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:40 pm

sprunkner wrote:P-A is hilarious. I didn't know they were loaded, though, (You'd think they'd be able to put up a new comic more often than thrice a week.)

Beleive it or not it is pretty hard to keep a daily run at a comic like that, 3 timesa week is pretty good considering the concept + drawing + coloring is likely done in the space of 2 days or less.

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:12 pm

That is awesome.

Besters - Jack Thompson is some lawyer in the states who has basically deemed all video games evil. He pledge to donate 10k to some charity if a game developer made a game in which the player could go murder the game developers.

Penny Arcade called his bluff and surprise surprise, he moves the goalposts.

The man needs a reality check.

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:45 pm

Jack Thompson has now formally attempted to have the Penny Arcade guys arrested. Check out the website for scans.

Tired Tracks · Post by **Tired Tracks** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:57 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:Jack Thompson has now formally attempted to have the Penny Arcade guys arrested. Check out the website for scans.

The man really needs a new hobby

Post by **Denyer** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 7:19 pm

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?si ... 133&tid=10
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid= ... 153&tid=17

Bit more info and commentary.

edit:

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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=11598
http://www.citizensunitednegatingtechnology.org/ (note acronym of the full title on the site)
http://www.vgcats.com/jack.php

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:37 pm

Heheh, the email convs on vgcats are priceless!

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:16 am

Great stuff

Post by **Best First** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:49 am

"Jack Thompson can assure the world that the only thing to which he is "addicted" is eating entertainment industry scofflaws for breakfast - and golf."

oh dear god.

when is the nuclear holocaust again?

then again, his crusade is far more important than all that hunger and AIDS shizzle.