Wacko Jacko

Jack Thompson has been continuing his tussle with the boys at Penny Arcade. It seems that Jack's $10,000 challenge was simply "satire", as he puts it. *Sighs* Oh well, I'm glad Gabe and Tycho stepped in to pay the man's due anyway.

When I first heard about Thompson's appearance on CNN tonight (the last post on PA as of now), I was excited, thinking it would be an in depth interview with the man, and even lightly entertained the possibility that Gabe and/or Tycho would appear as a counterpoint. Sadly, it was just a 3 minute segment about the new game "Blitz: The League" by Midway, which is about an ultra-violent football league. In a way, the game is Midway's protest to EA's exclusive contract with the NFL. It's absurdly violent, and even has the option to distract opponants with prostitutes. Isn't football grand? Obviouisly, its rated M, and Thompson showed up for 30 seconds to protest that the ratings system's ineffectiveness. While I'll agree that stores need to enforce their own M-Rating policies better, shouldn't some of the blame be placed on the parents who give their kids the money for a $50 game without knowing what it is? Seriously, just take a peek at what they got, and if you don't want your kid playing it, return it. Easy as pie.