Bully (Canis Canem Edit) threatened with injunction in Florida

Ph3n0m

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6046932.stm

thelordofcheese

Lawyer Jack Thompson

I got that far and stoped taking it seriously.

Nick_oliveri

From the same link

Mr Thompson filed his legal action last month, claiming that the game would violate Florida's public-nuisance laws.

They are typically used to prosecute environmental pollution.

Special special American law people.

chamlis

Do people still take Jack Thompson seriously. Because that's a frightening thought.

shortys94

is this game going to be good? thinking of getting it for my ntsc console on videogamesplus

tman

does the fecking eejit realise that he's just creating publicity for the game?
it looks pretty "meh" to me, anyway

ShiverinEskimo

I'd say Jack Thompson has a lot of fans out there - parents who'd rather blame video games for their children's psycological problems quicker than their own poor parenting.

Jack Thompson is the poor parent's easy path to a clear conscience.

bizmark

ShiverinEskimo wrote:

I'd say Jack Thompson has a lot of fans out there - parents who'd rather blame video games for their children's psycological problems quicker than their own poor parenting.

Jack Thompson is the poor parent's easy path to a clear conscience.

Qft!

ShiverinEskimo

bizmark wrote:

Qft!

Forgive me - but

qft - quit ****ing talking?

or

qft - quoted for truth?

Not too up on my net slang

Ph3n0m

ShiverinEskimo wrote:

Forgive me - but

qft - quit ****ing talking?

or

qft - quoted for truth?

Not too up on my net slang

or even quite ****ing true

monkey tennis

Doesn't look like a particularly interesting game, so I'd say Jack Thompson and co are probably the best thing that could possibly have happened for it.

TheAlmightyArse

"I'm pretty sure that the game is harmful to minors," Mr Thompson told the Washington Post newspaper.

Even Jack Thompson isn't taking Jack Thompson completely seriously anymore.

DanOB

TheAlmightyArse wrote:

Even Jack Thompson isn't taking Jack Thompson completely seriously anymore.

lmao

K.O.Kiki

Anybody who reads GamePolitics should know by now that yes, Jack got owned.
Then he sent a big nasty letter to the judge (and press!) saying how, in essence, he was right & the judge was wrong.
Oh, and of course:

Jack Thompson wrote:

When kids start showing up in ERs with slingshot wounds at the hands of Bully enthusiasts, don’t blame me.

Ph3n0m

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6054262.stm


end of story

Retr0gamer

I hope this game is compareable to the classic Skool Daze.

koneko

tman wrote:

does the fecking eejit realise that he's just creating publicity for the game?
it looks pretty "meh" to me, anyway

I'm pretty sure Penny Arcade wrote that before, and he sent them a mail calling them morons who have no brains from playing games too much.

Ph3n0m

Retr0gamer wrote:

I hope this game is compareable to the classic Skool Daze.

never say I dont give anything back to boards

http://www.spectrum.lovely.net/Skooldaze.html (tis only a demo, but love the old school)

Ph3n0m

and it just gets worse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6063502.stm


They wont sell Bully, but they will sell GTA - strange that

johnny_ultimate

All this confuses me highly. Seriously, all this rubbish is based on the name alone - which they have changed here and Britain! It's all completely illogical. Anyone whose played the game (such as IGN's very positive 8.9 review) has said it is pretty innocent. Sure, there's the odd Indian Burn, but hey, that's just what school is like - Jack Thompson clearly doesn't know that as he was created fully grown in a lab by some evil scientist fella.
This whole fiasco is censorship gone horribly horribly wrong. Next the shall be banning Psychonauts for saying it teaches kids to use psychic powers for mischief, Lego Star Wars for corrupting our kids into hitting things with glowing sticks, and Katamari for promoting folk running around with balls and rolling stuff up.
We're through the looking glass here people.

K.O.Kiki

Bully's doing very well on GameRankings -- 89% last I checked.
Now, for the EDGE review...