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Year 2009

 

Rate 'Grand Theft Auto IV' writer speaks, part 3

Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Thu, Feb 19

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There’s "Hot Coffee," Jack Thompson, the National Institute on Media and the Family ... DH: "Bully" was probably more hamstrung by—the game’s done really well in the end—but it was very difficult for us beforehand because the perception was so very ...

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Original at Examiner.com external link    Wed, Nov 19

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 - Nov 19, 2008 Bully - Not the GTA for kids that Jack Thompson made it out to be, this 3D school adventure has the trademark Rockstar humor and variety that made Liberty ...

Rate Ratings for Dummies

Original at Red Herring external link    Wed, Oct 29    2 related articles

 CA - Oct 29, 2008 by Michael Lee Following the controversy stirred up over the GTA series, Bully, and Manhunt 2 by now-former attorney Jack Thompson and various media outlets ...

Rate Podcast: Jack Thompson Has Political Aspirations

Original at GamePolitics external link    Sat, Jun 14

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By gamepolitics If he runs for the Florida legislature, it won't be Thompson's first political campaign. In 1988, Thompson ran unsuccessfully against Janet Reno for the position of Dade County State Attorney. In 2006 Thompson announced that he would run against Judge Ronald Friedman, following Friedm...

Rate With Subpoenas for Strauss Zelnick, Jeb Bush, Bully Judge & 30 Others Denied, Jack Thompson Will Boycott Sanctions Hearing

Original at GamePolitics external link    Wed, May 28

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By gamepolitics And, with federal lawsuits already pending against the Florida Bar and Florida Supreme Court, Thompson yesterday filed yet another suit in U.S. District Court, this time naming the State of Florida as defendant. In the new case, Thompson yet again invokes the loyalty oath issue and seeks t...

Rate Opinion: The Bar Trial of Jack Thompson (Part 7): Thompson Cross Examines the Bully Case Judge

Original at GamePolitics external link    Wed, Mar 26

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By GamePolitics What follows is Thompson’s cross examination of Judge Friedman, who became a target of Thompson’s ire after he refused to grant the controversial attorney’s 2006 motion to have Bully declared a public nuisance in Florida. JT: Right. It’s owned by the [video game] industry, the ESRB.

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Original at GamePolitics external link    Tue, Mar 25

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By GamePolitics Thompson’s unusual suit, which charged that the T-rated Bully was a public nuisance, came before Judge Ronald Friedman on the Miami-Dade County Circuit Court. In an early-round win for Thompson, Friedman ordered Take Two to produce the game for an in-chambers viewing prior to its reta...

Rate Bully Controversy Resurrected with Release of Scholarship Edition

Original at GamePolitics external link    Tue, Mar 4

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By GamePolitics An international coalition of teachers is targeting today’s launch of Bully: Scholarship Edition for the Xbox 360 and Wii. The game is essentially an updated version of the original Bully, which launched amidst a Jack Thompson-fueled storm of controversy in October, 2006. A story appe...

Year 2007

 

Rate Jack Thompson sued by Take Two Interactive - Afterdawn.com

Original at Afterdawn.com external link    Sat, Mar 17

Jack Thompson sued by Take Two Interactive  - Mr. Thompson has, for the past year, been attacking the distributor, trying to get restraining orders against their games, the most recent being "Bully". ... Take Two takes Jack Thompson to court to prevent lawsuits TechSpot all 3 news articles

Rate Jack Thompson hopes to stop distibution of ManHunt 2 in UK - Wii ... - HEXUS.gaming

Original at gaming.hexus.net external link    Mon, Feb 26

Jack Thompson hopes to stop distibution of ManHunt 2 in UK - Wii ... HEXUS.gaming, UK - Thompson has also campaigned, unsuccessfully, against the sale of Bully and Mortal Kombat : Armageddon. Generally well recieved by critics, ManHunt created ...

Year 2006

 

Rate Jack to Crecente: You Are a Hypocrite, Curious

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Oct 24

By Brian Crecente Facing a contempt hearing in a few hours, Jack Thompson sent out a letter to the press explaining how he is the one being bullied over the game Bully. By the way, Bully contains homosexual activities between Jimmy Hopkins and other male students. Is this a great country or what?

Rate Jack to Crecente: You Are a Hypocrite, Curious

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Oct 24

By Brian Crecente Facing a contempt hearing in a few hours, Jack Thompson sent out a letter to the press explaining how he is the one being bullied over the game Bully. Immediate News Release - October 25, 2006 Is Miami Attorney and Video Game Critic Going to Jail Today for Contempt?

Rate Judge Clears Bully For Publishing

Original at Slashdot external link    Mon, Oct 16

By Hemos stupid_is writes "The BBC are reporting that Judge Ronald Friedman has cleared Bully for publication in Florida. Jack Thompson is, predictably, critical of the decision, stating "You did not see the game, you don't even know what it was you saw." after Take-Two gave him the game, along wit...

Rate Bully cleared for sale by Florida judge

Original at GamesIndustry.biz external link    Mon, Oct 16

Despite the best efforts of anti-games crusader Jack Thompson, a judge in the US has decided against banning the sale of Rockstar's Bully (renamed Canis Canem Edit in Europe) in Florida.

Rate Lawyer Claims 'Bully' Game Public Nuisance

Original at Post Chronicle external link    Thu, Oct 12

Miami Attorney Jack Thompson filed suit a month ago, claiming the game's makers designed a "Columbine simulator" into "Bully," which follows a prep school student's life at the fictional Bullworth Academy, the Post said....

Rate Thompson bullies Take-Two

Original at Ars Technica external link    Fri, Sep 29

By jeremy@arstechnica.com (Jeremy Reimer) Jack Thompson is back in the news again, filing a restraining order against Rockstar and Take-Two against the release of their new game, Bully.

Rate Bully Attacks Bully on Attack of the Show

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Aug 10

Jack Thompson, everyone's video game bully, is going to be on Attack of the Show tonight to froth about how evil a game is he's never seen. Jack will be on in the first 15 minutes so either avoid the beginning or tune in then depending ...

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