I wonder what he is going to do as Manhunt 2 gets even closer to release.

He pretty much is the definition of a “Douche Nozzel”.

I wonder what he is going to do as Manhunt 2 gets even closer to release.

See, that’s the thing. Manhunt is one of those games that even hardcore violence gamers have a hard time saying “Oh, no, this is perfectly safe and healthy, this doesn’t promote violence at all.” Because, seriously, you’re helping a guy make a fucking snuff film by sneaking up on people and killing them as horribly and violently as possible. Any defender of violent games is still gonna have to wince and say, “Yeah, that might be taking it a bit far.”

But I’ll tell you why Jack Thompson doesn’t give a fuck about Manhunt.

Because no one out there knows what the fuck Manhunt is.

Hell, -I’d- never heard of Manhunt until a friend of mine, who’s a far more avid gamer, picked up a used copy cheap. I think he played it like halfway through and never went back to it, since he’d only bought it for curiosity, and the game’s horrible fucking control scheme, lousy staging, and myriad other programming problems did not lend itself to addictiveness.

Jack Thompson only protests POPULAR videogames. If he attacked Manhunt so vigorously, he might have more people saying “He has a point.” But since he’s busy going after the big name titles that everyone and their grandmother has heard of, he’ll continue to be absolutely nothing but a joke.

I think he’s playing with fire here, though. Jerking around with Rockstar Games is one thing, but picking a fight with Bungie is another.

Primarily because I suspect Microsoft will step in to protect their investment, and they could squash Jack like the bug he is.

*snort* Rann makes a good point, though. It’s like the ‘crusade’ against D&D;. Nobody said ONE GOD DAMNED WORD about the other RPGs out there, some of which were far more morally ambiguous or just plain disturbing.

--TR

*snort* Rann makes a good point, though. It’s like the ‘crusade’ against D&D;. Nobody said ONE GOD DAMNED WORD about the other RPGs out there, some of which were far more morally ambiguous or just plain disturbing.

No shit, man.
You ever play HOLE?!?

Christ, it’s been years, but… <shivers...>
Sick fuckin’ game, man.

No officially-published RPG can match this nightmare, though. If Manhunt is the one that people championing the cause of videogames as innocent recreation wince, FATAL is the one we RPG dorks wish we could hunt down the makers and put some of the stuff they talk about in the game into practice on ‘em.

Jesus fucking Buddha in a bathhouse, I hate the fact that I share a planet with the makers of FATAL, let alone a hobby.

Yup. Although HoL falls into the realm of ‘goofy ass parody’ game for me.

White Wolf’s more… mainstream stuff (Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, etc) were what I was thinking of.

Others:

All Flesh Must Be Eaten: Zombie survival horror RPG. Interesting, although you could replicate the theme with a half-dozen other systems.

Call of Cthulhu: Suck it up. You’re either going to die, go mad, or both. Although one of my friends bragged he ‘won’ his campaign; he was a mime with a near-max Dodge skill who always fled from encounters.

Paranoia: What could be more fun than stabbing each other in the back? The setting and concept are actually pretty fun, but character creation needs to be streamlined; sometimes six clones is NOT enough.

--TR

Actually Manhunt 2’s story is a lot different than the one in the original Manhunt, in fact I’m fairly certain they have no relation to each other aside from the absurd amount of violence. Before R* had to tone it down, you did have a scene where you tore off a guy’s sack with a pair of pliers.

But I forgot, Jack can’t go after Rockstar games but attempted to go after Wendy’s when they were doing a Wii promotion which had nothing to do with MH2 aside from the system being the one where it would fall.

They’re putting it out for the Wii?

Hunh. Must’ve toned the graphics down from the first one.

Oh! Jim, by the way, in case you hadn’t heard, new episodes of Dexter start next Sunday.

Well Rockstar made the game with the Wii’s controls in mind and it looks suitably better than the PS2 original. Of course the PS2 original looked like shit as does anything Rockstar has ever made. Their graphical style is one of the worst in the business.

Well Rockstar made the game with the Wii’s controls

I think that’s part of the censor-brigades talking points too.  Since you’re not only playing the game, but with the wiimote you are now actually simulating the acts of violence.