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Jack Thompson Takes Aim at Halo 3
By: Avinash Bali   |   Sep 24,2007
The hoary saying "if you don’t succeed try, try, try again" seems to have been drilled into the head of Florida attorney Jack Thompson, who has been on a most noble crusade since the very beginning of time. His tirade is against video games and their developers alike.


He’s gone after games like Manhunt, GTA, Bully and lots more, but now he’s turned his sights on Microsoft since he feels their latest offering, Halo 3, is a public nuisance.

Here’s a small excerpt from a complaint he recently filed in court:

Halo 3 is a video game that allows the virtual reality player to rehearse violent acts resulting in the death of one’s virtual victims. Lee Boyd Malvo, the younger of the two 'DC Beltway Snipers', was trained on Halo to kill residents within Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. His 'mentor' John Muhammad knew the efficacy of the first Halo video game in this regard, because the army in which he served used this same murder simulator to train snipers to kill.

So yeah, in conclusion, make sure your kids do NOT play Halo 3 under any circumstances, or they could end up becoming... psychopathic killers. You have been warned!

Via gamepolitics.

 
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Well, you know what, I think Halo is a horrible game. It trains you to kill everything in sight. Who knows how long it will be before every kid has a grenade launcher? They're trained killers now. Don't look at them the wrong way, guys, because the chances are one of them is going to have a Brute Shot and he's gonna either blow you up or decapitate you.
Jack Thompson @ Dec 10,2007
don't like that guy, and anyway - if video games are that effective why arn't kids all running around with grenade launchers killing everyone???
gary woop @ Sep 28,2007
"Halo 3 is a video game that allows the virtual reality player to rehearse violent acts resulting in the death of one’s virtual victims. "

That is the DEFINITION of any action game. that shows that the mad man is after any and EVERY game out there.
Reetesh @ Sep 25,2007
if i would be laden my first target would be "Jack Thompson"
Chicken Hunter @ Sep 25,2007
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