Monday, October 17, 2005

Worst Person in Videogames: "Satire" edition

This is also a follow-up to a previous post about Jack Thompson. Yes, his game got made (story: http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000743063662/).
Apearently, modders decided to step up to the plate to see if Thompson was sincere. The mod is based on the GTA: San Adreas game, and is appropriatly titled: Defamation of Character: A Jack Thompson Murder Simulator.
After the game was launched, not only did Thompson said the game wasn't enough for the donation, but that the entire statement was satire.
Satire my ***. I'm not alone in saying that this was just a dodge. I know Thompson wasn't even expecting a game to be made (see my previous post on this), but it's still something one has to own-up on. The way Thompson put it was legitimate. It wasn't him paying Paul Eibeler, it was to go toward charity. If that was a joke, it certainly was a cruel one.
So now, the guys behind the webcomic Penny Arcade are owning-up for Thompson. They stated on today's post that they will be putting up the $10,000 in Thompson's name.

As such, until Thompson actually does send $10,000 to the charity of Eibeler's choice, he earns the title of Worst Person In the World.

1 Comments:

Blogger Bakke said...

FYI, the guys from Penny Arcade ponied up the $10,000 in Jack Thompson's name.

4:09 PM  

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