It’s been a while since we poked fun at the silver-haired maniac known as Jack Thompson, but the videogame-obsessed protectobot of chilluns everywhere is making sure he’s not forgotten. His plans for the new year involve a new target — the United States Department of Defense. He’s not just fighting games anymore, readers — this is a man that can take on entire armies.
Thompson is going after the Defense Department for forming what he calls an "unholy alliance" with videogames. It’s no secret that the military uses games as a recruitment tool, as America’s Army has shown. Thompson has obviously started to believe that videogames are inherently evil creations forged in Satan’s bric-a-brac shop and that the US DoD is now a malevolent force of darkness for daring to have very loose connections with this soul-fuelled engine of destruction.
In his latest rambling note, Thompson has lied that the Virginia […]
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