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Thompson Watch: "Get a Life, Gamers"

Everyone’s favorite Miami attorney, anti-game crusader Jack Thompson, won’t slow down in 2006. A new interview on NetJak contains lots of intriguing tidbits. There’s more on Thompson’s ongoing, increasingly creepy obsession with Penny Arcade. There’s the first details of Thompson’s new plan to take on Take Two — he’s bought stock in the company and […]

Everyone's favorite Miami attorney, anti-game crusader Jack Thompson, won't slow down in 2006. A new interview on NetJak contains lots of intriguing tidbits.

There's more on Thompson's ongoing, increasingly creepy obsession with Penny Arcade. There's the first details of Thompson's new plan to take on Take Two -- he's bought stock in the company and plans to accuse its CEO of criminal activity at the next shareholders' meeting.

Oh, and there's this pleasant piece of fatherly advice to anyone who plays video games:

32_Footsteps: To wrap up, any final message you’d like to get to video gamers? Jack Thompson: Yes, put down the controller and get a life. Video gaming is an escapist activity and you’re being exploited by these companies. It’s not healthy; I worry about someone who would play Grand Theft Auto for ten hours a day. It’s a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside.