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With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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[–] everett@lemmy.ml 69 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Believe me, I clicked this link ready to laugh at a fresh Jack Thompson badtake, and... didn't get that at all from the article. In fact, what little Thompson did have to say to the journalist was, I don't know, pretty agreeable?

Thompson, who lives in Florida, is clearly unhappy with various GTA 6 promotional partnerships being enacted across the state. "If you don't understand that government promotion of commercial interests is fascism then we have very little to talk about," Thompson told me. "Ask the County Sheriff what she thinks about this unholy corporatist alliance."

I had in fact asked the sheriff, and the sheriff's department told me that it is not concerned by "promotional decisions [made] by private businesses or organizations." I relayed this to Thompson, who accused me of drinking the "fascist Kool-Aid," likened me to Joseph Goebbels, and told me to stop bothering him. He elaborated on that, very slightly, in a subsequent email: "The problem is your work proves you are not an honest journalist."

By the way, Thompson didn't say anything about videogame violence.

[–] hypnicjerk@piefed.social 27 points 2 weeks ago

actually based

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like there's more I'd want to see clarified. What lead him to imply the state was directly working with an advertiser? If an ad was posted on the side of a building owned by a property company, then I'm not sure I see the government relation.

[–] everett@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The article links to more info:

was curious how he felt about Florida's embrace of the GTA marketing machine, and the changed world we live in.

That article links to yet another previous one:

It should be noted that, as far as I can tell, this campaign is different from the proposed collaboration with Miami-Dade County

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

Governments hand out perks in the interest of tourism all the time. That hardly makes it fascist.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

It's funny how after two decades I find myself thinking that both Jack Thompson and Rockstar leadership both contemptable for their views at the same time.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck both Jack Thompson and GTA6

[–] brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Now there's a name I haven't heard in 20 years. It all seems so minor and dumb now.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why would you do that? What did you think would happen?

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe see if the dude ever chilled the fuck out and murdered some prostitutes in GTA.

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

And I thought this guy died aeons ago...

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is Lieberman still alive to get his take?

[–] QueenHawlSera@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

No he dead