You have Dobson, Gamers have Thompson
People who follow the video game industry are usually familiar with the name Jack Thompson. His name has more recently has come to some national prominence with the unfortunate idiocy that is the "Hot Coffee Affair."
If you have not been following this let me summarize. Hidden within the game code for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an Easter Egg of sorts, with a fair bit of work, a mini game opens up allowing for the main character to have virtual sex with his prostitute girlfriend.
The actual scene is pretty laughable as the guy is full clothed while she is only topless. Now I have no problem with dry humping in general but it shouldn't look this bad. Especially when we know this particular act is always more pleasurable when both parties are standing....
I digress.
I find most of the lawsuits instigated by Thompson to be the judicial equivalent of a dry hump: vigorous, tiring, and ultimately not the real thing. Anyway now "Bulls-eye" Thompson has his steely eyes targeted on the ultimate evil, the bane of moralistic society, "The Sims 2".
Don't have to go back and read it again. You read right the first time "The Sims 2".
You can read Jack's impassioned, unsubstantiated, wild, and borderline libelous claims at his web site Stop Kill.
Check this out:
"The nudity placed there by the publisher/maker, Electronic Arts, is accessed by the use of a simple code that removes what is called 'the blur' which obscures the genital areas. In other words, the game was released to the public by the manufacturer knowing that the full frontal nudity was resident on the game and would be accessed by use of a simple code widely provided on the Internet."
Now let’s get this straight folks. There is a simple code that can remove the blur but, and this is a big but.
NOT A GENITAL TO BE SEEN!
GOT THAT JACK NO GENITALLIA!
What you see is the equivalent of a Barbie doll sans clothes. K' folks this has never held any sexual undertones for me. I don't know about Jack though.
"The sex and the nudity are in the game. That's the point. The blur is an admission that even the 'Ken and Barbie' features should not be displayed. The blur can be disarmed. This is no different than what is in San Andreas, although worse."
He's kidding right? The sex or as it is referred to in the game 'Woo Hoo' is harmless. the only thing you see are shuffling cover or big splashes of water if the are in the hot tub. Maybe it’s the sound effects of fireworks that are getting Jack aroused?
You can download from fan created sites new content including clothes, houses, etc. You can also bring in "skins" that allow for nude Sims with genitallia. These are fan created and exist primarily on adult oriented web sites that show lots of naughty bits.
Jack has of course updated his comments to reflect this startling revelation. Because EA is not prosecuting or persecuting the mod community Electronic Arts (the game's manufacturer) are "cooperating, gleefully, with the mod community to turn Sims 2 into a porn offering."
There will be more on the Quixotic assaults of Jack Thompson but...... since he is so nice to provide it on his website maybe we of the Progressive community could drop Jack a line to tell him how we feel about censorship.
posted by Virgil Libertas at 3:43 PM
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