![]() It also has, purportedly, a review from written by Jack himself(supposedly – there is no way to verify as of yet), which of course Amazon removed since you’re not supposed to review your own books (perhaps Amazon also didn’t like being described as a ‘neanderthal blog’ as well). This, of course, has prompted Jack Thompson to threaten Amazon with legal action (summaries here and here). The first is that Jack Thompson’s book, Out of Harm’s Way, has been, predictably, bookstormed on, as various members in the gaming community have proceeded to helpfully provide tags, customer images and reviews for the tome. This morning they report two amusing stories. Game Politics remains the top source of news regarding our favorite anti-gaming scoundrel. Even Killer Instinct, a show so bad it will be lucky to hit 10 episodes, has already managed to sneak a gaming episode in. CSI: New York had possibly the best one, involving an overworked game designer going nuts and killing someone in an episode that looked to be inspired more by ea_spouse than Jack Thompson. Criminal Intent had people programming bots to play a game to provide them an alibi. SVU had kids reenacting Grand Theft Auto scenes. In the last couple of years, a veritable subgenre of the crime procedural has arisen, where Killer Gamers are the culprits! Virtually all of the shows have done one, and virtually all of them show no awareness for gamers, gaming or the game industry. The only one that’s really actually good is CSI:Original Vegas Flava – during the rest of them, I tend to play Magic: Online or otherwise surf around for blogworthy material. ![]() At some point, my dearly beloved fiancee got addicted to procedural crime shows like CSI, and as a result, I watch a lot of them too.
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