Jack Thompson takes it out on Counter-Strike

[kcajblue]

i dont even play counter strike and i could do the same as what cho did. not saying i am just saying i could. all of us could. you cant get shooting skills from playing video games. the controls are completely different from how you would use a real gun.

[Psyberjock]

That was a good clip. It is nice to see that not everybody in the news media immediately buys into Jack's BS.

As for posting JT news here- why not? It makes for juicy news. Also, it is important to be aware of what the gaming industry's biggest nemesis is saying.

I agree. If you actually watch the clip, he get's reamed and it's great. He's such a douche and he's obviously only in it for the money. As much as I despise the guy, keep the news coming. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

The real problem in the states is not the video games its the fact he got a fricken gun so easily, Of all the leagally owned guns (600,000 estimated) the amount of those is 1/3 in the states alone thats 250,000 legally owned guns inside the states.

They need some gun control in there so not everyone carrys a gun with him its just asking for crime to happen

Wow. I'm torn on this issue. I'm from Texas but I live in Japan. That's pretty much both extremes.

While gun control is good for ordinary run of the mill crimes of passion, organized crime and psychotic crimes tend to find ways to get guns regardless of the laws. Ordinary citizens who flip out are the only ones who would be positively affected by tighter gun laws. And even still they will find ways to kill people, just not as many at one time.

Just a couple of weeks ago here in Japan a crazy kid killed his English teacher who came to his house to teach him. I'm sure he didn't have a gun. Occasionally you see on the news where some yakuza runs out and shoots some windows out of businesses as a way of proving himself.

At the same time, getting rid of guns prevents people from enjoying their hobbies which can be harmless if properly conducted. From collecting antiques to game hunting and everywhere in between. Guns are ok. They're not bad. People are bad and they use guns to do their dirty work. It's a lot like weed or mushrooms. They're just plants. They're not bad. It depends on how you use them. There really is no inherent evil in non sentient things.

Is it worth preventing law abiding citizens from enjoying their hobbies? Maybe. Japan is pretty damn safe. I can't say I wish there were guns here. But is that because of the lack of guns or is it because of the nature of the society? Here, bullied kids kill themselves. Not others. That's different.

It's not any one problem, so any one solution probably isn't going to be enough.

EDIT: What happens if you get rid of all the guns but someone is still hell bent on killing lots of people. So instead of killing 30 with some guns they go to the hardware store and buy the ingredients for a bomb and kill 300? Plans for bombs are way easier to get than guns. Again, the psychotic will find a way.

[thenery]

This kid obviously had mental problems you don’t just shoot 33 people cuz of a game this guy is an asshole.

[shrimpidy]

The guy must've had extremely serious issues to do what he had done. In my experience, games like counter strike helped improve my awareness when I play paintball so it could certainly have, in a way, help him.

[kcajblue]

thats awareness in paintball.
he didnt need awareness for what he did.

[Basil Zero]

He-hey FREE POST LOL j/k


but seriously, i'm sick of hearing about this guy.

[mmochel]

The real problem in the states is not the video games its the fact he got a fricken gun so easily, Of all the leagally owned guns (600,000 estimated) the amount of those is 1/3 in the states alone thats 250,000 legally owned guns inside the states.

They need some gun control in there so not everyone carrys a gun with him its just asking for crime to happen

Lets think about this rationally for a minute.
There are millions of guns illegaly owned, and most gun crimes are comitted with illegal guns.
If we take every gun away from people who own them legally, then what happens when one of these nuts decides to go on a shooting rampage.
Is a criminal more likely to go to an area where he knows that noone else has a gun, if people had guns then the criminals would be less likely to try and shoot people.
That being said I have never owned a gun and have no intention of buying one, but I do not think we should limit them any more than we already have.

[Basil Zero]

trained to kill with RPG Maker - riiiiiiiiiight...

that was a quote from kotaku messageboards about the video

i LOL at it

[Welshboy]

If he was so fully immersed in counter strike he would have taken note of the hitboxes and shot about ooooooo 2 seconds before the target? this is ridiculous!!!!!! so....so many more games could enhance your weapon skills better than counter strike. Oh please......bureaucracy and red tape blah blah blah. On and on.......give it a rest.

[Psyberjock]

What about "America's Army"? You never hear of that game being blamed for being violent and realistic. The US Army made that game specifically for recruiting more soldiers to get out there and do REAL mass killing. It's basically a training tool. Why doesn't JT attack that game? Cause it goes against his republican agenda and would have him shunned by everyone in the Whitehouse. He wouldn't be "supporting the troops."

How's that for irony?