Does Jack Thompson really think he is hurting Halo 3 by adding hype? Come on this is surley a publicity stunt meant to encourage rather than deter minors from owning or at least playing Halo3. Why not just say that Halo 3 will give you cavaties - I mean, that will surley deter young people from playing the game, right? Yeah sure

Although gamers are still speculating where this nude content might be in the Vista PC edition of Bungie and Microsoft’s Halo 2, the latter is admitting that the issue exists.

Maybe if you gamers actually learned how to research something other than cheat codes, you would look so silly most of the time.  Here's the source of the 42% FTC finding.  This failure rate is outrageous, which is precisely why Bill Gates needs to be taught a lesson:

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/03/videogameshop.shtm

Typo corrected:

Maybe if you gamers actually learned how to research something other than cheat codes, you wouldn't look so silly most of the time.  Here's the source of the 42% FTC finding.  This failure rate is outrageous, which is precisely why Bill Gates needs to be taught a lesson:

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/03/videogameshop.shtm

violent games rules and I'm a resident evil fan and also a doom fan and please do not banned violent games and play them rest of my life and never made into murder and if violent games never been made and people will still do murder and blame life  and evil always was on this earth and look back Century's like Romans,mummy's and others and evil will never die and Continue for ever and if violent games end now then murder still Continue.

with no violent games, instead of people playing, they might take there violence into the real world.

The fact is it is not Microsofts problem if a Mature rated game is sold to a minor, it is the retailers problem.

Microsoft sells games to the retailers, while the retailers sell it to the public.

Anyone who says otherwise needs to do the research Mr. Thompson.

So why is it Bill Gates responsibility to do this.  Its the stores that sell the games not Microsoft.

Thank you, Flamepulse. Jack Thompson, if you're still here, you suck, email me! averrossgamebound@yahoo.com

Video Games get sold to minors 42% of the time.  Yet, did you know Mr. Thompson that retailers are not to sell R-Rated or Unrated DVDs to minors?  Guess what that failure rate was?  71% according to the FTC.  According to the FTC the video game industry does the BEST job of keeping violent content out of the hands of minors.  Also, if a violent video game gets into the hands of a minor, the publisher has nothing to do with that.  And it's not like the parents DON'T know they've been playing these games.  I suggest you research the other side of the issue as well.  

Despite the claim that video games cause violence, there's more evidence to support quite the opposite.  According to an FBI study, violent crime rate among the youth over the past ten years have gone down almost 50% despite that there are more violent video games on the market.  If there is a correlation between video games and violence, it hasn't yet been found.  

Also, you seem to be under the impression that most video game players are minors, and nothing could be further from the truth.  The average video game player is 33 years old.  There are more ADULT WOMEN who play games than teenage boys.  More than half the video game population in America (77% actually) are above the age of 18.

Also, if a minor gets a hold of Halo 3, you'd be stupid to think that all the minors who play it got a hold of it themselves.  85% of the time when a minor goes to a video game store he/she has a parent/guardian with him.  This means that Parents really ARE buying these games for their children, and that you need to be paying attention to the parents as well.  It is their job--not yours--to monitor and decide what is inappropriate for the child.  

Well, maybe if you did your research you silly layer, you'd know that you can't aim a gun accurately with a controller.

I forgot, video games tell you how to properly hold your breath, aim, and how to handle recoil.

And I'm certain you're not the real Jack Thompson because that article proved that a lower percent of violent video games are being sold to minors now, as opposed to be being sold more like being back in 2000.

It made me laugh though :)

I wish he would read this, maybe he'll get a clue. Honeslty he has got to drop this, it is dumb. He is a, lawyer looking for something to do, why not defend an innocent man convicted of murder? Or a father or mother  trying to get his kids from an abusive mother or father? There are many things in this nation that need to be fixed and video game violence should be the least of our worries. Making sure that violence in video games don't poison the minds of kids aorund the world should be in the hands of the parents. By limiting their play time or teaching them better ways, kids stay on track and don't get obsessed.

I love getting told to do research by Jack Thompson of all people, who's own research is just a hair better than Kent hovind's research.

Mr. Thompson, I've linked to a site with many of your ridiculous claims, and the reality behind them.

You seem to be a fan of quoting stats and information way out of context, and just so you know, you can fool a lot of people who are content to sit in an office and try to figure out ways to bilk Americans out of money, but you woefully underestimate the intelligence of the community as a whole.

I'm a proud parent of 2, and I'll be damned if I let you or Hillary take my rights as a parent away.

My child is my responsibility, and the sooner the flakes that you represent learn how to take responsibility instead of blaming a game for it, the world will be a lot better.

Take a lesson from Louisiana.

Unless of course, you wanna put your foot in your mouth again like you did with VTech. You're a low human being Jack, and you give ambulance chasers a bad name.

-James A. Triche

gamejunkiejim@yahoo.com

Eat a *** Jack Thompson

That is all

violent games rule big time and I enjoy them and I'm playing manhunt and it don't effect me yeah baby.

suck my balls Jack Thompson.