AMN has the full text of the bill prepared by anti-game crusader Jack Thompson. The lawyer claims that the governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, has promised to sign any legislation he drafts, but the governor's office has denied this claim several times despite Thompson's immature ramblings on online forums. Nevertheless, he's gone ahead and written his bill and a lengthy manifesto that precedes it. After skimming the massive block of text I have to say that I'm even more convinced that Thompson isn't playing with an authorized first-party memory card, if you get my drift.
It is not surprising that the corporations that sell games that demean and target women, such as Take-Two's Grand Theft Auto games which allow teen players to have sex with prostitutes and then kill them to get their virtual money back, are invariably run by men. They need to get in touch with their "feminine sides" and in doing so get their hands off male kids' wallets.
Thompson has been busy this weekend, as he's also come up with a game scenario that he challenges/dares a game developer to pick up. Thompson issued another of his infamous press releases announcing his scenario, but then e-mailed AMN to demand we remove his idea from the site. Why issue a press release if he didn't want the press to share his "grand vision"? Thompson has changed his mind again and AMN has reposted his scenario. His idea is much more gory and in poor taste than any game on the market today, and by titling his thoughts "A Modest Video Game Proposal" it seems to me that Thompson considers himself a modern day Jonathan Swift. Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if he thinks of himself as a legend in his own mind.
