Judge Clears Bully For Publishing

stupid_is writes "The BBC are reporting that Judge Ronald Friedman has cleared Bully for publication in Florida. Jack Thompson is, predictably, critical of the decision, stating "You did not see the game, you don't even know what it was you saw." after Take-Two gave him the game, along with someone to play the game for him to watch before he made a decision." This is a follow-up to our story last week about Take-Two handing over copies of Bully per court order.

Way to go JT.

[Endo13]

Now you've got both feet stuck in your mouth. Let's see if you can fit anything else in there.

In case of Bully v. Bully FL Judge finds for Bully

[Anonymous Coward]

I'd love to see that headine in a gaming magazine.

Anamotical distortions

[tygt]

We already know he's got his head up his ass, so with his feet stuck in his mouth, which is part of his head, which is up his ass..... damn, that's getting right convoluted!

Re:Way to go JT.

[Tackhead]

> Now you've got both feet stuck in your mouth. Let's see if you can fit anything else in there.

Q: What do you get when you cross Ouroborous with a Klein Bottle?
A: Jack Thompson, the only man who can simultaneously put his feet in his mouth when he's already got his head up his ass.

Just how long

[Anonymous Coward]

will it be till we see a mod so that players can bully Jack Thompson, eh? :)

Re:Free Will

[Doctor Memory]

Thompson's criticism also presumes that the judge merely sat passively and watched. Who's to say he wasn't sitting there telling the player "Hey, that kid with the glasses! Punch him! Again! Kick him! Take his lunch money! YEAAAH!"

Re:Jack Thompson needs to learn a lesson here.

[Turken]

which almost seem to be monthly at this point.

Ahhh... so THAT explains it! Someone get the man some Midol!

Re:I love it

[krakelohm]

Honestly?

This is great news comrades!

[Hamster Lover]

The glorius courts of the Motherland have done their work and examined the game in question and approved it for the new communist man. In response, the Central Committee has increased the vodka ration to two bottles a month in celebration of this great triumph! Once again the Motherland supports your right to freedom by ensuring that only the best books, magazines, movies and games are available to the mindless sheep tireless workers of the revolution.

Re:Technicality

[bunions]

> Yes - you can see the new hat on your character when you equip it
> No - putting a hat on does not suddenly give you the real ability to cast fireball

Well, crap, why the hell am I wearing this thing then?

The smartest thing Jack Thompson ever said...

[CowsAnonymous]

From arstechnica [arstechnica.com]

"After the court session concluded, Jack Thompson told Ars Technica that the proceedings were a travesty. He characterized the judge's viewing of footage as nothing more than a couple of "Take Two operatives" showing the judge everything in the game they wanted him to see. "I may be full of crap about this game, and I may be wrong, and that's fine. But there's such a thing as due process," said Thompson. "And I was denied due process in court today."

Re:the game isnt the problem

[pi_rules]

if anything, the game has the potential to have a strong message of empowerment for all those kids who spend recess stuffed into lockers.

Well, once they come out with the PSP version.

Re:good comment

[Some_Llama]

""an eye for an eye, and the whole world goes blind"?"

This is false, an eye for an eye would leave the whole world with one eye. and i assure you people would be more careful when it came to eye hazards.

"It has nothing to do with crime, and everything to do with there being guns all around them."

I thought it had everything to do with people living in fear.

There are other countries who have just as much gun onwership as america with a far lower crime rate.. why is that?

Re:Free Will

[phrackwulf]

Judge Friedman: "I find this game perfectly within the bounds of societal norms. Furthermore, I sentence Plaintiff's attorney to one swirlie in the downstairs bathroom. Bailiff, see that this sentence is carried out immediately. Case dismissed!" [-)

I like V-Chip for a completely different reason

[WilliamSChips]

Because when those little white or black squares show up in the top left corner, it means you should hit play on your DVR because the commercials are over.