Jack strikes back! Penny Arcade in legal trouble?
Found on Joystiq on Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Jack Thompson has made a plea to Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, demanding that Penny Arcade's $10K donation (in Jack’s name) be considered criminal harassment.
When will it end? If we stop posting about Thompson, will he go away? Or, would making a collective agreement to shut him out of the gaming press leave his banter unchecked?
A little flashback: Jack offered a $10,000 donation to charity in case someone creates his game idea. Well, the Fighting Hellfish made a GTA mod which practically did that. But Jack weaseled out from it, calling his offer a satire. So, to show how cheap he is, Penny Arcade donated those $10,000 to the ESA Foundation, which in turn brought up that harassment suit. You think at some point he would get it, especially when the National Institute on Media and the Family told him not to use their name and remove all links to them; but no...