According to lawyer and anti-gaming activist Jack Thompson, Bill Gates is the reason that Cho Seung Hui went on a killing spree at Virginia Tech. In an open letter sent to Bill Gates, the moron left us with some lovely gems like this:
"Mr. Gates, your company is potentially legally liable the harm done at Virginia Tech. Your game, a killing simulator, according to the news that used to be in the Post, trained him to enjoy killing and how to kill. You knew five years ago that your on-line game, Counterstrike, so clearly figured in the massacre by a student in Erfurt that the event and the game impacted the race for Chancellor in Germany at the time!"
Considering that Valve not Microsoft created Counterstrike, it puts into question the rest of the letter. I guess that Jack is totally ignoring the fact that during the search of the killer's dorm room documented that he had no games in his possession.
I know it's fun and popular to call Microsoft the 'Evil Empire', but I think Bill is in the clear in this instance.
Read the rest of the stupidity after the jump.
2 comments:
I'm curious; Valve created Counterstrike, but who published it and who promoted it?
Please realize I agree with Nelson 100%; and Jack Thompson is King #1 Asshole. Just curious if there was anything close to his misinterpretation of who was responsible for Counterstrike.
Valve does its own publising and distribution. That's why they created Steam so they had control over distribution and online content. Counterstrike actually started off as a player created mod for Half-Life. The company bought the rights and created a full polished version of it. The only connection Microsoft has is the Xbox version of the game.
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