What the...??
DrBeast:
Hmmm...just out of curiosity for us non-US residents (a.k.a. Europeans), who is Jack Thompson?!?
On a further note about deconsoring, it's one of the first things I do too. I use an .exe modifier I found over at gamecopyworld, and I've d/led a number of anatomically correct skin tones as well to get rid of those stupid barbie-ken-doll skins. The Paradise Sims skins are my first choice.
ZephyrZodiac:
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Hmmm...just out of curiosity for us non-US residents (a.k.a. Europeans), who is Jack Thompson?!?
I've been wondering that too! At a guess, I'd say he was some kind of American male Mary Whitehouse!
veilchen:
Quote from: DrBeast on 2005 August 07, 21:36:34
Hmmm...just out of curiosity for us non-US residents (a.k.a. Europeans), who is Jack Thompson?!?
On a further note about deconsoring, it's one of the first things I do too. I use an .exe modifier I found over at gamecopyworld, and I've d/led a number of anatomically correct skin tones as well to get rid of those stupid barbie-ken-doll skins. The Paradise Sims skins are my first choice.
Well, as far as I can tell, he is one of those holier than thou types the american public seems to have to content with; possessed by the 17th century puritans most likely, and far more victorian than Queen Victoria ever was. For a country claiming to be far ahead of the rest of the world, the U.S. has very constricting ideas about sexuality and nudity. For some reason or other the nude human body is something nasty, and sexuality is talked about in hushed tones, and sexual intercourse is called the 'dirty deed'. I was very puzzled too about that in the beginning.
Anyhow, this man is a lawyer who claims that TS2 should be rated R or M because of full frontal nudity and other assorted sexual issues, like claiming that TS2 serves phedophiles. I don't understand it myself, but this is what I gleaned from reading about it on the forums. He plans to sue ea/maxis so that the rating is changed here in the U.S. He is inconsequential for us Europeans, but I'm curious how this will come out in the end.
J. M. Pescado:
Well, so far, the issue has largely died. EA has naturally dismissed the allegations as absurd and at last check, I heard he was backing down.
veilchen:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2005 August 07, 22:00:21
Well, so far, the issue has largely died. EA has naturally dismissed the allegations as absurd and at last check, I heard he was backing down.
I didn't think it would come to anything, it has been ridiculous from the start. As my Grandmama used to say: "You can do things, and you can overdo things." It was somewhat clear from the beginning that the man had overreached and overestimated his importance.
G.
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