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Burn in Hell Jack Thompson! Who the F*#k is Jack Thompson?

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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OK… lets start with the Wikipedia definition of Jack Thompson:
John Bruce “Jack” Thompson (born July 25, 1951) is an American attorney and activist, based in Coral Gables, Florida. Thompson, a Christian conservative[1], is known for his public advocacy of conservative Christian moral standards. He is also an activist against video games such as Grand Theft Auto and Bully.
His involvement with music, gaming, and the media (and especially use of legal threats) have raised questions about First Amendment rights. The Florida Bar is currently seeking sanctions against Thompson for inappropriate conduct.

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A Hollywood Icon has been Lost

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

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Yesterday Hollywood lost one of its Icons when Stan Winston passed away. Stan was an innovator in special effects make-up, animatronics and digital FX. He has created such master pieces for films like Terminator, Jurassic Park and Aliens (to mention a couple of hundreds). I have worked on films that he has been on but never had the pleasure of meeting him in person. It’s genius like him that inspires future generations to make their dreams happen. Here’s some excerpts from an LA Times article:
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If Ya Don’t Use’em… Ya Lose’em

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

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I have at least 10 games I downloaded from Xbox Live, and I played them for a while… then the novelty kind of wore off. I was kicking ass on Robotron (Williams Electronics), for a while. But as always with the older arcade games… it just gets too f*#king hard after a certain level… So ya give up. Well it looks like Xbox live is now taking titles off their Xbox Live Arcade… well… for the simple reason that some games suck and aren’t getting downloaded. So f*#k it… pull’em. Here’s some sh*t stolen from Gamespot.com:
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Wii Will Tell You Your Kid is Fat!

Monday, May 19th, 2008

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Apparently the Wii Fit (Nintendo) called a 10 year old girl she was fat, and her mother got quite irate! So Nintendo wrote a formal apology. Check it out:
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Big Brother Strikes Again!

Friday, May 9th, 2008

And NooooooW Heeereeee’s SPEEDYPETE!

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