If Rockstar Games are back in the news, it means that so is Jack Thompson, attorney extraordinaire. Earlier this month we had a couple of stories about both of them - namely Rockstar's Manhunt 2 announcement, and Thompson's latest legal battle (as defendant, for a change) - and it was just a matter of time before a new connection was made between them. Well, we got that connection straight from the man himself this week, in the form of a Valentine's love letter open letter in which Thompson announces his intention to stop the distribution of Manhunt 2 in the United Kingdom:

"Miami attorney and anti-violent video game activist Jack Thompson has been asked by individuals in the United Kingdom to help stop the distribution of Take-Two / Rockstar's hyperviolent video game Manhunt 2 in that country due out this summer. The game will feature stealth murder and torture. The last version allowed suffocation of victims with plastic bags." (ed. - how jolly rude!)

Oh, so it's not actually his intention, but some individuals' who know a guy who's friend was murdered in 2004, by this other guy who Thompson & co. claims was obsessed with the original Manhunt game (which was not even found in the murderer's possession, but in the victim's... ain't that something). Oblivious to this fact, Jack's letter continues:

"The original Manhunt was responsible for the bludgeoning death of a British youth by his friend who obsessively played the game. The killer used a hammer just as in the game he played. Take-Two / Rockstar, anticipating the firestorm of criticism with the release of the murder simulator sequel, is lying to the public on both sides of the pond in stating this week that the game had nothing to do with the murder. Take-Two is also stating that the sun does not rise in the east because Take-Two makes no money from its rising in the east. Take-Two has been repeatedly found in the U.S. by the federal government to be guilty of fraud, so what would one expect it to say.

Jack Thompson has agreed to this request from the U.K. Look for this effort to begin shortly given the summer of 2007 release date."

All right then, coming soon to a courthouse near you!

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