Jack Thompson is now going after Oblivion:
http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/g...ws/54070.shtml
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Jack Thompson is at it again.
Much as he did with the highly publicized "Hot Coffee" incident, controversial Miami lawyer Jack Thompson is calling for severe restrictions on the video game industry.
Only this time, he's using the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB)'s re-rating of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion as his target. Last week, the ESRB re-rated Oblivion -- from a 'Teen' rating to a 'Mature' rating -- because they said the game contained more explicit gore than they first realized. Adding to that decision was the fact that software modifications allowed players to see topless females in the game, a situation similar to last year's Grand Theft Auto "Hot Coffee" scandal.
In his press release, Thompson seeks to be an "expert guest" on various talk shows to discuss, and presumably condemn, the Oblivion controversy.
The press release is loaded with Thompson's characteristically flamboyant language: he says that the ESRB "didn't even try to do its job," and that the senior staff at Oblivion and GTA publisher Take Two "must now be prosecuted criminally for the knowing distribution of 'sexual material harmful to minors.'"
Thompson also makes a bold claim: that the hidden topless content in Oblivion was purposefully put there, with the "unlocking code provided by the developer!" Thompson does not provide evidence to support this theory, and it runs against the statements provided by Oblivion developer Bethesda Softworks.
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Bethesda needs to sue this asshole for anything they can. He's blatantly lying his ass off.