The Gamechangers Page #5

Believe me, Jack, they will look

into every corner of your life,

of our lives,

to try and discredit you.

Let 'em - I've got nothing to hide.

You ever smoke dope at college?

Fake a tax receipt?

Failed to pay a fine?

They'll try and find out, they'll

try and pathologize your behaviour.

Make you seem like a fanatic.

Forget what I've done.

I'm going to do my best to make

their lives a living hell.

No, don't try and attack them.

They are not the target, are they?

The target is the video games

industry.

Keep your eye on the target,

Jack. Right.

Here's Villagio's.

Let's pray for a parking space.

You know this Jack Thompson guy?

What about him?

You know he got Howard Stern

thrown off the air? Yeah?

He got a 2 Live Crew album banned

and now he's having a go at us.

The whole Devin Moore case,

they're just using us as scapegoats.

These people have an issue

with the entire gaming industry.

They'll find any excuse.

Yeah, but this guy wins.

He's relentless and

he's clearly obsessive.

He won against a rap band,

that's all.

You're not taking this

seriously enough.

Listen, we've got Blank Rome, yeah?

A seriously heavyweight law firm.

He won't know what's hit him.

They say Thompson's

his own worst enemy.

He's a bigmouth, can't help himself.

"Your client and what it does

"is indefensible.

"You disgrace us as lawyers.

"Shame on you."

You OK?

Doing battle, honey.

Doing battle.

Good night.

"These men have done

their level best

"to promote what John Paul II

called a 'culture of death'

"to an entire generation

of American children."

Make this filth disappear...

Torturing our children,

violence...

depravity...

"Absolutely the dumbest thing

you ever did was hire Blank Rome

"as your law firm."

John, Dave. Thanks so much

for coming, all of you. Hey, Jack.

When the judge hears

your expert testimonies,

there'll be no way

he can dispute the influence

of Grand Theft Auto on Devin's case.

Who are they? Blank Rome.

Rockstar's lawyers.

Jack, a word.

800 pages from Blank Rome

describing all your campaigning,

despite the case being active,

including press releases that you

have written about this case

before it's even been heard.

Ray, they want me off the case.

They're scared of me.

You've been on The Today Show

seven times talking about this!

Eight times. And Fox News.

You know it's not allowed.

You're killing our case, Jack,

before it's even started.

Did you write to the CEO

of Take-Two telling him

that you're going to take him

for every penny that he has?

Yes, I did, and I don't regret it.

Did you say in the press that

Sony dumping GTA on American kids

was "effectively Pearl Harbor 2"?

All of these communications

are fundamental violations

of Bar ethical codes.

If you think I'm going to allow

this sort of grandstanding

in my courtroom,

you are absolutely wrong.

OK, I understand your position,

Your Honour.

That's become very clear.

Myself and Mr Reiser have discussed

that and I'm happy to step down.

My colleague can prosecute it

very ably without my assistance.

It's not up to you whether you take

part or not, it's up to me.

And given your manner and your

numerous violations of Bar ethics,

you're right,

you will not be taking part.

Mom... Is Dad OK?

I mean, he told one of the moms at

school today he was Eliot Ness.

He's got his big civil case,

you know how he gets.

He's doing what

the Lord wants him to.

He said he's going to come to the school

and talk about violence in video games.

Is that what's bothering you?

Don't worry, honey, your dad is

a brilliant public speaker.

He won't embarrass you.

You should be pleased you've got

a dad who's prepared to do

these things, huh?

All rise.

Be seated.

The question before this court is

whether Devin Moore's crimes

are the result of his use of

Grand Theft Auto

and, despite their expertise

and interesting points they raise,

since the plaintiff's experts have

acknowledged that they have

never met Devin Moore

and have no personal knowledge of

his specific crimes,

I cannot consider their evidence.

Since they have never met Devin,

they cannot know if he engaged

in scripted behaviour.

In fact, I am entirely unpersuaded

he carried out his violent

actions because he had been

programmed by a video game.

Therefore, summary judgment is

granted in favour of the defendants.

Case dismissed.

That's outrageous.

Jack...

Jack.

Jack!

Nice job, guys. You must be very

pleased with yourselves.

Mr Thompson, you should be aware

that we're going to ask

the Florida Bar to look at

your behaviour in this case

for your repeated

professional misconduct.

Guys, I'm not the one breaking

the law. Your clients are.

Every time they sell one of those

violent, evil games to a child.

Excuse me.

Dan? They chucked it out. They

chucked what out? What do you think?

The Thompson civil case - the judge

threw it out.

Blank-Rome did us proud.

So, it's over? It's over.

It was ridiculous to blame those

murders on the games anyway.

Forget it.

Listen, San Andreas is due.

Clear your head - finish the game.

Terry! What are you talking

about...? Thanks, man.

So, how's life in Westchester, Pat?

Great. You must come up some time.

Yeah, I must. I'd like that.

So, here you are, Pat,

the first official copy of

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Two years of work, our biggest

and best game ever, I think.

I'm sure it'll be

a massive hit for you.

Anything we need to know about from

a ratings board perspective?

No, it should be another mature

rating. Good.

Yazooks! Man, have you played

GTA:
San Andreas yet?

It is unbelievable how much cool

stuff there is to do in this game.

Driving, gambling, dancing,

killing people - you can turn

Carl into whatever kind of bad ass

hero you want him to be.

Change his clothes, change his

weapons, get him fit, get him fat,

make him whatever you want.

Trust me, you're going

to love it. Pow!

Mm-hmm. OK, thanks, I appreciate you

telling me right away.

Blank-Rome has submitted a motion

to the Florida Bar Association to

have me disbarred.

They're claiming I tried to hide

my previous disciplinary record,

which is a lie.

I disclosed everything...

Little bastards!

Come back here!

Come back here!

A**hole!

Keep running! Come back here!

Come back! F*** off, loser!

You fat f***!

Do you want to make a report?

Not unless it happens again.

I'm sorry. Careful.

You still think I did the right

thing, taking on these guys?

Of course I do.

But you don't want this.

No.

It just feels so degrading to have

to engage with these people.

It makes me angry

and that affects you.

Don't worry about us.

You're doing righteous work,

Jack Thompson.

If you judge a man by his enemies,

you're a great man.

What do you want from me, Lord?

Is this what you want,

me fighting these people?

Because it feels like death.

It's so destructive to my soul

and my family.

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