Bully.
A Rockstar title that's come under attack since its very announcement from, among others, our favorite radical slobberologist & frivolous litigant, Lack Bompsun. The central theme of Bully is.... Well, actually I don't know what it is.
Supposedly it takes place in a school, swirlies can be given to kids, it got a T rating and if you punch girls the teachers are mean to you... Beyond that, we're all kinda just waiting for the game to drop on Tuesday.... The funny part is, this title that nobody really knew anything about drew fire from the happy-go-stupid election year crowd simply because of its name and a few vague screenshots.
So here we are mere days before it launches in the US, and I gotta say i'm pleased as punch to be able to tell ya'll that Expert Yodeler Smack Lawson's latest legal manuever has been thrown out of court.
From Destructioid:
Now, if this were a "normal" legal preceding I'd be able to stop there. Not so when balloon enthusiast Quack Thumpson is at the helm
From Destructioid (Edited for content)
So there you have it folks, Bully is safe for a couple of us to play, and for the rest of us to ignore because ultimately - it's a PS2 game and who really plays those anymore, anyhow.
In an email sent to Gamepolitics.com Smack issues a stern warning of things to come.
As a Christian, I can assur the rest of our audience that this man grossly mischaracterizes, through his greedy and misleading staementes and actions, the values that Christians of all denominations teach. It is a shame to be associated with this gentleman in such a way.
What a damned loser. Another win for the game industry and another step towards the smelliest dump for JTs career all the while R* gets publicity from it. He is a tool!
Where the hell would I even get a slingshot anymore. If I got hit with one I'd wonder more about what the hell the guy was thinking. If anything it's going to be more "slingshot-shooters" in the ER because of all the people who would just kick the crap out of them.
First off, apologies for the atorcious spelling in that last comment. Rushing through those sorts of posts in the middle of class doesn't allow one much time for proofreading.
Ultimately, I think that we need to just let the guy's own incompetance strangle him out of the public media. Every time we talk about him her or elsewhere, we just make his name that much more visible. There is an old rule in advertsiing that you should never allow your opponents free advertising, even if you think you're hurting them you just end up making more people recognize their existance. And ultimately, who would you rather have: a moron lawyer from the one state that has it's own news tag on fark.com, or somebody with real power and persuasiveness arguing that the games industry is perpetuating violence and indecency to helpless children?
Normally I would agree with you Josh, but considering that JT is trying to ruin the reputation of the gamer, I just can't sit by and let it happen. Considering that he is trying so hard to trash the gamer reputation I can't just sit by and let it happen. Would you rather he nail you in just about every way his feeble mind can think of and you not say a thing, or would you rather speak out and say something to get him to stop. I think I've had enough of his crap as well as the different ways in which we talk about him. What should be done is that someone should represent us and go on TV and bring out a lot of the shit he's done behind the scene that they don't know about. That will ruin him because everyone will know. There may be a lack of interest from some TV stations but it may actually be worth at least one shot to try. And if he sues, too bad he sucks at that too.
No. What I say is that if (possibly more like when, seeing as we're apparently in it deep) he starts to attack me, I can calmly and carefully execute his baseless accusations like death row prisoners up against a wall. The easiest and simplest way to beat this man is to get just as much media attention to yourself, and then become the voice of reason. "Mr. Thompson has repeatedly made false statements against my person without even referencing the case at hand. Further, despite his claims about media violence I have dozens of studies by impartial and highly regarded scientific institutions that prove him wrong." etc. etc. Jumping into the middle of this firefight like a drunk partier playing chicken with a freight train isn't the way you win this sort of fight, because if you jump out there and look like an idiot (or in this case, more of an asshole) then the freight train wins every time.
Gamers need to be active, but we need calm, rational gamers like George and the Flowers For Jack campaign, not raving madmen like Adam Sessler. We need to prove, without hesitation, that gamers are just as normal and socially acceptable as any other facet of society. Most importantly, we need to make people aware of this man and his ravings and point out, to the hardcore San Andreas player and buys-games-for-her-kids soccer mom alike, that this man is flat-out wrong and disillusioned.
It may be a PS2 game, but I'll still be buying it. The story and the atmosphere remind me of one of my favorite movies, Rushmore.
Oh poor bumblefoot,I think someone needs to send him some more flowers, with a sorry you lost card.
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