Late last month, we reported on a request for a restraining order on sales of Rockstar’s game Bully filed by the Don Quixote of video game violence, Jack Thompson. The motion was heard today in a Dade County courtroom in Florida, and according to Mr. Thompson, the court “ordered production of the game by tomorrow at 3 pm, for his full review of the game while it is being played, up to or more than 100 hours.”
Thompson is claiming that this represents a “huge victory against the violent video game industry, regardless of the ultimate ruling on the injunction.” This would be the first time that a judge has ever asked to review a game before its public release. Currently, Bully is scheduled for release on Tuesday by Take Two and Wal-Mart, who are the targets of Thompson’s legal action.
The judge will not actually play the game, although it would be funny if he did. Instead, a Take Two employee will play the game under direction from the judge for the 100 hours. Hopefully they have comfortable couches and plenty of snacks for the duration. If the judge finds the game to be acceptable, it will ship on Tuesday as planned. If, however, the judge decides that the game is not acceptable, he will issue a temporary restraining order banning the sale of the game to minors.
Thompson had previously described the game as a “Columbine simulator,” but after reviewers such as our own Ben Kuchera were able to play a complete copy it became clear that the title was more about fisticuffs and schoolyard weapons rather than machine-guns and killing sprees. Not to be outdone, Thompson brought in a giant homemade slingshot to the courtroom, a move which surprised even the judge.
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