Dallas Adult Entertainment: Jack Thompson debate at ScrewAttack Game Convention in Dallas
4:56 – Destin: “What is an acceptable level of violence in games?”
4:57 – Mark doesn’t think there is a game out there that even rivals certain movies like Saw.
4:57 – He then defends Saw from the crowd, says the plot was pretty good.
4:57 – “You can’t even say that violence has gotten out of control in the game industry by itself.”
4:58 – He says there are classic books that include all sorts of violence, like Dante’s Inferno or the Bible. Mark’s argument is pretty much that games are not that violent.
4:58 – Thompson: “Does anybody in this room have a problem with a 14-year-old being allowed to buy a copy of Grand Theft Auto and being able to have sex with a prostitute?” A lot of hands raise.
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