Wired.com has done an efficient job of summing up the Jack Thompson vs Penny Arcade feud, still 'raging away' like a slightly damp indoor firework. Thompson, you may recall, is the shy, retiring attorney who's made it his raison d'etre to hound the videogame industry into oblivion. Or at least into court. Penny Arcade, meanwhile, is the American videogame humour site with, by the looks of things, an army of over-excitable teenagers as readers. When Thompson recently accused the site of criminal harassment, he was apparently inundated with emails from Penny Arcade fans featuring such devastating put-downs as, "I hate you, and the world would be a better place if you were brutally murdered" - seemingly proving all his fears about the industry.
Just another example of how utterly ridiculous videogame scandals are. This confrontation will probably be made into a film - and when it is, let's hope it's directed by game-to-movie supremo Uwe Boll. Only this way could the parties get the respectful treatment they deserve.
