Angående stämmningarna mot Sims 2 och GTA:SA
Det är inte ofta jag orkar bry mig om sånt här men nu tycker jag det börjar blir lite löjligt. Jag skickade ett mail till Herr Thompson angående detta och fick svar. Han hade inte svarat på mitt mail utan skickade med massa andra mail som jag antar han har skrivit om samma fråga.
Här är mailet jag har fått:
Dear Marylan:
The picture you've sent [immediately below my letter] is objectionable for
a 13 year old as far as I'm concerned, particularly since it is embedded in
the Sims 2 game, unclockable easily with a simple cheat code that is being
distributed by the New York Times!
You don't walk around nude in your home with the blinds open, do you,
Marylan, or in front of 13 year olds? If you think the below okay for kids,
then send me your address and I'll alert the authorities.
Many parents wouldn't want their kids playing this game at the age level of
"T," with no ID check at the time of purchase, given the amount of
reproductive activity in the game and the ability to remove "the blur." The
problem, Marylan, is that there are a bunch of video game companies that are
being deceptive, with the help of the ESRB, in slipping this into our homes
with no adequate warning that they are doing so. Electronic Arts is in fact
collaborating with the modders to put pubic hair, genitalia, nipples, etc.
on the Sims 2 figures, including the children. The pedophiles out there
love it, which is why the mods are all over the adult porn sites.
You aren't concerned about that, now are you Marylan? You cherish your
"freedom" more than the innocence of other people's children, now don't you
Marylan?
You don't want me to be the arbiter of moral in America? Fine, the vast
majority of Americans don't want the ESA and ESRB to be the arbiter of
morals either nor women who think nudity distributed to other people's kids
is their business but stopping them is nobody's business, right Marylan?
We're going to have legislative hearings all over the place now, now that
the ESRB was found to be totally inadequate to prevent the "Hot Coffee"
fiasco. Let's decide, through a democratic process, whether the below
hidden, embedded material is appropriate in a "T" game. I can abide the
democratic conclusion on that, but I bet you cannot.
John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law
1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
305-666-4366
July 23, 2005
Steve Bené, Attorney
VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Electronic Arts Inc.
209 Redwood Shores Parkway
Redwood City, CA 94065 fax: 650-628-1422 email: copyright@ea.com
Re: The Sims 2 and Porn
Dear Mr. Bene:
Mods are readily available via the Internet to turn the characters in your
company's The Sims 2 into nudes with exposed genitalia. This includes the
children in the game. EA has made this modding easy by making it readily
possible to remove "the blur" from the genital areas. Even the New York
Times' web site is providing this cheat code to remove the blur.
Adult "porn sites" are featuring, via free downloads, the mods that allow
the consumer to customize the appearance of the labia, nipples, pubic hair,
and penises. As you know, The Sims 2 already features reproductive
activities in this "T" rated game.
Such modding is made more likely by public statements by the game's creator,
Will Wright, that he supports the modding of the game.
To the extent that your company does absolutely nothing to crack down on
this apparent infringement upon EA's copyrighted material, which is in
possible violation of its various software agreements and warnings, then EA
collaborates, in every sense of the word, with the modders to put this
material into the hands of consumers, many of whom are children, given the
inviting "T" rating on the game.
I urgently ask Electronic Arts to stop this modding activity by appropriate
means, otherwise the "T" rating given the game by ESRB means, for all
practical purposes, nothing and breaches trust with parents.
Regards, Jack Thompson
Copies: Media
U.S. Senators Clinton, Lieberman, Brownback, Santorum
California Assemblyman Leland Yee
----- Original Message -----
From: Marylan Dean
To: jackpeace@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: I am Very Concerned
I just read Gamespot's article on Jack Thompson, and I am angry that Mr.
Thompson does not have all his facts straight. Even after the update, he
still believes the Sims 2 is a terrrible, terrible game. I want to reassure
Mr. Thompson that the Sims 2 is a wonderful, non-violent game where I, as a
46-year old Christian woman, can not only play without being offended, but
enjoy the official Sims2 website knowing how heavily patrolled it is to
guard against inappropriate content. Both the website and the game are very
family-oriented.
The above image is taken from the Sims2 on my game. I have removed the
blur in my game, and this is how detailed Sims look when the blur is
removed. This Sim is not modified in any way. I resent Mr. Thompson for
attacking the only PC game I play, and I want to assure parents of gamers
all around the world that this is simulated life without the real-life
problems. The basic Sim theme is to build family dynamics.
Thank You, Marilyn S Dean aka NoRealLife2
Please feel free to contact me for any reason. I will be happy to talk to
you if you want to publish or forward my letter.
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Jag moddar själv spel om jag blev lite nyfiken på det här. Om jag gör en sex modd till HL2, kommer han attackera Valve också? Han pratade nästan om Will Wright som att han var en av pedofilerna som låter såna här moddar finnas. Också rätt kul att läsa att EA samarbetar med moddare som kör sex moddar till the sims 2. EA skulle väl vara de sista som skulle göra det om något
Om man låter folk ändra och lägga till egna saker så kommer det självklart vara folk som kommer lägga in sånt här. Att banna alla typer av modifiering bara för detta är ju löjligt. Det har alltid funnits folk som gör det.
Tja, jag vet inte riktigt vad jag ska säga... tycker detta är jättelöjligt. Man kan få alla spel att vara sexiska/rasistiska. När man rate:ar spel tycker jag man bara ska gå på det som finns i spelet. Inte det man *kan* göra eller det som är gömt som inte ska finnas tillgängligt för vanliga användare.
