

Jack Thompson believes that a character appearing in Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV is based on him, and wants it removed from the game.

Thompson arrived at this idea after reading an article in the September issue of Game Informer magazine about GTA IV, which explains that one of the first missions in the game is to kill a certain lawyer:

When Niko comes into this lawyer's office, having used subterfuge to do so, Niko pulls a gun on the lawyer who says, "that the firm supports the second amendment and that 'Guns don't kill people. Video games do.'"

Thompson goes on to say that the lawyer's mentioning of video games "makes it clearly a reference to me," and accuses Rockstar of "targeting" him. He figures that the inclusion of the character amounts to a physical threat, and is demanding that it and "any other references that could reasonably be construed to be references to me" be removed from the game immediately.

Is it likely that the character is at least inspired by Thompson, who has so regularly set Rockstar in his sights? Oh, heck, yeah. Sassy, sure, obnoxious, maybe, but a physical threat? That's a bit of a stretch.

Jack Thompson Says GTA 4 Mission Target Is Him [GamePolitics]