Som flere Daily Rush læsere sikkert vil erindre, udfordrede gaming-korsfareren, Jack Thompson, spilbranchen til at lave et computerspil, baseret på et noget udsædvanligt “design-brief”. Bliver opgaven løst, vil Thompson donere $10.000 til velgørenhed. Flere har indtil videre forsøgt sig, uden helt at klare det. Det ser dog ud til at ændre sig nu, da Thompsonsoft nu har meldt sig og tilsyneladende rammer helt plet. Deres computerspil “I’m OK” (OK efter Osaki Kim, som er far den dreng som blev tævet til døde i en af Thompsons meget profilerede sager) synes at ramme mere end plet og du kan allerede nu downloade spillet fra I’m OK websitet. Jack Thompson bliver for øvrigt krediteret som “Lead Designer” og naturligvis inspirationskilde. Her følger et større uddrag af Thompsonsofts noget farverige firmabeskrivelse.

Billede

Consisting of 3 alcoholics and a foreign exchange student, Thompsonsoft is a new game company formed around the singular idea that Jack Thompson is the most brilliant game designer in the universe. After reading “A Modest Video Game Proposal”, we formed this company to create any game that Jack Thompson designed. Our first title, “I’m OK”, is based on Jack’s masterful design from “A Modest Video Game Proposal” and it’s a murder simulator so cruel, so bloodthirsty, so horrifyingly violent that it makes Grand Theft Auto seem like Sunday Funday.

How does one explain why, in a world overflowing with disease, war, and other horrifying realities, a man would spend 18 years crusading against video games? Easy. You say that it’s the most extensive, ingenious marketing campaign for a video game in the history of MAN.

Not since John Romero made us all his bitch have you been this excited about a game, and now it’s finally here in your sweaty little hands. We hope you enjoy it. (But only if you’re an 18-and-over adult with no prior convictions.)

12 KOMMENTARER

  1. #9 ok – det var dælme sjovt det easter egg – det tror jeg måske der kommer lidt problemer ud af senere – hvis/når de skal forsvare det her i retten