Jack Thompson Calls on FBI to Investigate Kotaku

[Wizno]

t’s been quite a year for gaming blog Kotaku. First, the site got blackballed by Sony after Kotaku adhered to journalistic principles and refused to cave to Sony’s threats regarding the publishing of a PlayStation Home rumor that ultimately proved to be true. Now Kotaku has Jack Thompson on its tail. The Florida lawyer and anti-gaming activist has asked the FBI to investigate Kotaku. Apparently, Thompson believes the gaming blog is “targeting” him and encouraging its readers to make threats on his life. The day of the Virginia Tech shooting, a Kotaku reader posted a comment on the site suggesting that Thompson “be shot for taking the opportunity to leech off a tragedy to push his own agenda.” Ironically, Thompson contacted the FBI after he got owned by Kotaku editor Brian Crecente, who wrote a detailed article dissecting Thompson’s claims of a connection between the Virginia Tech shootings and violent video games (as of this moment, there is no connection).



Jack Thompson Calls on FBI to Investigate Kotaku