3 Guys, a House and a Web Site: The Malpractice Part 2
6/25/06
Sim City Court House.
Jack: . . . then just as the game had instructed them to do . . they began to play tennis with the disembodied head of their dear sweet mother. If not for Phong Pong, Mrs. Richards would still be alive.
Jack: John Wilson knew exactly what was going to happen when he produced this game. He knew it would drive poor inocent kids to brutally murder their parents. But he didn't care. No. All John Wilson cares about is adding a few more hits to an already extremely popular website.
Judge: Defense, Your Opening Statement.
Defense Lawyer: Ladies and Gentlement. My Client has done nothing wrong. Only the most disturbed individuals whom shouldn't be left unattended for any lentgh of time could ever be remotly influenced to kill a cockroach after playing my client's game. Mr. Thomspson would have you beleive that there is an epidemic of children stomping people looking for power ups. But this is simply not true.
Defense Lawyer: I intend to prove you that these boys would have killed their mother regardless of any software they may have coincidently downloaded just days prior.
Later . . .
Jack: . . . and isn't it true, Mr. Wilson, that your game consists of hitting the disembodied head of a cartoon character back and forth between two paddles.
John: Yeah . . .but i don't see how . . . .
Jack: . . . and in the show ReBoot, which this game is based off of, isn't the very same character seen at one point as just a head detatched from his body, alive and interacting with other characters.
John: Yeah . . . but i don't really see what this has to . . .
Jack: Well to see it on tv is one thing. But when you put it in an interactive medium, kids are too stupid to tell the difference between reality and video games. It's all real to them. And anything they do in the game world they feel must be ok to do in the real world. They just can't find the distinction.
John: Mr. Thompson I've been playing First Person Shooters since I was 5 years old, and I've never felt compelled to shoot anybody. I've always been able to determine the difference between the virtual and the real.
Jack: I think I know a little more about video games than you. I was on 60 minutes.
John: So? Does that somehow make you an expert now? You don't know what your doing. Your Just a Medical Malpractice lawyer from Miami who got bored representing old people.
Jack: Shut Up!
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