Jack Thompson - I don't like him and you probably don't either. The Escapist also doesn't like Jack Thompson, and they just want to know when, after so many failed and silly attempts, will we stop hearing from the man about how dangerous videogames are. You know what, I wonder the same thing too Escapist.

From the article:

Many years ago, the History Channel learned a lesson: Too much of a good thing ain't necessarily a good thing. The network's penchant for Second World War programming led people in short order to begin calling it, both affectionately and derisively, "the Hitler Channel," because for awhile, particularly in the late '90s, it seemed as though you couldn't surf past it more than three times consecutively without bumping into Der Fuhrer himself. And while the History Channel has over the years cut back on the Last Good War, the moniker lingers.

In much the same way, videogame news sites are beginning to butt up against a similar situation: to wit, the long, strange journey of the Jack Thompson Circus of Questionable Behavior. And while it's hard to deny that "news is news," the question we should perhaps be asking ourselves is a more fundamental one: Is Jack Thompson news?

Read the full article over at escapistmagazine.com