So-called 'anti-gaming' US lawyer Jack Thompson, who has engaged the likes of in a number of high-profile lawsuits aimed at restricting the release of violent games like GTA, is apparently unhappy that Buzz! The Schools Quiz, could find its way into classrooms.

Speaking to the press, Thompson cast aspersions over Sony's motives in releasing these versions of the specifically designed for teaching use in schools. "Videogames have hurt far more people than they have helped," Thompson railed in The Daily Mail. "I don't see how they can be of any more benefit than normal teaching."

"If you watch kids on a computer, most of them are just hitting keys or moving the mouse as fast as they can. It reminds me of rats running in a maze," chirped in education psychologist Jane Healy. Does she realise that 'Buzz!' is just a quiz game?

The new version of Buzz! has been released by developers Relentless and includes 5000 Key Stage 2 questions. The game is available now.

Update: Attorney Jack Thompson has contacted us this afternoon to deny having given the quotation above to The Mail. Indeed, the gaming campaigner has denied ever having heard of Buzz!, copying us in on a strongly worded email to The Daily Mail's editor on the subject:

"I was NEVER contacted by anyone at your paper about this story, and I never said or wrote the below," he wrote. "I don't think such a thing and thus would not have uttered it anywhere, anytime. Your writer lied about this, and he/she ought to be sacked for this utter fabrication."

By Luke Guttridge

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  1. Nicki Unregistered 2 years ago


    I know, while we're madly flailing around for things to control and ban ... let us all take leave of our senses and ban the television permanently for all the rubbish that gets shown on it every day.

    Part of the youth's problem is the automatic child minder that sits in every living room. A non existent television can hold no gaming consoles.

    In fact why don't they just get it over with and ban Fun and Relaxation altogether?