Outspoken game 'hater' attorney Jack Thompson, alongside attorneys Patrick Gray and Raymond Reiser, told GameSpot.com that they will "change the face of the entertainment industry" and "destroy Rockstar", after a civil surrounding the murder of two policeman survived an attempt to dismiss the case in the Supreme court. The 600 million USD lawsuit alleges that the videogame Vice City is responsible for the murder of Arnold Strickland and Leslie "Ace" Mealer in Alabama. The two policeman were killed when carjacker Devin Moore grabbed a policeman's gun and shot the two officers while in custody. At the time, Moore stated "Life is like a game; everybody has to die sometime."

Moore received a life sentence for the shooting, and a civil case was brought against the publisher after it was revealed that Moore had played GTA Vice City prior to the incident. The Alabama lawsuit alleges that the game was instrumental in the murder, and is Thompson's latest attempt to break a company he has engaged in court innumerable times, surrounding allegations that GTA is a menace to society owing to its controversial content. There remains ambiguity about the Alabama court's authority, and the ability for the case to survive other ongoing challenges.

"I am counsel for all of the plaintiffs, they are still my clients, I was the one who won the First Amendment argument in the hearing on November 3, 2005, which trial record was what was appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court, and I fully expect to be in the courtroom trying the case when it is tried," commented Thompson.

Source: GameSpot.com

By Luke Guttridge

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