Attorney Jack Thompson has reportedly been sending out a mail which he puts forward that Take Two is putting games on the market which they very much know will be sold to kids of all ages despite promises indicating otherwise. Thompson sent out his 15 year old son to purchase the M rated Bioshock from a local Best Buy and claimed that this just proves that games such as GTA IV and Manhunt 2 will be openly sold to those below the required age. Thompson goes further to say that retailers and the gaming industry in general are engaged in fraudulent and deceptive trade practices as his son has highlighted. Fraudulent practices hey? Sending your kid out to purchase a game you know he shouldn't especially under false pretences, what is that called?

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I have just received an email from Attorney Jack Thompson stating that his 15-year-old son purchased the Mature-rated game BioShock from a local Best Buy. Thompson informs us that BioShock is created by "the notorious Take-Two interactive," you may remember them from publishing such ultra-violent games as Grand Theft Auto. Thompson says that in using his son in a sting operation, he's proven "that Take-Two's upcoming releases of hyperviolent and sex-themed Manhunt 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV will be widely sold to kids of all ages, despite promises by Take-Two, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), and major retailers." No word if Thompson will allow his son to play the copy of BioShock he purchased.

Thompson goes on to say that retailers and the gaming industry are "engaged in a fraudulent and deceptive trade practice across the nation" by claiming to check IDs. This is exacerbated by his son purchasing the M-rated game from the same Best Buy store Thompson sent his son to buy Grand Theft Auto: Vice City at when he was 10-years-old. Thompson is demanding that Best Buy fire the store's manager and the girl with the "piercing through her right eyebrow" who sold his son the game. Thompson finishes by saying, "The entire video game age rating system is a fraud perpetrated upon American families from sea to shining sea." We should keep that in mind the next time we recruit our own child into a crusade and approve of him or her purchasing an M-rated game.