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I've been following this story for a few days now but have only finally got round to posting it. I've not got the space to go into all the details so if you'll forgive me, I'll post a few links for you to read so you can get the whole story.
Jack Thompson is a lawyer who hates video games and blames them for all of society's ills. He came up with the superb (sorry - I meant cretinous) idea of saying he'd give away $10,000 to charity if someone would design and release a game that followed his plot outline. This is where
PennyArcade first got involved. They have raised a magnificent amount of money through their Child's Play charity which relies on donations from these evil gamers that Jack despises so much.. Quite rightly, they thought that they were getting a bum rap from Jack and emailed him to say so. Jack phoned them up and launched into a tirade. The next day they emailed him back and he returned their mail with another harsh phone call threatening to sue them (for what?).
Today brings the news that someone took Jack up on his offer and created a GTA mod to comply with his offer and get the money given to charity. Except that Jack now claims his offer was satire.
So how did Penny Arcade deal with this? - They donated $10,000 to charity in Jack's name.
For this they are superheroes of tthe highest order.
Some further reading for you.