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Jack Thompson(XI)

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Jack Thompson
"Playing Columbine" brings together an array of experts to examine the issues surrounding the future of videogames as an art form and how one game about the Columbine shooting has touched upon the larger development of an emergent form of expression.
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Playing Columbine (2008)
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Jack Thompson was born on 25 July 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
BornJuly 25, 1951
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BornJuly 25, 1951
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    • Known for

    Triggered
    • Self
      Playing Columbine (2008)
      Playing Columbine
      7.1
      • Self - Attorney and Videogame Industry Critic
      • 2008
      Moral Kombat (2009)
      Moral Kombat
      5.6
      • Self
      • 2009
      CNBC Squawk Box (1995)
      CNBC Squawk Box
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Self - Guest

      Credits

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      Self

      • Triggered
        • Self
      • Cover Your Ears (2023)
        Cover Your Ears
        7.4
        • Self - Activist
        • Self - Former Attorney
        • 2023
      • Jack Thompson vs. Video Games (2020)
        Jack Thompson vs. Video Games
        Video
        • Self - Guest
        • 2020
      • Anita Sarkeesian in The Sarkeesian Effect: Inside the World of Social Justice Warriors (2015)
        The Sarkeesian Effect: Inside the World of Social Justice Warriors
        2.5
        • Self
        • 2015
      • John Stossel in Stossel (2009)
        Stossel
        6.4
        TV Series
        • Self - Anti-Violence Video Games Advocate
        • 2014
      • Billy Crystal, Bob Costas, Frank Deford, Bryant Gumbel, Jerry Jones, Jim Lampley, Soledad O'Brien, Billy Packer, John Thompson, Mary Carillo, James Brown, Bernard Goldberg, Armen Keteyian, Lenny Dykstra, Sonja Steptoe, Andrea Kremer, Stephon Marbury, Jeb Corliss, Alessandro Zanardi, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Harbaugh, Jon Frankel, Josh Hamilton, Ashrita Furman, Lezlie Hiner, Lopez Lomong, David Scott, and Bill Johnson in Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995)
        Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
        7.8
        TV Series
        • Self - Attorney (segment "2 Live Crew to First and Ten")
        • 2013
      • Penn Jillette and Teller in Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003)
        Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
        8.2
        TV Series
        • Self
        • 2009
      • Moral Kombat (2009)
        Moral Kombat
        5.6
        • Self
        • 2009
      • Playing Columbine (2008)
        Playing Columbine
        7.1
        • Self - Attorney and Videogame Industry Critic
        • 2008
      • The Real Blue Nuns
        6.2
        TV Movie
        • Self - Christian Nut
        • 2006
      • Attack of the Show! (2005)
        Attack of the Show!
        7.8
        TV Series
        • Self
        • 2006
      • CNBC Squawk Box (1995)
        CNBC Squawk Box
        5.2
        TV Series
        • Self - Guest
        • 2006
      • 60 Minutes (1968)
        60 Minutes
        7.4
        TV Series
        • Self - Attorney
        • 1999–2005
      • Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford, Tony Kaye, Chris Squire, Peter Banks, and Yes in Top Ten (1995)
        Top Ten
        6.0
        TV Series
        • Self
        • 2001
      • Phil Donahue in Donahue (1967)
        Donahue
        6.3
        TV Series
        • Self
        • 1990

      Archive Footage

      • Randall Rigdon Jr. in Oddheader (2018)
        Oddheader
        TV Series
        • Self - Attorney Who Has Sued Violent Videogamemakers (archive footage)
        • 2018
      • Social Justice: The Musical (2015)
        Social Justice: The Musical
        8.4
        TV Mini Series
        • Self (archive footage)
        • 2016
      • 60 Minutes (1968)
        60 Minutes
        7.4
        TV Series
        • Self - Attorney (archive footage, segment "Grand Theft Auto")
        • 2005

      Videos1

      Playing Columbine
      Trailer 0:35
      Playing Columbine

      Personal details

      • Alternative names
        • John Bruce 'Jack' Thompson
      • Born
        • July 25, 1951
        • Cleveland, Ohio, USA
      • Other works
        Out of Harm's Way. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2005. ISBN 1-4143-0442-0
      • Publicity listings
        • 1 Portrayal

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