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Try reading this blog, guys - even a psychologist criticized Thompson for his fanaticism and his bad views about gaming - sure, he might tell us to play chess instead, but would he expect us to play a Barbie PC game, or one of those Disney tie-in CD-ROMs (or a Strawberry Shortcake videogame - I play that sometimes but it's unlikely that you guys would delight in playing those), just because CJ's a crazy person? Nope...

What do you think the PS2 is, a miracle machine? Nope, PS3 games come on Blu-Ray ROM, while PS2 games come on DVD-ROM...

Hmm, if only I have a flasher a blank NES/Famicom cart and an NES clone, or an emulator, I would play this, though it's a bit oldschool. Mr. Vercetti would be interested in playing his own game in his time, where the NES and the Atari was cool... Would some other developer (Rockstar in particular) would interest in taking over the project? Or maybe giving it a GPL open-source license?

Yeah, not all people, like you and me, who play Grand Theft Auto, would delight in killing and harassing people in real life - Does Rockstar encourage people to be a criminal? Or imitate Hot Coffee? Not really... There are other problems that Jack Thomson must really concentrate, like drug abuse, war, and racial discrimination, not giving bad stereotypes at GTA... Jack Thompson IS the most jingoistic idiot I've ever heard. I mean, me and my dad had some good time playing video games at home or in the arcade since when I was little, even if it involved hurting, knocking out or killing somebody - I hope some modder would make a Jack Thompson NPC skin for GTA for gamers to pick on... EDIT: Check out my CJ pic...

Carl "CJ" Johnson, joining a gamers' protest, along with his pal Tommy Vercetti, Mario, Luigi, Sam Fisher, and other videogame characters... I guess Mr. Thomson, as well as his *pal*, Dr. Phil, is going too far - he blames videogames for all nasty things that are happening in the world - the Virginia Tech shooting, school shootouts, etc. Sure, CJ and Monsieur Tommy Vercetti are veteran virtual gangsters, but they might get pissed off once they (or their games) were blamed for some real or imaginary, relevant or seemingly irrelevant incident. I know there are some really bad games, but most of the heroes in action games know what they're doing; anti-heroes like Tommy and CJ seem to delight in wreaking havoc in the city, but they DON'T encourage people to follow their footsteps and harass their neighbors - I mean, look at the fine print when GTA boots up - what does it say about playing this game? And to add up to my negative comments about Mr. Thompson and his minions, it was reported at Gamespot that he sued Penny Arcade for harassment, "criminal harassment", that is, just because of the site's parodical views about Thompson. Please, JT, THIS IS A DEMOCRACY, THE UNITED STATES IS A DEMOCRACY!! Even the two GTA protagonists know about this, as well as the "free speech" law, that guarantees rights to parodists - if George Bush doesn't mind being impersonated or parodied in any way, how come you, Mister Jack Thompson, took a very simple insult way too seriously?? Are you some three-year old kid that cries loudly just because you were deprived of your beloved lollipop? NOT ALL NEGATIVE THINGS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO A SINGLE SOURCE, THOMPSON! I'm saying this in large font because some guy is blaming us gamers and game developers for violence, which actually turned out that he just wanted to earn money and make some noise - in Filipino, papam-pam, or papansin lang siya (literally, he just wants some attention; I learned those words from a friend of mine in the Philippines)... In other words, he just wants to be on the New York Times frontpage or show up on CNN... Jack Thompson sucks... P.S.: Feel free to spread the CJ message memetically...

Congratulations, Mr. Vista, I hope you see the Ring Of Death on your 360...just joking!!

This is one aspect of MS Windows XP that I really don't like - the activation. Despite massive efforts in combating warez groups through activation, XP is still successfully cracked by such underground groups, and is vulnerable to virus and spyware attacks, which is a reason why I decided to slowly switch to Linux, as well as ReactOS, an open-source Windows NT/XP clone. ReactOS is a potential Windows-compatible solution, although it's still on alpha.

It's an auction, dude, the guy who bids the highest wins...

What? A Hot Coffee controversy involving Paris Hilton? No way, but she deserves to be beaten up anyway... And Ram, about my sig, even if I made a new one (the one below this reply post), you can still make me one and give it to me, since I hope yours would be better... EDIT: I'm in the signature, the guy with the baseball cap and dual Ingram guns...

Hmm, I'm one of them who want to bash her...

Wait, you watched her porno thinking she was 6 years old? Dude that's sick. Yeah, I agree with that...

Yeah, that would happen if Carl Johnson would ever confront the stupid Hilton brat...

You're right Ram, if only our gang would beat up Hilton... Check out my GTA/Paris photoshop joke...

Yeah, name it The Convict's Life: Paris Hilton Behind Bars...

Give her a taste of prison life, Tommy...hehe!

I can't do it right now, I don't have the gear for it yet...

And she even blamed and fired her publicist for the incident, saying she could still drive...whores! They suck... I would laugh about the "eeewww, what's that!?" and "that bean lunch is soo yucky!" lines that Paris might say. Also, she shouldn't cry about the DUI dilemma, it's her fault, she should have known what she's doing. As someone once said, "Ignorance of the law excuses no one...", and NOT even a wealthy and materialistic brat such as Paris... Spread the Hilton Vice City joke photo to those who still loves the brat...hehe!!

I guess teeny-boppers who once admired her had learned a very valuable lesson today: never trust a ditzy, bratty whore like Hilton. Call the GTA gangs and have them beat up Paris...hehe!!

Boy, what a terrible CD drive you got there; can't help you with that, other than using CD recovery software - go borrow a good, clean drive from a friend, install it, slap the CD, and let the recovery program do the work for you. Outcome depends on the damage done, and the drive. The noCD crack helps, but I'm afraid that's illegal and may harm your PC, since unscrupulous warez groups sometimes infect their cracks with malware... Buy a new, legal, original/licensed GTA3 disc if you have the dough... To me, backups are a geek's best friend...

I have some skin files from The Sims 1, and if it's OK to you guys, can someone convert this to a Vice City/San Andreas-compatible model for me? I've attached some ZIP archives in here, maybe you can help... Thanks... justintimberlake.zip shirley.zip

Welcome to the forums, Sahil. About your question, sorry but I can't help you with that. I'm also interested with that, too. Nice DBZ player model idea...

Ouch, the only funny thing that I watched in SA was the E.T.-reminiscent flying bike thing... Maybe I'll try some funny stuff later, if I have the time...

Welcome to jail, Hilton...hehe!!

Yeah, thanks, I'll do some more anti-Hilton insults...