Jack Still Has Nothing Better To Do, Goes After Bioshock

Jack Thompson is a modern-day Superman… nothing will stop him! Seriously though, it’s rare to see someone so stubborn with so much ambition to get things done, so you have to hand it to him for trying. Since not much is going on with Rockstar lately, he’s decided to file a complaint with the FTC regarding Bioshock’s TV commercial, for being shown in the same timeslot as a WWE program.

God knows there’s nothing violent about the WWE, so for the commercial to be shown during it’s commercial’s break is completely inappropriate. Will anything become of this? Hard to say, really, since the program is indeed rated for >17-year-old audiences. Should I sue because I’m forced to watch Viagra commercials during a sitcom? Clearly, no one under >17yo should have to put up with that crap.

Hey, we had no idea Rockstar had anything to do with BioShock … oh wait, that’s right, they didn’t. The FTC has already stated they think the industry is doing a relatively fine job handling itself; however, the FTC does say the movie and video game industry are both guilty of marketing R and M rated content during shows with inappropriate demographics. That’s all good and fine of course, but we’re just way too busy bathing in the irony of a FTC violence complaint being brought upon the airing of BioShock ads during an episode of WWE Smackdown.

Source: Joystiq