Gaming's Red Scare Continues

Jack Thompson, this generation's Joseph McCarthy, is on a roll. He managed to help bully the ESRB into forcing Take 2 and Rockstar to recall GTA: SA, and now he's leveraging his momentum toward... the Sims 2?

According to Saucy Jack, players can download a mod which removes the comical nudity blur over naked sims' genitalia, revealing what he describes as "full frontal nudity, including nipples, penises, labia, and pubic hair." However, according to EA exec Jeff Brown, "This is nonsense. We've reviewed 100 percent of the content. There is no content inappropriate for a teen audience. Players never see a nude sim. If someone with an extreme amount of expertise and time were to remove the pixels, they would see that the sims have no genitals. They appear like Ken and Barbie."

Thompson violently disagrees, and even says pedophiles may be using the patch in order to "rehearse, in virtual reality, for their abuse." We can infer a couple things from Thompson's comments: he's clearly insane and his paranoia has advanced to the point of manifesting Sim genitalia scandalously hidden behind pixelated blurs, or there ARE mods out there which allow players to impress their nude skins over the pixelation. While I'm sure the former is true, the latter is indeed fact. Friends have downloaded hacks which remove the blur, and other hacks add genitalia. However, this is content not sanctioned by EA in any way, shape or form. That doesn't matter to Thompson, though, as his agenda extends far beyond protecting youth and into the realm of nutball neo-conservatism. Pay attention to this guy, folks, he's going to do more damage to the Bill of Rights than John Ashcroft.