Oh Jackie Boy, what will you do or say next? Honestly, we want to know. It's like slowing down at a wreck to see the carnage. This time, Jack Thompson was supposed to be a part of a debate at PAX, but they wanted to keep it hush hush. However, Jack needs his voice to be heard, so he refused if he couldn't publicly announce it...and then proceeded to release a public statement about the debate, how they were trying to keep him quiet, and then spinning it his way. I applaud you sir.

From the article:

A few days back, GamePolitics learned that the Penny Arcade crew was planning an extraordinary event at PAX in late August: a debate involving vitriolic anti-game activist Jack Thompson.

To make an extra splash - and for security reasons - Penny arcade planned not to announce the debate until about an hour before it occurred.

PA’s hope was that Thompson’s opponent would be someone knowledgable about video games like Entertainment Consumer Association (ECA) president Hal Halpin, or perhaps Jason Della Rocca, executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).

Because negotiations were going on behind the scenes, GP was unable to report on the proposed Thompson debate. Yesterday morning, however, things began to fall apart, supposedly over Thompson’s objection to keeping the debate under wraps. Last night Kotaku got hold of the story. In an e-mail circulated to certain media outlets - including GamePolitics, the Miami attorney wrote:

…I would be delighted to do the [debate], but Penny-Arcade’s positon that this must be kept “under wraps” and that I cannot tell the media and others about the event is both absurd and troubling.

For Penny-Arcade to take the position that there must be a news blackout on this strikes me and others as hypocritical to the max. You guys are the ones who think that even adult entertainment materials should be marketed and sold to children because of “freedom of expression,” and yet I am not allowed to tell media and others of this debate? Come on, how transparently double-standard-bound in your machinations can you all be?

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com