On February 15 , 2008 , Jack Thompson claimed that the actions of Steven Kazmierczak , who the previous day killed five people at Northern Illinois University before committing suicide , were influenced by the game '' Counter-Strike '' . In a subsequent news release , Thompson claimed that " We have a nation of Manchurian Candidate video gamers out there who are ready , willing , and able to massacre , and some of them will . " Thompson also threatened the university with a lawsuit if the school did not provide copies of " all documents that reveal Kazmierczak 's play of violent videogames . " Thompson 's " high-profile crusades " have made him an enemy of video game aficionados . On occasion , Thompson has sparred directly with the gaming industry and its fans . In 2005 , he wrote an open letter to Entertainment Software Association president Doug Lowenstein , making what he described as " a modest video game proposal " ( an allusion to the title of Jonathan Swift 's satirical essay , '' A Modest Proposal '' ) to the video game industry : Thompson said he would donate $ 10,000 to a charity designated by Take-Two CEO Paul Eibeler if any video game company would create a game including the scenario he described in the letter . The scenario called for the main character , whose son was killed by a boy who played violent video games , to murder a number of industry executives ( including one modeled on Eibeler ) and go on a killing spree at the Electronic Entertainment Expo . Video game fans promptly began working to take Thompson up on his offer , resulting in the game '' I 'm O.K – A Murder Simulator '' , among others . Afterwards , he claimed that his proposal was satire , and refused to make the promised donation
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