Moral Kombat: Another two cents...

To quote writer/producer/director Spencer Haplin: “We’re very careful to avoid the whole titillation factor...” Please accept our invitation to dinner at Burger King, Mr. Haplin, so we can laugh directly into your face. Fact is, the trailer seems to sell the film on tabloid style provocation and little else. Does he fancy himself as some kind of David versus the gaming industry Goliath? Halpin rocking his little Fahrenheit 9/11 docu-slingshot, Goliath a fat multi-billionaire with a gun. The Shed is happy for capitalism to crush the little guy this time.

Attorney and anti-games activist Jack Thompson is interviewed in the film, natch. Back in 1990, Jacky said of rap music: "An industry that says a line cannot be drawn will be drawn and quartered.” Hip-hop turned out to be big business on a global scale. Thompson's weekend job as a prophet was shortlived. Capitalism wins 2-Nil.

It's very easy to construct a counter argument against Thompson. Just quote him. Here he takes us to school using that most reliable of teaching aids, Grand Theft Auto: “...when it comes to kids, it has a demonstrable impact on their behavior and the development of the frontal lobes of their brain.” Well, our lobes are fine thank you. I guess it's too bad about Richie's little brother up in the psych ward though. Rich left the room for five minutes to take a small shit and Little Tommy picked up a control pad - without permission - and started spinning round in circles. Wee lad hasn't spoken since. Come to think of it, little Tommykins might not really exist. Landon's memory isn't very reliable. Maybe he played too much Alex Kidd In Miracle World as a boy? Gee, sure had to kill a lot of lil' animals in that game.

OR INSTEAD SIMPLY:

Spencer Halpin fronted $650,000 making Moral Kombat. Spencer Halpin really knows how to party.