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As if Fox News has been a beacon for intelligent discussion and sensible thinking throughout the years, it still manages to surprise us every now and then. Take the Cashin' In segment presented above, for example, which brings on "anti-violence activist" Jack Thompson to discuss the Manhunt 2 ban in Europe and the debate as to whether it should be banned here in the States. Jack claims that there are different acts of fraud going on with the game and the ESRB (o ... kay?) and that the game surely didn't have enough time to be altered from an "Adult's Only" to "Mature" rating. Last time we checked, Jack wasn't a game designer or programmer, so we're sure he has no clue when it comes to game development (or much else, for that matter).

The rest of the video is pretty much your usual Fox News fair, with each side yelling at each other and no resolution to the conflict made, so if it's your thing, hit up the video above.

[Via Go Nintendo]

IGN has put up a fresh new preview for a certain lawyer's most hated game, Manhunt 2. This new preview also puts to bed, rather violently we might add, all those rumblings that the game will somehow be watered down on the Wii. From images and the preview's contents itself, Manhunt 2 is looking to be comprised of several buckets, each of with is overflowing with precious life's blood. Seriously, this game is going to be gory.

But, that's not all the exciting and fun news, as we're happy to bring forth fresh new screens and box art for the game, which you can find tucked away for your convenience in the gallery below.

If you happen to use your computer near someone who fancies themselves a Jack Thompson-alike, then boy have we got something for you: freakalicious Manhunt 2 wallpapers to dress up that desktop. There's nothing like a giant glaring eyeball of death to get you through the workday.

Our spiffy new galleries balk at anything over 800px wide, so you'll have to hit the source for the bigger, better versions. To make up for it, we added some screenshots as well. Enjoy!

The ever-antagonistic Jack Thompson is up to his usual business of publicly decrying anything remotely connected to video games. It doesn't get much more remote than Wendy's. According to GamePolitics, Jack sent an angry email to the CEO of the company about their association with the Wii.

As we know, Manhunt 2 will be released on the Wii. And as we also know, Wendy's has begun giving away promotional Wii-themed toys. It might be kind of hard to tell from the picture, but look closely and you'll see that the toys have nothing to do with Manhunt 2.

We may only be amateur logicians, but in addition to the inaccurate claim that the promotion of the Wii is an indirect endorsement of Manhunt 2, we think we see a hasty generalization here: one violent game doesn't mean that the entire set of Wii games (which contains the games promoted here) is violent, or that the Wii is a violent platform. Feel free to correct our analysis in the comments. We could always use more logic in our discussions of Mr. Thompson.

Word comes that Jack Thompson and Take Two have settled before going to trial in Florida. This comes after news that Thompson would sue the publisher to put a dent in sales of its upcoming games Grand Theft Auto IV and Manhunt 2. The settlement reached by both parties has stipulations, preventing Thompson from:

• Suing Take Two or its subsidiaries in an attempt to threaten or block sales of any game
• Communicating with anyone at Take Two, or its business partners, that the company has committed any wrongdoing by selling its games. Thompson can criticize games from the company and may still act as legal counsel in any upcoming lawsuits.
• Making any contact with Take Two through any party that is not their attorney

Game Politics has a copy of the settlement, so if you want to give it a read, go right ahead (link opens a .pdf file).

According to online reports, Jack Thomspon allegedly made a post on a Manhunt forum (we're unsure as to which forum) where he once again called Rockstar Games into question and implicated the original Manhunt as being responsible for the murder of one Stefan Pakeerah, who was murdered in the UK in 2004 by supposed friend Warren LeBlanc. The police, however, could not find sufficient evidence linking the game to the murder.

We've included this entire post, which Thompson allegedly made in the forum, after the post break.

[Thanks, Andrew; via WiiPals]

We know the Moral Kombat trailer isn't terribly new, but the weekly video spotlight isn't about what's new or even what's good. It's a place for us to highlight a video that we think needs to be seen, for whatever reason, be it silly or a little weird or dripping with extra awesome sauce.

This week's video is none of those things, but it's worth discussing.

The actual film sounds potentially interesting and not so one-sided. Sadly, the trailer ... not so much. It's Jack Thompson and Joe Lieberman with holy light brigade and their vision of a gamer-centric apocalypse, complete with desperate, melodramatic music. And the continual invocation of Columbine and September 11 as a product of video games is just sick-making.

There's not much we can say on this subject that can be repeated in any sort of polite society, anywhere, so we're just gonna direct you to the video after the jump.