@MBCpeanut: Just....no.

JoshReflek

This is a great day, one worthy of celebration with fine cakes.

Dragonzigg

@Glass_bomb: ..did we ever truly leave?

TheIrishNinja

Too bad the Penny-Arcade guys took a week off. Can't wait to see what they come up with to celebrate this.

ShiningDark

@Glass_bomb: Caketaku? Did I miss this or something?

MozzerV12

Anyone else find it ironic that this news comes right before a big GTA4 play and win weekend on XBL?

What The Geek

I know this guy is a douche, but this reeks of childishness much more than his inane bullshit ever did. Get the fuck over it, kids.

MBCpeanut

More Portal references?!? AAARRRGHHHH!

If I never see another "cake is a lie" comment in my life, it'll be too soon.

DukeOfPwn

Just seeing "Douchebag" written out all nice and neat on that cake reminds me of Mission Hill.

MasterNinja

Why the leaves? Did they just get a quick cheap cake that was already made and happened to have a fall theme at the local Safeway?

Or is there a deeper meaning? Perhaps they are celebrating his "fall" from the ranks of lawyers and hoping that he will "leave" and not come back?

I wonder what the cake decorator at the store thought when they read the card saying what they wanted on the cake. "Douchebag? Seriously? Am I being punked? Am I going to get fired? I've gotta ask my manager if this is okay..." Even funnier if the cake decorator was a gamer and added the "you douchbag" himself.

Eltigro

@Hafgrim: nope, it's a buddy of mine's dream

ggodo

I'll take a slice of cake to go with my HOT COFFEE!
F U JT, you ARE a DOUCHEBAG!!!

BruzeWayne

@WrenixPhight: [www.eegra.com]

baxterpunch

@SotanahtDarksol:

My B-day is Sunday. I will most definitely celebrate with a Douche bag cake.

MikeWTFpwns

@KaneRobot: Would've love to have seen the look on the baker's face when they took that order. "Okay, White cake with plain frosting. ... You want *what* inscribed on the top?"

Also would've like to see Jack's face when he got the news. This should've been on CourtTV(or whatever it's called today).

KeeganTheBrain

It sure is a shame, the man had heart. He didn't give up, ever. If only he had directed that devotion to things that are more prevalent/important than video game related issues.

Either way, from the ashes of Jack Thompson rises a holiday, perhaps. A holiday that allows you to eat cake, which is always good. High five, Jack.

Hey_guy

@MikeWTFpwns: Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen Douchebag on a cake before. That's a new one.

Eltigro

@MikeWTFpwns: Just in time for my birthday too. Win and Gold it is.

SotanahtDarksol

Ah crap, are we reverting back to Caketaku?

Glass_bomb

not really a party in the strictest sense, but I am drinking to celebrate!!

What The Geek

Cue threatening emails from Jack to Crecente wanting to find this developer and sue them.

liquid_kore

All around, gamers are winning.

lumpi

I know of a party going on.

In muh pants . . .

. . . Sorry.

DocRimbo

@WrenixPhight: It's a triple post now. ;)

lumpi

Looks like rockstars lawyers are out of the job...

K-Squad! (Badass Edition)

@Hafgrim: That's what I guessed, lol

djricekcn

Awesome!

Massiah

I hope every other state in the union pays attention to why he was disbarred and won't allow him to apply to take the bar test when he goes to their states.

AndrewDB

whoopsie. sorry about the double post!

WrenixPhight

First ever cake to have "douchebag" on it? If not, how about "disbarment?"

KaneRobot

I'll drink to that!

This time the cake is no lie...

WrenixPhight

That is awesome. lol. funiest shit all day

finder39

It's clear the man
is suffering from paranoia.
This sort of thing has
been his crusade for years.
I'm afraid he's going to
do himself in.

Sullyville

Mmmmm. That looks both delicious and moist. But if they wanted to celebrate in a more celebratory gaming fashion, I suggest getting the bakery to make a cake that looks like the cake from Portal.

But that cake will do just as well. Gotta love the ending on that cake. XD

Salen

I'll drink to that!

This time the cake is no lie.

WrenixPhight

aww who wants to eat a cake with his face on it??

MangaDragon56

Everyone should be celebrating. This day shall go down in history as the day when evil fell.

kopow

I want a cake that says, "Congrats, Douche bag"

MikeWTFpwns

I'm guessing thats at Rockstar's HQ?

Hafgrim

How could you order a cake like that with a straight face?

"Ok bakery person, I want you to write 'Congrats on the disbarment you douchebag.' Hmm? Yes, I want you to write douchebag on a cake."

Kenny

AWESOME! That's Sam's Club cake, their cake is some of the best I've ever had.

Madnoir

@DocRimbo: There's a party in my mouth and everyone's getting disbarred.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

@MikeWTFpwns: Remember Mission Hill? "I've just ever seen it written so neatly before."

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

@kopow: The wars not over yet... we have just started the fight!

Cueil

"You could be screamin' "No, no, no," and all they hear is 'Who wants cake?' They all do, they all want cake."

TomSkylark

@kopow: No, that'll (hopefully) be November 4.

But this is also a great day.

kicking222

@MikeWTFpwns: I hope you mean a cake with the word "douchebag" on it, not the other way your sentence can be read. :P

Capt_Billy

@MBCpeanut: Childishness? Have you seen the way Jack handled himself in court?

Are we not allowed to act "childish" when we see gaming's #1 enemy get disbarred? He's deserved this for more than a long time and we will celebrate his demise any way we so choose.

1969intheSunshine

@MikeWTFpwns: Just change your last name to douchebag!

Maximus9

Epic!

I'd recommend all big developers to do the same.

And invite us gamers to the party!

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

HAHAHAHAHAHA, "congrats on the disbarment you douchebag"

Shykin

@liquid_kore: Which would be real nice, since HE CAN'T SUE ANYONE ANYMORE... LOOLOLO!!!one!

Well, ok, he COULD hire someone else to do it, but he probably be advised not to...

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

There's a Rockstar ad banner flashing right at the top of this story as I'm reading it. Did they pay to have their ads associated with Jack-Thompon's-crashing-career articles?

bookishboy

@OW-Holmes: Except his "career" was to take advantage of other people's misfortune to make money and push his own personal agenda. This is a guy who went to the families of school shooting victims and prolonged their suffering by encouraging them to pursue baseless lawsuits against game companies. That didn't exactly help those families heal and move on. He took advantage of people in a vulnerable emotional state and got them to channel their anger and sorrow in the wrong direction. How do you think it made them feel when their cases were dismissed by a judge as being frivolous and without merit? In their minds (after being coached by JT that the REAL criminals were the makers of Doom, Quake, The Sims, etc), it was probably as bad as if the actual killer was let go. To feel sorry for Jack Thompson is like feeling sorry for Michael Vick's dog trainer because "he lost his career".

OutsideTheBox

Wow... nice.

PatMan33

I see sandals, I see west, I see Rockstar HQ having a grand ol' tea.

PsycheE

@Glass_bomb:

We can only hope so, because www.gamecakes.com is down.

We need somewhere to get our game cake news, damnit.

Marlor

Happy days. Good to see not everyone in America is a republican :P

Sam Smith

Ah, Douchebag. It's the Rolls Royce of insults, and never gets old for me.

Strangelove

Haha, awesome.

yargh

Should we really be celebrating other people's misfortune? Sure getting someone banned from a server for cheating is fun and all, but this was his career.

OW-Holmes

I am amused despite myself.

EmeraldDragon

@Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc: that was so golden.

bialia

As long as that cake isn't a lie I'm in.

poisonedsodapop

well, sad to see a career end, but uh, couldve been someone who really valued their job, so there's that.

anyone in miami, coral gables etc drinking over this, call a ninja, im down to mooch of your booze in the spirit of gaming.

TheIrishNinja

@MBCpeanut: Peanut is right, this is proving any misguided notions he has about gamers in general

Spacehog85

@Sullyville: yay! poetry time!

we will miss you jack-
we choke a little on our
cake- good night, sweet prince.

bialia

@Hafgrim: Hey-Oh!

Maverickly

I think this is a great day in gaming history.
However, how long will this celebration be lived for?
Nature abhors void and where Jacko T has fallen, another one will rise...eventually. Lets hope such a day will not come to pass during any of our lifetimes...of during that of our childeren's childeren's.......childeren.
....yeah.

*cracks open a bottle of Amstel Beer*

Iceman B.

@Kenny: You don't order it with a straight face. You order it with the biggest smile in the world, and maybe a few High-Fives and/or Fist bumps.

Salen

I have a pretty good feeling that this day will be recorded (sorta like a holiday) on gamer-centric calenders for many, MANY years to come.

Mr_Raccoon

@Hey_guy: agreed

BasBalManic

That. Cake. Is. Awesome.

TheFamous1

@bialia: also, lol

bialia

@MikeWTFpwns: I wonder if bakeries charge extra to put profanity on a cake.

antialias02

So Jack Thompson exclaimed "let them eat cake", which the developers took to "heart" They took the time to "bake a pretty cake" even though the way was hazy. Then the people demanded to "cut the cake" they wanted a little lick of the creme. So that fateful day they got to "have their cake and eat it to."

mastarifla

i just want to take this opportunity to point out that for once, we're all getting along. no 360 this, no ps3 that.

let us all remember, no matter what happens, that for one brief shining moment, we celebrated together, as equals. we were all as one.

thank you, jt. you've done so much for us.

bialia

@mastarifla: They took the time to "bake a pretty cake" even though the way was hazy.
These guys were professionals. No doubt it was a piece of cake to bake that pretty cake.

MysidianMan

I chuckled when I saw that the cupcakes and cake were from Sam's Club.

LaserJudas

The demon has been slain! Villagers rejoice!

everyonesmom

@OW-Holmes: I view this as a triumph of the Bar Association protecting the general public from a hack lawyer like JT... I pitied anyone hiring Thompson, because they were getting screwed paying fees to the legal equivalent of a "quack" doctor. The man misfiled documents, filed papers with the court containing errors of fact both trivial (like wrong dates) to critical, and harassed opposing counsel and members of the bench; if Jacko was handling your case in the past few years, you were doomed.

It's sweet, sweet vengeance for us gamers but it's also a blow for consumer protection.

-- Steve

Anton P. Nym

@MBCpeanut: Nothing that can be described by the high-falutin' term "schadenfreude" can be childish, especially if it feels *this* *good*... *mmm!*

-- Steve

Anton P. Nym

It should be a freaking holiday today.

SAGA

@Sullyville:
Dear jack we will miss you much my dear
with your arguements so far from clear
and yes you came off a bit so queer
in your memory we'll eat this cake right here

i'll do a rap for him next time

raza_d

i want to put a prinny on it!

Nubius

@Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc: I don't know what it was like in the suburbs, Mr. French, but here in the city we don't tolerate that kind of language.

In other news, I swear it was like the thermostat-detector in my brain going off today. For some reason I was drawn to wearing my Penny Arcade "I hate Jack Thompson" shirt this morning. I mean I actually looked for it purposefully, not just picking it up and throwing it on like I do every other shirt I wear.

unruly

I really am going to celebrate this day every year.

TwilightKing

I hope that cake becomes the new NoThanks.JPG

e-friend

@Hafgrim: Nah. If anything, I bet they're mourning the loss of free advertisement. ;)

ChaosBahamut

although I work for a "game developer" that doesn't actually make video games... (we make slot machine games) we threw a disbarment party at my work today, there was no cake, but there was chocolate coconut pie.

fawrh

I'm thinking his face on the cake would be a double-edged sword.

On the downside you'd be too repulsed and, dare I say it, creeped out to actually eat the cakey deliciousness.

On the upside you get to put a knife to Jackie-Boy's face without actually doing the whole murder thing, something I happen to approve of.

Jayl3w

I think JT is getting more credit that he actually deserves.

M

I'd eat cake, but this is just too bitter sweet. Without his 'Lawyer' powers ((cough)) he is going to have to form an organization like 'NAMBLA' to continue his world 'trolling' against videogames.
Hehe... 'NAMBLA'.
But seriously, there is nothing funny about Man-Boy Love.

MalariaMan21077

Yay, cupcakes. And a sweet, sweet cake.

Alessar

It's over, it's finally over. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That was a gamer celebration cry, one I am sure is echoed all over the world right now. :)

WPack911

Cake is an appropriate treat to have after the defeat of someone crazier than GLaDOS.

CK20XX

Hey Jack, WHOS THE BITCH NOW?

Sonic84

LOL I'm a cake decorator and i did that at work today too!

Those look like Publix cakes! Heyhoo

gessyca

Mmm... revenge never tasted so sweet, yesno?

Rctdaemon

i hope the September 25 trend continues.
last year, Halo 3. this year...

redfish

See, this is a guy could use some cake.

Your anti-video game crusade has failed?

Eat some cake.

You've just been disbarred?

Eat some cake.

Aforementioned cake calls you a douchebag?

Eat some cake!

mrdietsoda

Ah how nice-take a bite out of that-----YES PLEASE! But the good thing is, the kind of person that Jack Thompson is, he wont quietly go into the night-this may have paused him for a second, but it didnt stop him. I just cant wait for the next installment of the Drama that is Jack Thompson's Life. EXCLUSIVELY ON KOTAKU! Wednesdays at 1pm.

defiantman21

I'm sure he'll have no trouble finding work in the Bush Administration.

Jesse in Japan

im realy going to miss the Jack Tompson bat shit crazy antics oh well, the cake will make things better.

spider2544

@ChaosBahamut: Yeah, THAT'S more what I'm thinking... Rockstar hates Jack Thompson the way HBO and Cinemax and the Spice Channel hate TV censorship.

bobtheduck

@Hey_guy: He was never gunna give up, he was never gunna let you down....

Trencher

Kinda think someone should have invited Jack. It would have been a kind gesture to a fallen opponent.

Edge of Blade

Somewhere a Take Two attorney is quietly hanging up his bar card.

"Well played, well played."

andrewmedina

Oh, and they should have sent him a copy of the cake.

m-p{3}

I hope the cake is NOT a lie.

m-p{3}

well said

usaevo8

That is just priceless. And any cake that says 'douchebag' on it is hilarious in it's own right.

gloveofpower

@antialias02: nope, but you can always buy a blank cake and write on it yourself with a tube of frosting.

my girlfriend does that, and there something about profanity on a cake the downright hilarious. its just unexpected, i guess. once she made me a birthday cake that said "eat this fucking cake."

karl_hungus

Lol, i'll miss Jack Thompson's crazy antics. He was good for a laugh.

anNIALLator

@1969intheSunshine: Yes, yes, and no. You are allowed to act however you want, as long as it isn't illegal. Kicking a d-bag when he's down (which, admittedly, is a... odd image) just means that you too, are a d-bag.

And of course, the only reason he had to be disbarred is that he presented a threat, after all, which is what is really sad: he's only a threat if most people are too stupid to know he is a crank.

PearceShea

just desserts

UZI13

Hey guys, frequent reader. although i never post out of lazyness, but i gotta say someone said it earlier, its nice to see Sony fans, Nintendo fans, and Xbox fans converging on one common enemy, and no arguing, just celebrating! lets continue this celebration on the 25th of sept. lets call it the day gamers were liberated, "Gamer's Independance Day" today, we celebrate independence and freedom from lies, harassment, and all around dick-headness. ;)

SadgatiAethlius

you've obviously never worked at a gaming company. I think a 12 year old sense of humor is a prerequisite.

SadafOryx

that is at netdevil

jedi1337

thats at Netdevil

jedi1337

thats at netdevil

jedi1337

NetDevil

jedi1337

can someone now look to exposing that sarah palin has a penis?

gnomegusta

too bad the judge didnt cock slap this guy in the forehead. thats justice!

gnomegusta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEniXyEwmzo

KaraOgodai

Yeah I'll bet you're eating cake you fat chink.

Goddsamaritan

I toast to an douchebag being disbarred. Not because he was against Video games, but because he was a douchbag who should not have been allowed to practise law in the first place.

OakesLibizzle

exactly what i was thinking

AnthonyMioli

And now to fight Australian rating guys and all evil will be destroyed :D

GingerCarme

I want to make a cylinder-shaped cake, with Jack Thompson saying "Dis Bar?".
Get it? Dis? This? And the cake is a cylinder shape?

Well, forget that "joke", I'm firing up a GTA match in celebration of this grand event!

mm3guy

@Sam Smith: couldn't resist could you

haloxxxmoshcore

I think this should become an official gamer's holiday.
Cake and high-fives all round.

sanzen

Well, that was certainly quick. I can only hope that they try to invite Jack to one of those just to see his reaction.

n_long

This can't be a l--- Aww, man!!
Somebody already did the cake joke!? ( T_T)

mugamibaku

@Marlor: Well, until those days come back, here's GR's collection of 150 game cakes. Yeah, linking to another website, sorry Kotaku. [www.gamesradar.com]
Yeah, GR has a way of being late to the party. He'll just stand around drinking by the keg, commenting on the girls there. They just wish they could work up the courage to walk up to the hot girl, no matter how drunk Crecente is.

Erwin

@K-Squad! (Badass Edition):

Yeah, what are they gonna do now? I mean, Mothers Against Drunk Driving aren't nearly as annoying. Of course, they are far more credible, if just as false in their claims.

Not that drunk driving is not a problem, just in the context of GTA IV... I'll stop digging this hole.

BasBalManic