Earlier this week, Florida attorney and anti-violent videogame fanatic Jack Thompson wrote a letter to Electronic Arts offering his help in the game publisher’s efforts to acquire Take-Two Interactive.

Specifically, Thompson hoped that his assistance to EA would help remove Take-Two’s Strauss Zelnick – a long-time nemesis of Thompson’s – from his executive position.

“I am delighted to work with Electronic Arts to evict the Zelnick Trojan Horse from within Take-Two’s corporate walls,” wrote Thompson in the letter. “In doing so, I can get the new Take-Two into the clear as to the trouble I and others can send its way.”

“Zelnick is the source of trouble headed Take-Two’s way, not I, and EA can make the case, with my help, that such trouble can be avoided,” he added.

Last month, EA bid up to a reported $2 billion for ownership of Take-Two Interactive, but had its offer firmly rejected.

Even with EA’s challenges in courting Take-Two, the monolithic publisher has publicaly refused the help of Jack Thompson.

EA’s senior communications manager, Mariam Sughayer, wrote to Thompson, “In response to your offer to assist in the proposed acquisition of Take-Two, we would strongly prefer that you not get involved in this matter.”

“EA is a strong supporter of creative freedom for game developers. We feel that your past statements - including false claims about content in our games - make any collaboration with you impossible,” concluded the letter.

In 2005, Thompson launched an offensive against The Sims 2, accusing EA releasing sexually graphic material to the public. According to GamePolitics, Thompson claimed that The Sims 2 contained “full frontal nudity, including nipples, penises, labia, and pubic hair,” and that “The nudity placed there by the publisher/maker, Electronic Arts, is accessed by the use of a simple code that removes what is called 'the blur' which obscures the genital areas.”

As alluded to by EA, Thompson's claims against The Sims 2 were found to be incorrect.