GTA Rating Sex Scandal
For some people, the recent Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas sex scandal is a big deal, getting the ESRB and Politicians riled up about game ratings. Buttonmashing presents a counter-opinion–namely, the sex-simulation game mode was stripped from the release branch, so the game as-shipped wasn’t Adults Only (AO). Unlocking those features was additional work–that modification is the end-users responsibility, not Rockstar’s. Therefore, there shouldn’t be any fuss at all over what individual gamers are doing in their homes.
Here are some explicit (adult) images of what the GTA fuss is all about. If you can stomach pixellated chunky sex, examine these:
The sex depicted in these screenshots is cartoonish, unrealistic, and parody of real-life sexual acts. As such, it should be treated more along the lines of an explicit cartoon than hardcore porn.
Update:
Rockstar has issued the following (weak) official statement:
“In violation of the software user agreement, hackers created the ‘hot coffee’ modification by disassembling and then combining, recompiling and altering the game’s source code. Since the ‘hot coffee’ scenes cannot be created without intentional and significant technical modifications and reverse engineering of the game’s source code, we are currently investigating ways that we can increase the security protection of the source code and prevent the game from being altered by the ‘hot coffee’ modification.”
Ars technica has their analysis.
Update 2:
Bill Clinton steps into the GTA uproar, saying:
“We should all be deeply disturbed that a game which now permits the simulation of lewd sexual acts in an interactive format with highly realistic graphics has fallen into the hands of young people across the country”
Ars technica again has the sexy scoop!
Update 3:
After the first five comments or so, I lose all faith in my readers to be mature.
Update 4:
The best website in the universe has something to say about this. I’m not sure if this is the best page or anything, though, on the best website in the universe.
Update 5:
I’ve removed a bunch of racist and otherwise annoying comments. If you feel like talking like a 5 year old on crack, please visit google.com and find a better forum. If you have something intelligent to whisper on my site, go ahead.
Update 6:
Video of this simulated sex can now be found here in wma streaming format.
Update 7:
The city of Los Angeles (LA) is suing Take Two interactive for innappropriate marketing of the video game. They seek an undisclosed cut of the profits, the greedy bastards.
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Hmmm…I’m laughing at all the people who are asking for the code, thus not having a life.
i just can’t understand why people just make make such a fuss about this stupid thing, if the game was supposed to be AO, not M, then just make it AO for god’s sake !! Why do they have to tell EVERYONE that there is actually *** in the game?? i mean, it’s like, instead of ”protecting young people from dirty stuffs”, it’s more like they’re trying to say : ”hey kids, there are cool *** scenes in this game, go check it out quick!” or something like that, and if teenagers were to be looking for porn, they WILL find, it’s not like GTA is the ONLY thing with porn in this whole world dammit !!