No cries of "censorship." Chalk up a victory for Mz Rodham Clinton. Her supporters will.
Hillary's "Sistah Souljah" moment.
Dude, that hid sex acts in the software code - they deserve what they get. For market forces to work we need to punish them for this.
I believe they were nuts in doing it, lied about it then, acknowledge it.
They are low-lifes and we need them out of the industry.
geesh... looks like I'm gonna hafta buy a PC copy of the game now, just to irritate Hillary
In prior articles, the author of the game claimed the scenes may have orginally been created for release but were not included in the final version. Even though the scenes were not included in the final version, the code for them was never removed from the program.
Anyway, that is my understanding of it.
Seriously, this mod (that's included in the retail package!) needs a "Mature" label. There is absolutely no way in heck a game that shows user controlled graphic sex can be anything less.
Great game though, the game map is as large as my county.
Typical DemonRAT statist response; instead of going after the hackers that turned a marginally-explicit game (though one that shouldn't be played by teens) into a hard-core one, they go after the Big Corporation. When you can't get a computer game anymore, remember Hitlery Rotten Von Der Schlikmeister. ANY Personal Computer game can be modified into a highly-objectionable title.
They'll take out the "content" that "Hot Coffee" is using and rerelease the game.
They'll take a big hit on having to recall games from store shelves and create new CDs.
Since it's a third party application that is modifying the game code, rather than just entering some form of cheat code, I think the ESRB is wrong to change the rating despite the fact that the content is part of the game that's just been disabled.
Take-Two will likely be a bit more careful to strip developers toys out of their games in the future.
The game will still be sold with the content if was intended to ship with. They'll likely get a good advertising boost out of all this, and the version that's being made into Adults Only will be come a collector's item.
Oh geez this is just William J Lepetomaine "we've got to do something to protect our phoney-baloney jobs" nonsense.
And I hope every single GTA fan remember WHO was pushing for this.
Lol, it was ok for teens to shot cops, carjack, beat hookers to death and go on a kill crazy rampage but throw in some virtual sex and it's Katie bar the door. I can't believe Rockstar rolled over on this one.
So the preverted programmers blamed hackers....yeah, that's the ticket.
Will they take it off the shelves?
I am 22, but perhaps I better get my copy now before they are gone from the shelves.
Damn, now I gotta go get a copy of it before they change it.
Ratings for video games are a farce...
I know it's Hillary! But I would not necessarily call it censorship. Parents should monitor the games their kids play and should know whether or not a game is suitable or not for their kids. But this will not result in anyone not playing the game who really wants to. But it does help a parent, assuming that they are really parenting and monitoring what their kids do, make a decision. I don't see anything wrong with that.
But that being said, there is still no substitute for parenting. Being aware of what your kids are watching or playing. Nanny government won't do it for you.
The company clearly brought this upon themselves. They shouldn't whine about the fact that their game is now appropriately labeled.
I wonder what will happen to Leisure Suit Larry....
I see the big government liberals and the big government conservatives are all over this one.