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GTA Sex Game Leads to ESRB Fracas
At first, it was nothing more than a rumour. A "sex mini-game" in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, left in the code for the PC version and unlocked by inquisitive players. Then, as more and more information became available it seemed as though the sex game might be real. This revelation has lead to California Speaker pro-tem Yee blasting the ESRB for their apparent slip-up in examining all the content in the game. The ESRB has responded by pledging a "thorough and objective investigation" of the claims to get to the bottom of the situation. Commentary is available from Joystiq, GamesAreFun, and Buttonmashing.
Video of the sex game, apparently.
Really. No Kidding.
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Idiotic people whining about a non-issue?
I wonder if this is such a big deal over in Europe where the attitudes towards sexual content are much more relaxed.
I do recall hearing that when GTA 3 was released, the German version had certain "violent" features removed (I think it was the ability to kick or ground stomp NPCs that had been nocked down).
One good example is Carmageddon 1 or 2.
In US: No cuts.
In Britain: All the pedestrians (that you can run over) are zombies instead of humans.
In Germany: All the pedestrians are robots (and squirt oil when ran over).
Of course, just about the next day of release a patch appeared to restore original content.
Also, in Fallout 2, children are missing from the streets so there isn't any child-killing (actually, they are still there, just invisible, so a stray shot could do some damage...)
So, in US, they cut sexual content, Germany and UK they cut violence. Luckily, these days the Nordic countries are a region of their own in game releases and usually get completely uncut content.
http://files.gtanet.com.nyud.net:8090/gtasa/videos /hotcoffee.wmvCoral Cache Version (I averaged 63KB/sec, right before I submited on this post).
http://www.esrb.org/esrbratings_guide.asp#symbols
M is defined as "Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content, and/or strong language."
AO is defined as "Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity."
So, how exactly does GTA:SA violate M, and why should it be in AO?
It's called "Hall of Tortured Souls", here are some obligatory screenshots: http://www.atomic-eggs.com/windows/exc.html#a2
Well aren't you special.
I've known a lot of nerdy guys in their mid-20's who hadn't even kissed a girl. Partially because of this, their self-esteem was essentially zero. Of course, as many girls will tell you, a low self-esteem is not very attractive, thus perpetuating the state of not getting laid for these poor guys.
I for one have dated a couple virgin nerds and subsequently deflowered them. I found that once they got over their issues, they were quite spectacular in bed. Non-nerds can't compete in that arena, IMHO.