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ESRB Revokes San Andreas Rating
Alex Blonski writes "In a stunning move, the ESRB has advised retailers to stop selling Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. This report follows public pressure over the Hot Coffee debacle. Rockstar, the publishers of the game have given retailers the option of restickering the game with an 18+ rating or exchanging it for a new version with the controversial content removed. ESRB head Patricia Vance says 'After a thorough investigation, we have concluded that sexually explicit material exists in a fully rendered, unmodified form on the final discs of all three platform versions of the game (i.e., PC CD-ROM, Xbox and PS2). However, the material was programmed by Rockstar to be inaccessible to the player and they have stated that it was never intended to be made accessible. The material can only be accessed by downloading a software patch, created by an independent third party without Rockstar's permission, which is now freely available on the internet and through console accessories. Considering the existence of the undisclosed and highly pertinent content on the final discs, compounded by the broad distribution of the third party modification, the credibility and utility of the initial ESRB rating has been seriously undermined.'"
This makes me want to kill the ESRB board, but I will do one better, I will run around naked in front of them. Well at least now we have a new scapegoat, the Doom one was getting old...
People found to be naked under clothes.
Merkins.
'Nuff said.
Bicycles are made illegal because children can go on the Internet and download porn.
If that's true, then I need to look into changing my citizenship status to become French! I'll take sex over violence *any day*.
I can get sex in a patch now? Like Nicorette?
That would save a lot of wrist strain.
From what I understand the sex scenes aren't even particularly explicit. Who does it with their clothes on, I mean really?
Oh wait, considering how objectionable these people seem to think this scene is, they probably ARE the type of people who do it with their clothes on.
---If you can't trust a nerd, who can you trust?
Well, I was with you on everything until you said burn down a pot farm. Now that is just wrong!
~S
...but nipples are absolutely for adults only.
The internet has been banned because of the possibility that children may buy bicycles online.
Think about it. GTA is the perfect medium by which to teach guys how to *really* pleasure a woman. As long as the gameplay makes you work for the woman's orgasm, meaning you're going to have to work those controls for more than 5 minutes guys, I say bring it on.
GTA: Turning Geeks into Better Lovers
~tokengeekgrrl
Bah! Captain Obvious is one to talk, given that his video game ("Captain Obvious vs. the Braindead Senators") had a patch that enabled such a scene as well (in which, for the most part) Captain Obvious stood on the sidelines, watching and snidely pointing out the fundamentals every time one participant did something wrong).
Point of interest. Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
Depends. Are they big boobs?
Children are banned, having been found to be a result of pornography.