Hot Coffee Cooling Off

The storm of media and cynicism that was "Hot Coffee" is, thankfully, coming to an end. To wrap things up, reactions were mixed to the re-rating of GTA. Some thought it too much, some too little too late. With the removal of the M rating, ESRB president Patricia Vance considers the matter closed. Even those in the industry itself seem glad that it's over, though the folks quoted for the 1up story seem cynical about the whole thing. "[Rockstar] TOTALLY screwed the modding community, as far as I am concerned. Because they could have just removed the content. They tried to get cute and leave it in. In my experience that sort of thing is always deliberate. Anyway, the point is that most game developers are recalcitrant and immature jerks. When mom tells us we can't do something, we're sure as hell going to do it. If you get my meaning. I think 'mom' in this case was the ESRB." As a sidenote, stock in Take-Two Entertainment dropped by almost five percent at close of market today, on the news that even Gamestop is dumping the now AO-rated GTA title.

Comments

Re:I'm really puzzled

[Arthur B.]

I am a Canadian citizen (though I haven't really lived there so far), does it mean it's my right as a Canadian to hand around the streets topless ?
Hurrrayyy!

(/!\ /!\ mind you I read Slashot
=> male
=> no tan
=> no muscles )

"MOM" can suck it

[Anonymous Coward]

Twice. Mom can suck it twice. Her and her little Mormon friends have have a little get-together with my two boys .

Suck it down.

Re:I hate America

[DLWormwood]

Go pick up a copy of C. S. Lewis's

I've read much of C.S. Lewis "apologetic" works, as well as his allegorical fiction, while I was still a practicing Christian. (Though not Mere cover-to-cover.) However, I ulitimately left the faith since it became obvious to me that practicing "true" Christianity was 180 degrees at odds with the "false" Christianity practiced by the 90% of believers here in the States.

Also, by the time preachers and the more strongly faithful began to talk with me about what Christianity was really like, I developed a personality and worldview that was incompatible with the faith. (I've developed some interest towards transhumanism/posthumanism ideals that's not compatible with dogma and religious doctrine. Among other things, I'm a VHEMT sympathizer. I've also grown to find whole deal with sexuality to be undignifed, yet not worthy of the controversies it tends to have in the media.)

Re:When you have a game like that

[Curious Yellow 82]

...All your comments are utter bollocks, just give me my damn 5 points for being informative for this twaddle of a comment and be done with it. Mod me up you knuts!