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House Calls for Investigation Into Rockstar Games
Spad writes "The BBC is reporting that the U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly voted for an FTC investigation into Rockstar Games following the GTA:SA 'Sex scandal'. Their basic premise is that Rockstar intentionally deceived the ESRB in order to 'peddle sexually explicit material to our youth'." Gamespot has coverage as well. From the BBC article: "The release of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was widely anticipated, but an adults-only rating would have severely limited its sales in retail outlets...It appears that the publisher has blatantly circumvented the rules in order to peddle sexually explicit material to our youth, and they should be held accountable. A company cannot be allowed to profit from deceit."
Shooting hookers
Shooting cops
Running over pedestrians
Stealing cars
Throwing grenades
Stealing tanks and smushing old ladies
Joyriding
Speeding
Killing hundreds, literally
All ok.
But how dare they show some cartoon boobie!
God, I only WISH the people from Rockstar get up there in front of the House and basically say "Screw you...we'll make anything we want and you idiots won't do anything about it...it's a fricken videogame people...now get back to work and stop wasting everyone's money with this crap. No, we don't apologize for anything and in fact the next Grand Theft Auto will feature 90% sex!" Then get up and walk out.
"Leo Fender was in a 'state of grace' when he designed the Stratocaster." -- Paul Reed Smith
Who remembers the old Rings of Power cheat that showed you the boobies on startup.
/. and the public in general, I won't admit how much those boobies meant to me when I was 10, but I hope todays kids, all grown up, will think back and fondly remember the illicit gaming provided boobies, like I do rings of power.
For the good of
If anything, I say rockstar deserves a medal!
Hilary Clinton is a liberal in the same sense that scientology is a religion
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
Congress has no power to regulate videogames
A company cannot be allowed to profit from deceit."
Because Congress has the monopoly on profiting from deceit.
Tiller's Rule: Never use a word in written form that you've only heard and never read. You will end up looking foolish.
Wow, did someone just defend Karl Rove? For some reason I just got all shivery.
If you get nervous, just remember that there are a few billion other people who don't really give a damn.
Some of you americans need to get laid.
End of story.
Well, you know how it is...a lawyer can defend anyone. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law and the facts are both against you...change the subject.
If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else.
The best part of that whole scenario is that they'll have to pull a 15 year old kid off the street to demo all of this because they can't figure out how to drive straight on their own. Yeah, I'd pay to see that happen.
"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his." - Patton