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House Calls for Investigation Into Rockstar Games

Posted by Zonk on from the hot-coffee-of-the-undead dept.

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."

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  1. I'll be first by pudding7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

  2. Re:Better Things To Do... by sgant · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  3. GTA is 10 years behind the times by Crimsane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who remembers the old Rings of Power cheat that showed you the boobies on startup.

    For the good of /. 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.

    If anything, I say rockstar deserves a medal!

  4. Re:Better Things To Do... by FidelCatsro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hilary Clinton is a liberal in the same sense that scientology is a religion

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  5. How utterly hypocritical by Muad'Dave · · Score: 4, Funny

    A company cannot be allowed to profit from deceit."

    Because Congress has the monopoly on profiting from deceit.

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