GTA:San Andreas Re-Rated to Adult Only

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Jul 21 2005, 06:35 AM

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Info from Gamespot

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Take-Two Interactive announced that as the result of an investigation by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), all versions of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will now bear an AO for Adults Only rating for "Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, [and] Use of Drugs." Previously, the game was rated M for Mature.

The re-rating comes nearly a month after the first reports surfaced of the so-called "Hot Coffee" mod for the PC version of San Andreas. After being installed, the widely available mod lets users play a bonus sex minigame as a reward for completing the numerous "girlfriend" missions in San Andreas.

After video of the mod was widely circulated, such figures as ardent anti-game activist Jack Thompson and US Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) blasted the game. Clinton went as far as to publicly equate violent games with cigarettes and alcohol as a hazard to America's youth. In short order, the ESRB launched the aforementioned investigation, which looked into whether the mod was included in the original game or was made by a third party.

This will undoubtedly backfire, as this is excellent press for Rockstar Games. I guess the powers that be have to do what they feel is right, but this kind of publicity will only fuel people's lust for pixelated sex and violence.

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Jul 24 2005, 12:23 AM

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An old article.

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QUOTE (Tim Surette)

House Bill 4023 was approved 6 to 2 in the state's Senate Housing and Community Affairs Committee on Tuesday, and now moves on to the state Senate. Since its proposal earlier this year, the bill has been readily approved through the legal process.

The bill would allow the state to slap its own ratings on games, ignoring those set by the self-regulatory Entertainment Software Ratings Board, or ESRB. The bill concentrates on keeping violent games out of youngsters' hands, and severely fines retailers who fail to do so.

I think what really bothers me the most about this is the fact that this is a frivlous topic when placed in the grand scope of the problems we suffer in this country or in this world. These whores (politicans) have the ability to do greater things but instead spend their time arguing about bullshit like this.

Taken from the best page in the universe.

QUOTE (Maddox)

Years from now when America has become a withered husk of the morality it once stood for, historians will look back at what triggered it all and point to one event: a boolean variable that unlocked a simulated sex scene in a video game.

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Dive GTA:San Andreas Re-Rated to Adult Only Jul 21 2005, 06:35 AM

HC82 You're right, it will backfire. Even though th... Jul 21 2005, 08:19 AM

Crushinator I find it amusing and ridiculous that there is all... Jul 21 2005, 08:21 PM

AC9breaker An old article. Click here QUOTE (Tim Surette) H... Jul 24 2005, 12:23 AM

Wiryu Here's some more stuff they put on it. http:/... Jul 25 2005, 12:42 AM

Crushinator http://cube.ign.com/articles/639/639809p1.html Lo... Aug 6 2005, 09:51 PM

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