As If Cop Killing Weren't Bad Enough ...
Take-Two, the manufacturer of the highly controversial video game Grand Theft Auto -- controversial because it lets players kill cops and run over prostitutes, among other deviant behaviors, not the least of which is grand theft auto -- has admitted that its programmers buried graphic, interactive sex sequences in its new game, San Andreas.
The company previously denied it was their work, and blamed hackers. It will make a "patch" available for free downloading to block that sequence of the game -- but hey, their target market is young men, so does anyone really see that as a fix?
Today's LAT reports that Washington state Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson is calling for legal consequences, because Take-Two apparently duped the video games rating board deliberately by hiding the sex sequence. Hillary Clinton, donning neo-Tipper conservativism, has also called for investigations. (Bill has probably already investigated the matter fully.)
Wal-Mart and other major retailers have pulled the game, and Take-Two's stock fell 11% on the news. Let's pray for further declines.
h/t Media Bistro
The company previously denied it was their work, and blamed hackers. It will make a "patch" available for free downloading to block that sequence of the game -- but hey, their target market is young men, so does anyone really see that as a fix?
Today's LAT reports that Washington state Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson is calling for legal consequences, because Take-Two apparently duped the video games rating board deliberately by hiding the sex sequence. Hillary Clinton, donning neo-Tipper conservativism, has also called for investigations. (Bill has probably already investigated the matter fully.)
Wal-Mart and other major retailers have pulled the game, and Take-Two's stock fell 11% on the news. Let's pray for further declines.
h/t Media Bistro
posted by Laer at 10:45 AM
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