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Mike Windu

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Did you here that some 84 year old granny is suing Rockstar for the distress she recieved when she realised that the M-rated game she had bought for her 14 year old nephew might have unlockable polygon-sex in it?

 

The old hag must have been too blind to see that M ratings mean 17+. Gee, did she forget that her son is only fourteen?

 

There were also some police officers who sued Rockstar when some little punk killed a cop and blamed GTA for it. But of course, the government is busy passing bills protecting gun manufacturers from getting sued over gun crimes.

 

Guns don't kill people; video games kill people. It all makes sense now.

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I can see it now...

 

"All humans should have all reproductive organs and related body parts should be removed because they are sexual in nature and perverts like it too much and the human race will go on through cloning."

 

LMAOROFLLOL, we better send that to ESRB!

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I wonder when they'll start banning Barbie...

Of course! Its the morally correct thing to do! We can't let these perverted corporations like Mattel go on giving little girls Ken and Barbie dolls that can be undressed and show their "extremities" to their innocent eyes. We should also sue the companies and stores that sell these perverted-pornographic-mindnumbing-dolls that have been around since the 50s. And we should also jail any parent who has purchased a Barbie Doll for their child! 20 years in jail with no parents is a price needed to pay for these sins crimes that their "mommy and daddy" have commited against them. [/jack thompson]

 

Oh, in related news: http://www.gamersalliance.org/content/view/131/2/

Jack Thompson wants Minnesota stores criminally charged for selling M rated games to minors.

 

****, once or twice I've tried to buy a M rated game at a store, but I am always stopped. Thats why I either get them off the internet, or like I did with RainbowSix 3, Halo, Halo 2, and Splinter Cell 3, I have my mom buy it for me. And I even get T-Rated games, and my 12 yearold sister plays them (0MG!!)

 

And actually, my sister is playing San Andreas right now. She isn't showing signs that she wants to kill people, but she is learning more colorful language :xp:

 

TiE

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(I think Rockstar had it coming to them for being dumb enough to leave that code in there, whether intentionally or not)

 

Well, they didn't accidentally leave it in. They just didn't bother to delete it. Maybe other bits of code depended on it.. or something.

 

Either way, if Rockstar was going for an M rating game why would they add a sex minigame? If they were thinking it straight it would tell them that Sex/nudity will equal an AO rating.

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Well, they didn't accidentally leave it in. They just didn't bother to delete it. Maybe other bits of code depended on it.. or something.

 

Either way, if Rockstar was going for an M rating game why would they add a sex minigame? If they were thinking it straight it would tell them that Sex/nudity will equal an AO rating.

Well, in JO (and JA?) has cheat codes so you can chop people into little pieces, but we all assume they took it out to keep a T rating. Can someone confirm (or deny) this?

 

TiE

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Australia bans GTA: San Andreas

Monday August 1, 10:30 AM

 

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is no longer available to buy or rent in Australia after the country's Office of Film and Literature Classification got wind of the increasingly notorious hidden sex-mini-game known as "Hot Coffee".

 

The game had previously been rated MA15+, which allowed retailers to sell it to people over that age, but Hot Coffee has apparently seen to that. The Aussie office has now revoked the certificate, effectively banning the game from sale, as the OFLC doesn't do a UK-style "18" rating.

 

"Businesses that sell or hire computer games should remove existing stocks of this game from their shelves immediately," said Des Clark, director of the OFLC. "Parents are strongly advised to exercise caution in allowing children continued access to the game, particularly if they might have access to the 'Hot Coffee' modification."

 

Clark went on to not bother advising parents that most children have seen graphic sex scenes on television by the age of 15 and probably know far more about human reproduction than anybody else on the planet at this point.

 

GTA has fallen foul of the OFLC before, of course (unsurprisingly). Grand Theft Auto III, which we thought was rather tame by comparison, was banned outright following its release, and Vice City had to be heavily edited before it was released in the territory. Reminds us of the days of green blood in the SNES version of Mortal Kombat.

 

In an effort to keep abreast of breaking news surrounding the Hot Coffee "scandal", we've resurrected an old email address to deal with content submissions. Anybody with a Hot Tip as to who or what's going on in the world of Hot Coffee should direct their information to recyclebin@eurogamer.net.

 

Though this particular bit of idiocy seems to stem more from the fact that Oz doesn't have an Adult/18 rating than anything else...

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TiE: Yeah, it was probably removed to keep a T rating. Have you ever seen LucasArts publish a M rated game? Im not saying dismemberment would give it a M, but... yeah, you never know. Sometimes you see games rated M that have nothing wrong with them at all, and other times you see T rated games that are worthy of M (in my opinion)

 

Oh and... you got to remember the JK series wouldn't get as much attention as GTA. I mean, its not as popular, plus the lack of blood, swearing, grand theft auto... you know... its totally different.

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God of War has a sex mini game that wasn't hidden. It was right in the game. It's only rated M. It's not as graphic as GTA's, but if you've seen screenies, it's not even graphic. They're fully clothed and all.

 

As for the M rating in JO/ JA, I'd give it one if the dismemberment was in it. I always felt it was supposed to be there, they just decided to make it a cheat to obtain the T rating.

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Well, that God of War thing didn't show nudity.

 

Sex Mini-game

In the Beginning of Act 2, there are 2 women in your bed when you are inside your ship. If you jump on the bed, A circle will appear above the bed, indicating a Mini-game. Press Circle, and the game will start. All you see is the vase, but as you get further, the vase will shake more and more, until it falls and breaks. you have to press the buttons as it commands it. closer to the end, you have to rotate the Left Analog Stick. If you win, the first time, you get a large amount of Red orbs. Everytime afterwards, you get 5 more.

*Bonk* >_>

 

Well, anyway. I am now a happy owner of the AO rated version of SA, and my 12 yearold sister is playing it more than me. Oh well :xp:

 

TiE

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There's no nudity in the original sex mini game of SA, but you do see your character doing the girl. Maybe the Hot Coffee mod added it for the PC, but the PS2 and XBOX versions have them fully clothed. I won't put a link for obvious reasons, but dig around IGN. You can find screens of the sex mini game there in articles about it ;)

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I never knew that LA had psychics predicting stuff like this for them :o

 

:p

 

 

I think the dismemberment came from Q3, when you blow someone up there body explodes. It came in handy when cutting off a hand, but a head is a little more extreme. Notice blood is still coded into the game, they just replaced it with smoke and sparks. Its sort of covered up, the game calls it blood, when it appears to be smoke/sparks flying off the body. :twogun:

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