Saturday, July 23, 2005

GTA creators choke on their "hot coffee". Industry feels the burn.

Short version: There was adult and sexual content on the new GTA game, that could only be found by altering the game via a downloadable modification. This download was not authorized by the company who created or released the game.

I imagine the game designers put the sexually explicit mini-game in, then in later stages of development they decided not to pick this battle. Violence and lower grade sexual themes are enough this time around. In order to keep the development on track, they left the code on the disk, but made it impossible to access.

Then someone else (outside of the company) devised a modification which allowed access to the code.

Why are people so afraid of sex?

I expect it from moral right wingers, but specifically, why is Hillary Clinton so afraid of sex?

Why are people afraid of sex, but not violence? Gaming has grown up, and it's time to expect content found in film, comics and media to appear in gaming. That includes nudity and explicit sex.

I am profoundly against the policing of morality, and the legislation of morality; this is one more step down this road.

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