First video game to get 'porn' rating
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July 24, 2005, ST
First video game to get 'porn' rating
Explicit sex scenes found embedded in No.1 game
SAN FRANCISCO - THE gaming world is now in a tizzy.
First video game to get 'porn' rating
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The US video game industry's decision to give an adult-only rating to the best-selling Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas because of explicit sexual content could signal the start of a crackdown on raunchy games.
The rating change followed intense pressure from politicians and media watchdogs.
Retailers reacted swiftly - Wal-Mart Stores, Target and Best Buy said last week that they would pull all copies from their shelves nationwide.
Rockstar Games, the producer of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, said it has stopped making the current version of the game, which includes graphic sex scenes that can be unlocked with an Internet download.
The game was released last October with an M (mature) rating, for players aged 17 and older.
Senator Hillary Clinton applauded the change but said she was disturbed that the sexual content appeared on store shelves in the first place.
She asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and called on the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) to do more to police game content.
'Apparently the sexual material was embedded in the game. The company admitted that,' Mrs Clinton said. 'The fact remains that the company gamed the ratings system.'
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was last year's top console game, selling more than 5.1 million copies in the US.
Rockstar's parent company, New York-based Take-Two Interactive Software, acknowledged for the first time that the sex scenes were built into the retail version of the game.
Company officials previously suggested that a modification created by outsiders added the scenes.
'The editing and finalisation of any game is a complicated task and it's not uncommon for unused and unfinished content to remain on the disc,' said Take-Two spokesman Jim Ankner.
In a statement, ESRB chief Patricia Vance said the sex scenes were programmed by Rockstar 'to be inaccessible to the player'.
But she also acknowledged that the 'credibility and utility' of the industry-run board's initial M rating had been 'seriously undermined'.
Rockstar said it would provide new labels to any retailer willing to keep selling the games and offer a downloadable patch to fix the sexual content in PC versions.
The company is also working on a new and more secure version to be rated M.
A computer program known as Hot Coffee allows users to unlock the sex scenes.
Such modifications - or mods - are wildly popular among the hardcore gaming community, and have been shown to extend the retail longevity of games.
Half-Life, for example, is still sold years after its release because of a Counter-Strike mod that allows for detailed counter-terrorist shoot-'em- up action.
Take-Two's president Paul Eibeler said 'the decision to re-rate a game based on an unauthorised third party modification presents a new challenge for parents, the interactive entertainment industry and anyone who distributes or consumes digital content'.
The Parents' Television Council, one of several media watchdogs that have criticised Rockstar and the ESRB, called on the game publisher to recall the game and offer refunds.
'I tip my cap to that first step of showing responsibility,' said Mr Tim Winter, the council's executive director.
'We need to be getting to the bottom of this coding issue. How did it get into that game? How did it get past the ratings board?'
Take-Two said net sales could drop by more than US$50 million (S$80 million) this quarter. -- AP -
Video game maker admits adding sex scene
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wth
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got play before
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GTA is a great game, i played since GTA III, then vice city, then now SA.
i think having sex scene in game is very normal, the story is about CJ who's suppose to be a bad ass gangsta, there are already so many violence in this game, so what's the big deal of adding sex scene? besides the sex scene which enabled by installing hotcoffee mod, the game itself got so many stuffs that will influence kids badly:
- using all kinds of weapon to kill ppl.
- weapons(not really weapon but in weapon slots) includes things like dildo and virbrator.
- being a pimp, go to strip club, prostitute all around for u to bring to back ally.
- steal car, rob house, shops.
- recruit gang member, gang war.
- the respect system, which the more bad things(like killing cops, blow up police vehicles) u do, the higher respect u got.
- all all kind of crimes that u need to commit in order to finish missions and progress in the game.
so what's the big deal of having sex scene?? -
Been there done that.
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Which one..?Originally posted by shandower:Been there done that.
Originally posted by mochou:GTA is a great game, i played since GTA III, then vice city, then now SA.
i think having sex scene in game is very normal, the story is about CJ who's suppose to be a bad ass gangsta, there are already so many violence in this game, so what's the big deal of adding sex scene? besides the sex scene which enabled by installing hotcoffee mod, the game itself got so many stuffs that will influence kids badly:
- using all kinds of weapon to kill ppl.
- weapons(not really weapon but in weapon slots) includes things like dildo and virbrator.
- being a pimp, go to strip club, prostitute all around for u to bring to back ally.
- steal car, rob house, shops.
- recruit gang member, gang war.
- the respect system, which the more bad things(like killing cops, blow up police vehicles) u do, the higher respect u got.
- all all kind of crimes that u need to commit in order to finish missions and progress in the game.
so what's the big deal of having sex scene?? -
Difficulty - Normal
Objectives
break into the NUS ladies hostel steal at least 10 ladies G-string steal at least 10 ladies thongs steal at least 10 soiled pan ties steal at least 10 teeshirt br a and clean pan ty pad learn about when yr gf pang sai learn about when yr gf dai yi ma molest at least 4 girls peep at least 4 girls masterb ate and cu m on at least 4 girls' bed without them knowing it after yr done leave the hostel via the front gate
Gear
binoculars
haversack
pack of con doms
mineral water
MARS chocolate bar
Kit Kat chocolate
torchlight
red underwear
guys...pls pick up a disc of "ThiefIV - the Panty Footpad"
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and btw, EA games Sims series also got nude patch wat.
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Originally posted by newmanmback:Difficulty - Normal
Objectives break into the NUS ladies hostel steal at least 10 ladies G-string steal at least 10 ladies thongs steal at least 10 soiled pan ties steal at least 10 teeshirt br a and clean pan ty pad learn about when yr gf pang sai learn about when yr gf dai yi ma molest at least 4 girls peep at least 4 girls masterb ate and cu m on at least 4 girls' bed without them knowing it after yr done leave the hostel via the front gate
Gear
binoculars
haversack
pack of con doms
mineral water
MARS chocolate bar
Kit Kat chocolate
torchlight
red underwear
guys...pls pick up a disc of "ThiefIV - the Panty Footpad" -
there are always some bastard who's so Holy, divine, sacred.... that watever things not related to thier belief is evil. Everything outside thier church are evil.
some say pokemon is evil.
some say Magic the gathering cards are evil.
some say all video games are evil. -
Im interested to know what is the sex scene about, how bad can it be? worse than those on TV? never played the game b4....
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one of the new features in GTA SA is "girlfreinds", u get to meet some girls and u can go to thier house to meet them and go on dates.
u can go for:
dinner date(restaurant, fast food or bar)
driving date where u bring her for a ride.
dacing date where u bring her to a disco and play a mini game like "bust a move/ DDR"
there are some other missions related to girlfriends also.
after each date, when u fetch the girl home, she will invite u to come in for "coffee", u can choose "yes" or "no".(hey why not!!??)
now, the different between having "hot coffee" mod installed is:
normal, not installed: u see CJ(ur charater) go in to the house, then the screen will be shaking for a while before CJ come out. wat u can see is only outside of the house, nothing inside can be seen. Once u get out, u get extra progress point for choosing "yes" when she invite u to go in.
"hotcoffee" mod installed: u get to see inside of the house after CJ go in. First u see the girl giving a BJ to CJ on bed or sofa. Then the next part is interative, like a mini game. U can press one button to change to different sex position, like doggy, missionary etc. And u need to press up and down in a rythem to make the "excitement" bar goes up. if it drops to zero, means u failed to satisfy ur gal and u lose progress point to this girl. If success, u get extra progress point. Every mentioned are displayed on game screen if "hotcoffee" mod installed.
p.s. There are hookers all around the streets, u can drive a car and stop along side, press horn, they will ask u if u want to have a good time. choose yes and she will get in, drive to some back alley or some quiet place, the screen will change angle to the back of the car where u cant see anything inside, and again, u will see the car shake. -
Originally posted by kindaichi83:Im interested to know what is the sex scene about, how bad can it be? worse than those on TV? never played the game b4.... wth
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In PC version only or also got in PS2?Originally posted by mochou:one of the new features in GTA SA is "girlfreinds", u get to meet some girls and u can go to thier house to meet them and go on dates.
u can go for:
dinner date(restaurant, fast food or bar)
driving date where u bring her for a ride.
dacing date where u bring her to a disco and play a mini game like "bust a move/ DDR"
there are some other missions related to girlfriends also.
after each date, when u fetch the girl home, she will invite u to come in for "coffee", u can choose "yes" or "no".(hey why not!!??)
now, the different between having "hot coffee" mod installed is:
normal, not installed: u see CJ(ur charater) go in to the house, then the screen will be shaking for a while before CJ come out. wat u can see is only outside of the house, nothing inside can be seen. Once u get out, u get extra progress point for choosing "yes" when she invite u to go in.
"hotcoffee" mod installed: u get to see inside of the house after CJ go in. First u see the girl giving a BJ to CJ on bed or sofa. Then the next part is interative, like a mini game. U can press one button to change to different sex position, like doggy, missionary etc. And u need to press up and down in a rythem to make the "excitement" bar goes up. if it drops to zero, means u failed to satisfy ur gal and u lose progress point to this girl. If success, u get extra progress point. Every mentioned are displayed on game screen if "hotcoffee" mod installed.
p.s. There are hookers all around the streets, u can drive a car and stop along side, press horn, they will ask u if u want to have a good time. choose yes and she will get in, drive to some back alley or some quiet place, the screen will change angle to the back of the car where u cant see anything inside, and again, u will see the car shake. -
wat i talking about is PC ver. i too poor to buy PS2, hehe.Originally posted by bunny2002sg:In PC version only or also got in PS2?