Rated M... as in Moron
Lately, there's a lot of talk about the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Apparently, the game has hidden sexual content. US Senator Hilary Clinton (yes, Bill's wife), has been spearheading the investigation on the said game. She has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Rockstar Games and Take Two for going around the ratings system by hiding the sex scenes through secret codes. She's been backed up by a 355-21 vote in the House of Representatives. Well, apparently the US Senate has nothing better to do these days so they decided to investigate PC games.
How did this start? Were they playing the game and accidentally unlocked the feature? "Yeah, steal cars! I'm winning! Oh... what's this? Why is this 3D woman taking off her clothes... Oooooohhh..." Male Senators would have enjoyed it. But not Hilary. No. She probably caught his husband playing the game. "Bill! What are you playing? Why is your pants down? Is there another intern under your desk?"
Recently, an 85 year old grandmother filed a lawsuit stating that the game manufacturer "engaged in false, misleading and deceptive practices." She bought the game for her 14-year-old grandson. Wait a friggin' minute! Wasn't the game rated "M"? That means it's for "Mature" audience only. Players 17 and older. Now I'm no expert, but isn't her grandson not qualified to play the game? It's her fault! Rockstar Games should file a countersuit! Stupid grandmother buying an M-rated game for a 14-year-old kid. Hey grandma, M doesn't stand for minor, capisce? Well... maybe M stands for Moron. Even if there wasn't any sexual content in the game, would any self-respecting grandparent buy a game named Grand Theft Auto for their grandchildren? Apparently, stealing cars and killing police is perfectly fine. But sex, oh no, it's criminal! Get it away from our kids!
I've been playing GTA: SA
for a few weeks now, and I've seen the "controversial" scenes. Hillary and her stupid colleagues have probably never even seen the game. If they had, they wouldn't think it's so controversial.
First of all, the sex mini-game wasn't even accessible. You need to download a 3rd-party patch to enable it. It's not like you can just unlock it with a cheat code or something.
Also, the sex scenes are actually quite tame. The characters are shown having sex... with their freaking clothes on. It's more like dry humping. You don't even get to see any naughty pixels.
Lastly, as catinamosh pointed out, GTA is a very violent game. If stupid parents (and grandparents) think that it's fine to let their kids do some virtual carjacking and copkilling, why should a little bit of virtual consensual sex be considered harmful? They're probably already doing it anyway.
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