GTA

[cnamon]

There are some many things that I find stupid about this article.


http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.games/07/27/game.lawsuit.ap/index.html

1)  She bought it for a 14 year old. 
2)  A game labeled MATURE for a 14 year old.
3)  A GAME WHERE YOU CAN BEAT UP COPS AND HOOKERS for a 14 year old.

[Jessie]

My 12 year old step-nephew has that game.

His dad is an idiot.

[ignom]

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I lose interest in all the GTA games before I ever get 1/4 of the way through them.

[cnamon]

Although I would never buy a game rated M for my baby bro, I am not going to smite a person for doing it for their kids.  

I really can't complain because I went to see R rated movies before I was old enough by the rating standard.  My parents knew that I could handle the content...it was not like I was 14 going to see Juice (daddy didn't let me see that until I was 15).

But this old hag made the choice to buy the game that was clearly marked M for mature.  She needs to STFU and knit me a afghan.

[cnamon]

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I lose interest in all the GTA games before I ever get 1/4 of the way through them.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman upset that she bought the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" for her 14-year-old grandson without knowing it contained hidden, sexually explicit scenes sued the manufacturer Wednesday on behalf of consumers nationwide.

Florence Cohen, 85, of New York, said in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that the game's manufacturer, Rockstar Games, and its parent company, New York-based Take Two Interactive Software Inc., engaged in false, misleading and deceptive practices.

She sought unspecified damages on behalf of herself and all consumers nationwide, saying the company should give up its profits from the game for what amounted to false advertising, consumer deception and unfair business practices.

Cohen said in the suit that she bought the game in late 2004 for her grandson when it was rated "M" for mature, for players 17 and older. According to the suit, she directed that it be taken away from her grandson, which was done.

The game was released in October with an "M" rating. After a storm of negative publicity about the hidden scenes, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, an industry group responsible for rating games, changed the rating to "AO" for adults only.

Laurence D. Paskowitz, the lawyer who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Cohen, said no parent would knowingly buy an adult-only video game for their children.

"They should really make sure this doesn't happen again," he said. "The least this company can do is offer refunds."

Hidden areas in video games that can be unlocked with special codes or modifications are not uncommon.

Take Two Interactive initially said the scenes were not part of the retail version of the game but later admitted they were.

A message left for a company spokesman was not immediately returned. On Tuesday, Take-Two announced that it had been notified by the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Advertising Practices that it was conducting an inquiry into the game's advertising claims.

The company said it planned to cooperate fully with the probe.

"Rockstar Games and Take Two Interactive regret that consumers may have been exposed to content that was not intended to be accessible in the playable version of 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'," it said in a statement.

The company said it had halted production of the game in the controversial form and was working on a version of the game without the hidden sexual content.

"Going forward, the company will refine the process by which it edits games and will enhance the protection of its game code to prevent such future modifications," it said.

Earlier this week, the House voted 355-21 for a resolution asking the FTC to investigate the company. Last week, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, asked the FTC to investigate Rockstar, saying the company had "gamed the ratings system" by concealing sex scenes in the game that can be unlocked by computer programs available on the Internet.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp., Best Buy Co. and Circuit City Stores Inc. have pulled the game -- last year's top-seller among console games -- from their shelves following the rating change.

[Beefy]

Yeah, I think GTA is waaaaay overrated.

You can't find the material in question without hacking the damn game, so I would think perhaps disciplining the child might be more appropriate.

[Bishamonten]

Yeah, I think GTA is waaaaay overrated.

You can't find the material in question without hacking the damn game, so I would think perhaps disciplining the child might be more appropriate.

It gets old, somewhat quickly.  However, they generally have okay storylines.  The whole "errand boy" shit because a waste of time.

"Hi!  I've never met you before.  Take this package across town and kill this guy"
You:  "You're the boss, stranger!"

[VikingJuice]

Dumbass consumers.  They don't bother to pay attention to anything in the real world like say...the freakin' news.  You'd have to have lived under a rock in another country without electricity to not have heard about this game.

On a sadder note, my students, ages 11-14 have repeatedly told me stories of how their parents have bought them each of the GTA games as they've come out.  The regularly tell me of the shortcuts, cheats, and of course the wonderful benefits in the game of picking up a hooker, having sex with her, and then killing her to take the money back.

I actually enjoyed the GTA III because the car chase stuff was fantastic.  That's really the only part of the game that appeals to me.  The physics of the game are pretty darned good for a video game.  Okay, I admit, the sniper rifle and chainsaw from GTA Vice City were pretty cool too.

But despite how I act and talk, I'm not 14.

[Bishamonten]

Dumbass consumers.  They don't bother to pay attention to anything in the real world like say...the freakin' news.  You'd have to have lived under a rock in another country without electricity to not have heard about this game.

On a sadder note, my students, ages 11-14 have repeatedly told me stories of how their parents have bought them each of the GTA games as they've come out.  The regularly tell me of the shortcuts, cheats, and of course the wonderful benefits in the game of picking up a hooker, having sex with her, and then killing her to take the money back.

I actually enjoyed the GTA III because the car chase stuff was fantastic.  That's really the only part of the game that appeals to me.  The physics of the game are pretty darned good for a video game.  Okay, I admit, the sniper rifle and chainsaw from GTA Vice City were pretty cool too.

But despite how I act and talk, I'm not 14.

I dont care if they're mature enough to handle it.  I think they're not old enough to be GOOD at it.  I dispise incompetence.

[eo000]

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I lose interest in all the GTA games before I ever get 1/4 of the way through them.

same here.

[dazie]

Dumbass consumers.  They don't bother to pay attention to anything in the real world like say...the freakin' news.  You'd have to have lived under a rock in another country without electricity to not have heard about this game.

On a sadder note, my students, ages 11-14 have repeatedly told me stories of how their parents have bought them each of the GTA games as they've come out.  The regularly tell me of the shortcuts, cheats, and of course the wonderful benefits in the game of picking up a hooker, having sex with her, and then killing her to take the money back.

I actually enjoyed the GTA III because the car chase stuff was fantastic.  That's really the only part of the game that appeals to me.  The physics of the game are pretty darned good for a video game.  Okay, I admit, the sniper rifle and chainsaw from GTA Vice City were pretty cool too.

But despite how I act and talk, I'm not 14.

I dont care if they're mature enough to handle it.  I think they're not old enough to be GOOD at it.  I dispise incompetence.

Like poor spelling?   

[ReBurn]

I like the GTA games because of all of the stuff you get to do outside of the storyline.  Sometimes it is quite satisfying to stand on a roof and blow up cars with a bazooka.  I don't have San Andreas, but I have the other two for Xbox.

[Jessie]

Sometimes random videogame violence is fun.

[Beefy]

I have to admit, the first time I played GTA 3 and I picked up a hooker to gain more life and then beat the shit out of her to take her money, I was laughing maniacally.

And no, frankly, I don't think this game is appropriate for kids or most teenagers

[Jessie]

I don't think it's appropriate for kids, teenagers, or psychos.  Loonies like us are just fine, though.

[ReBurn]

I only play it after my wife and kids go to bed.

[DownSouth]

I only play with it after my wife and kids go to bed.

[Alice]

I had a boyfriend that lived right across from the train station.  I'd get off the train after a hard day at school, go up to his apartment and give him 'the look'.  He'd stop what he was doing, do the tank code in GTA for me and let me run over everything and anything.

I would feel much better.