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July 18, 2005
Hot Coffee Hits the Boiling Point
Who would have thought it would come to this? The controversy over Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas continues to heat up, from a few newspaper articles all the way to proposed congressional hearings.
While the original "Hot Coffee" mod purported to unlock a mini-game where mostly clothed characters do the bump-and-grind, Rockstar initially claimed it was a totally end-user created mod, but we all suspected, correctly it seems, that this was in the game code all the time, and just hidden from view.
But really – is this that big a deal? After all, it wasn't part of the released game, just some leftover code. And the "M" rating from the ESRB already included the "strong sexual content" qualifier.
Hillary Clinton is jumping into the non-controversy with both feet – perhaps to bolster her socially conservative credits with 2008 Presidential potential voters. "The disturbing material in Grand Theft Auto and other games like it is stealing the innocence of our children, and it's making the difficult job of being a parent even harder," Clinton said, missing the point that M-rated games are supposed to be sold only to people 17 or older.
If you take a look at the mod, or even screenshots, the min-game isn't really all that titillating even – especially compared to other M-rated fluff like The Guy Game or Playboy: The Mansion (or even the occasional Tomb Raider "nude mod").
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050715/od_nm/sex_dc_1
Posted by gamegal at July 18, 2005 10:59 AM