Hold 'A' For Intercourse, 'B' For Oral Sex

As promised, my thoughts on Take-Two Interactive's "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas"



I'm no fan of video games where kids go around stealing cars and killing cops, so "Grand Theft Auto" is no exception. The problem? The game is rated M for Mature. The raters were not made aware, however, that there were graphic sex scenes in the video. Now the rating is being changed to adults only. The damage is already done. Don't believe a video game can have graphic sex scenes?

**Warning: This material is graphic and not intended for children.

Watch for yourself!

Now, I don't care if video game companies want to make sex video games. After all, there is most probably a market for such a product, and depending on the game, I'm not so sure I wouldn't be included in that group.

But this company made a video game and marketed it to children, then hid a sex scene so that they could get the rating needed to sell to kids without their parents consent.

The company's response?

They acknowledge there is sex content on the disk, says Take-Two spokesman Jim Ankner. But listen to what Ankner says next, "The editing and finalization of any game is a complicated task and it's not uncommon for unused and unfinished content to remain on the disc."

So let me get this straight...

This is your excuse? Is it common practice for video game companies to make sex scenes in games because it's such a complex process and then take them out before releasing them? Did Mario and Luigi have sex on "Super Mario Bros" before the release?

The truth is that this company knew full well that the sex was on there and they designed it to be hidden from the video game raters so they could get the lower rating and make it easier to sell to kids. Then they came up with a crappy excuse to justify what happened.

I'm no fan of lawsuits, but this is one time it would be wholly appropriate.

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