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Comments on: 'Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars' to have cocaine dealing

Just when you thought society was on the upswing, you can pretend to be a coke dealer on the Nintendo DS.

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by benjaminstraight September 29, 2008 11:32 AM PDT
shock value advertises itself because of articles like this.
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by wcm75 September 29, 2008 11:57 AM PDT
The entire purpose of the game 'Scarface' was to build your drug empire, but I do not recall seeing anything negative about the game. As soon as Rockstar does something "controversal" the media sticks to it like a magnet and the company makes millions, great strategy.
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by Matt Asay September 29, 2008 3:23 PM PDT
Yes, very laudatory. Maybe when child porn works well within the theme of the game they'll add that, too? Seriously, just because you can doesn't mean you should. This is worse than juvenile.
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by Kinowolf September 29, 2008 4:56 PM PDT
@Matt Asay

Go tell that to Wall Street. Buy, sell, sniff sniff, baby.
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by amber-taylor September 29, 2008 10:08 PM PDT
Sex, drugs, and Top Models (http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/09/americas_next_top_model_become.html) - what ever happened to Mario and Sonic? Hooked on ...
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