FTC investigating 'Grand Theft'

Probe will determine whether the game's publisher intentionally deceived the video game ratings board to avoid an "adult" rating.

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what a joke

another prime example of wasting taxpayer dollars. hey, isnt there a war going on somewhere, and a the very real threat of global terrorism, and global warming, and a homeless problem, and rising oil prices, and health care care cost going through the roof, and...
oh wait, the politicians cant be bothered with those pesky little things, there are cartoon characters simulating sex encrypted deep within a disc of some video game. yeah, something needs to be done about this immediatley.
politicians are such a joke in this country.

[hugh dunnit]

agreed

what a waste of time and money. can we move off all these petty issues and combat some real threats???

[202567676114204908075970046337]

what a joke

another prime example of wasting taxpayer dollars. hey, isnt there a war going on somewhere, and a the very real threat of global terrorism, and global warming, and a homeless problem, and rising oil prices, and health care care cost going through the roof, and...
oh wait, the politicians cant be bothered with those pesky little things, there are cartoon characters simulating sex encrypted deep within a disc of some video game. yeah, something needs to be done about this immediatley.
politicians are such a joke in this country.

[hugh dunnit]

agreed

what a waste of time and money. can we move off all these petty issues and combat some real threats???

[twebb6]

This is getting stupid

I am tired of hearing about this. The game is all about killing people. The game is for 17 and older kids. Most of the kids playing this game have already looked at real sex on the internet or they are having sex. What is the big deal with sex being in the game. I think riding around in a car killing people is a lot worse than two people having sex. Get out from under the rock you live under and look at the real world.

[twebb6]

This is getting stupid

I am tired of hearing about this. The game is all about killing people. The game is for 17 and older kids. Most of the kids playing this game have already looked at real sex on the internet or they are having sex. What is the big deal with sex being in the game. I think riding around in a car killing people is a lot worse than two people having sex. Get out from under the rock you live under and look at the real world.

Well....

Seriously, this is just ridiculous. Duke Nukem 3D (which came out how long ago) had nudity in it.
Aside from that, this "malicious immorality coding" could only be opened up with a 3rd party crack. Such cracks have existed for Tomb Raider (also old), the Sims, and any other game that portrays a human in it. So why were things not brought up earlier. Besides this isn't the ONLY game that has that sort of content. Also, R-rated movies have sex in them all the time, but apparently digital immorality is worse than filmed ACTUAL immorality. Go figure.....

Well....

Seriously, this is just ridiculous. Duke Nukem 3D (which came out how long ago) had nudity in it.
Aside from that, this "malicious immorality coding" could only be opened up with a 3rd party crack. Such cracks have existed for Tomb Raider (also old), the Sims, and any other game that portrays a human in it. So why were things not brought up earlier. Besides this isn't the ONLY game that has that sort of content. Also, R-rated movies have sex in them all the time, but apparently digital immorality is worse than filmed ACTUAL immorality. Go figure.....