Alphecca: Dems Shoring-Up Their Moral Values?

July 16, 2005

Dems Shoring-Up Their Moral Values?

Because, you know, there really aren't any pressing issues here in America right now other than trying to find "hidden sex" in a video game. From Reuters:

Two high-profile U.S. senators, Joseph Lieberman and Hillary Rodham Clinton, are incensed over pornographic content "hidden" in the popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," and are demanding action from either the government or the game's maker.

The content can be unlocked by using the "Hot Coffee" code modification widely available on the Internet. By installing the modification, gamers can have their drivers find different girlfriends in the game who will have a "cup of hot coffee" -- a euphemism for sex -- with them.

A spokesman for the game's maker, Rockstar Games Inc., said the "Hot Coffee" modification was the unauthorized work of people in the "modder community" -- the group of intense gamers who often add content to games.

Lieberman (D-Conn.) asked Rockstar president Sam Houser to submit the game to independent analysts to determine how the content was put in.

"I am asking you to bring this matter to light and resolve this serious controversy by voluntarily submitting your game to independent concerned and responsible parties for such technical analysis," Lieberman wrote in a letter to Houser.

Why is Hillary "what me worry?" Clinton involved in this? Is she once again trying to show conservatives of this country how utterly concerned with --*gasp*-- casual sex she ,er, has become? No word on how many copies of the game her husband has.

So someone wrote a "hack" for the game. And rather than deal with anything important such as, oh, perhaps the war in Iraq, eminent domain, education, Medicare, the environment, global warming, illeagal immigration, rising oil prices, ... Well, you get the idea. I wish Joe and Hillary would wakeup and smell the hot cup of coffee.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at July 16, 2005 09:34 AM

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As I understand it, the "offensive" material is already in the game; the mod only allows access to it. In a game whose sale is restricted to "adults only." Go figure.

Posted by: Cowboy Blob at July 16, 2005 10:15 AM

Well, if it's not actually available to see without a hack, then why is Hillary & Co so upset (granted, they might not understand what a hack is) and as you point out, it's for adults only.

I just wish they would get back to important things...

Actually, I KNOW there's a lot of stuff hidden by programmers in a lot of software.

Posted by: Jeff Soyer at July 16, 2005 11:54 AM

As far as I'm aware, there has NEVER been an Adult's Only (AO) rated game released. Nobody would sell it, even if everyone wanted to buy it because of self-righteous politicians who want to make a name for themselves. If Hillary and Lieberman are against it, I'm gonna rush out and buy it.
If video game companies, like Rockstar, make a name for themselves by pushing the envelope, but get told that "That goes too far to get a Mature (MA) rating" and they simply hide something instead of deleting it (and having to deal with all kinds of coding and debugging issues as a result) then who cares? Nobody with anything relevant to do. The fucking game is labeled MATURE MA in big, bold letters at the bottom left hand side of the damn box. Kids can't buy it. Most retail places won't let you buy them unless you're 18, same are you need to be in order to buy Porn, Cigarettes, and Long arms. I know there's this mentality out there that we should outlaw anything that exacerbates human nature, but fuck these bastards and anyone who thinks like them.
You can buy this game for your kids if you think they are "mature" enough. If you do, it's on you. It's not on the company who makes it. Don't get pissed off because you later find out it posses content that offends your fragile sensibilities. I don't see how anyone with half a brain could be upset by the fact that some of this content was hidden. I'd be more upset by the fact that I had to look for it in the first place. It should be right there for everyone who is old enough to play the game to see. Especially if they paid for it!

Posted by: Matt Groom at July 16, 2005 08:28 PM

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