not this again

Something I saw on Fox 9 on July 8th, which was repeating what Gamespot reported about it from June.

GTA: San Andreas has an unlock-able porn portion in the game.
The funny thing is the news reported on it and even pointed out the name of the .rar file needed to do it(link NWS obviously). They're blaming Rockstar for a mod that is posted on the Internet that allows people to see the CGI people naked. Of course no one believes it wasn't already in the game that way. They're still trying to hang Rockstar for it, as they always have, for providing violent adult entertainment.
Haven't these people ever heard of mods? They do them all the time in games. Heck, they have Sim mods which make them appear naked. Sims is innocent though, since it's only T rated and all that goes on is abuse of human beings by a real one! I've seen some pretty disturbing Neverwinter Nights mods as well, but I've never felt to need to see naked versions of very choppy looking COMPUTER GENERATED people.
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Rather than only post my own long diatribe, I'm going to quote some people who have some common sense. This is from the Editorial section of my local newspaper. This makes it shorter, as I am weary of this.

I have an idea for those parents upset about the content of a video games rated for people 17 and older (ST July 9th): Don't buy those video games for your kids.
M.P. Holland, Bloomington.

Let me get this straight: There is an uproar because "Grand Theft Auto" - a video game that includes stealing cars at gunpoint, running down pedestrians, killing cops and beating up prostitutes and that carries a 17-plus rating - allows a player to view what a amounts to cartoon nudity?
Any parent who purchased this game for their child and lets them play it unsupervised should not be getting mad about a couple of pixilated breats.
And any member of the community who thinks that addressing this is more important than poverty, world hunger and genocide needs to seriously rethink his or her priorities.
Perter Fried, Minneapolis

The only other thing I'd like to add is, kids are probably seeing naked people much sooner than these parents think. There were certainly plenty of kids in my high school who'd seen a Playboy or even had sex, this was 14 years ago. Any parent deluding themselves into thinking that their teen ager is going to be changed by an unrealistic, and often times physically impossible game should be checking their child into a mental institution. One game isn't going to dictate the child's response to sex and violence. A strong parental support unit teaching the right way to treat people will in fact let them know this. It makes absolutely no difference if it's one parent, two, or whether the parents are straight or gay. This is a proven fact. How about some common sense, do they know what that is anymore?

• Don't give them the 50 dollars to spend on whatever they want.


• Don't let them go into the rental or game store alone. Don't put their name on your rental card as well if they're under 17.


• Let other parents know your children are not allowed to play M rated games.


• Pay attention to your child's things. If you don't trust them not to break the rules set up for them, then it is your right as a parent to keep an eye on the things in their rooms. Just as you would if you suspected them of hard drugs or depression.

This argument about media being a bad influence on children is so old I don't think I can even quote it's origin. They should title it, "Slow News Day."
Fox 9 News: Better remind parents GTA is at the fault of the degradation and downfall of society.
I thought that was people breeding who haven't fully grown up themselves, and letting the computer and television raise their child. You don't have this kind of time to pay attention to your child? You shouldn't have had one then!

Too many people having sex and not enough of them are seeding the future of our world economy with intelligent, happy, relatively social, well adjusted children.

I wrote this a few days ago not having any Internet access.
Since then Gamespot has delved into the PS2 version of the game, the DVD game disc of which cannot be tampered with or re-written like the PC game on a hard drive.

What does it matter if Rockstar put it in there or not? It's not the first porn in a game ever, it's not even the worst porn game ever. That, my friends, is what the Japanese do.
Make really bad Hentai games. With ANIMATED people. They're not exactly attractive looking in GTA especially. It's very simplistic art in fact, not even close to as realistic as games can be. Jebibbus.
About as realistic as it is to think I'd know how to fire a P90 from watching Stargate, or fire a sniper rifle from playing James Bond. I will have myself a laser watch, while you think the others are possible, please.

I saw plenty of rated R movies before I was 10 years of age. I'm not out side with a shotgun shooting people up, or disrespect myself as such to sleep around. When the hell are parents going to stop pointing fingers and being so blind and naive about reality? I believe that will be as soon as they stop allowing people with the I.Q. of a blueberry scone to have children.