Video Game Controversies

I keep seeing this scenario and it's really pissing me off. So many people are up in arms (pun intended) about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the hidden sex scene. I just don't get these people. Hillary Clinton wants to waste taxpayer money and the time of our elected officials having hearings about this. Various state governments have either taken or discussed taking civil or legal action against Take-Two Interactive. Individuals who bought the game for kids or grand-kids have come out to try and sue or just to publicly chastise the company and anyone who sells the game.

The latest is a law suit by the City Attorney's Office of Los Angeles, CA.

Here's my take on this. Others have made mention of the same ideas and I'm in no way the first to see things this way.

The game has a rating of M for MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. defined as "suitable for ages 17 and older. May contain acts of violence, blood and gore, sexual content and strong language" Doesn't that describe this game. There is violence, blood, strong language and oh yeah, sexual content. So has a rating that suggests you should NOT buy this for your child. Don't buy it for your 13 year old then get all high-and-mighty when you learn it's not suitable for your child.

I worked in a video store in the 90s, we used to rent Genesis, SNES and later Playstation games. I would often be shocked when a parent would rent rated R movies or games that were deemed too old for their kids and just shrug it off when one of us brought to their attention that they may not realize the game or movie is too mature for their child. They didnt usually care.

Was Rockstar Games and Take-two interactive wrong for their failure to disclose this sex scene. Yes? Should it matter considering the game was full of violence anyway? Not really. The Adults Only rating for video games only ups the age to 18 from 17. Not like that would be that different. Some stores wont sell games with that rating but that still seems irrelevant. Why is it 1 year different. like a 17 year old and an 18 year old are that far apart in their understanding of sexual content.

The kicker here is I've never even seen the game. Never played it. The last console I bought was Sega Genesis. I do my gaming on my pc. I just hate it when the Moral Hypocrisy of this country tries to tell us they know whats best and wastes government time and taxpayer money over something like this.

just my buck-twenty-five.