I don't like this game, or the trend it represents. And I have no doubt Rockstar Games knew this porn is on the shipping DVD. (LATER: follow up here)
Quote of note:
The mod's author — Patrick Wildenborg of Deventer, Netherlands — told The Associated Press Friday that his code merely unlocks content that is already included in the code of each off-the-shelf game, the latest edition of the top-selling "Grand Theft Auto" series.
...Within the game's official storyline, the main character earns the chance to have "coffee" with "girlfriends." Wildenborg says his "hot coffee" patch merely toggles a single value in the game's main script a "censor flag," he calls it, that appears to have locked up several hot and heavy scenes.
..."If Rockstar Games denies that, then they're lying and I will be able to prove that," Wildenborg, 36, wrote in an e-mail. "My mod does not introduce anything to the game. All the content that is shown was already present on the DVD."
Investigation, denials and outcry over video game's sex scenes
- By RON HARRIS, Associated Press Writer
Friday, July 8, 2005
(07-08) 16:49 PDT San Francisco (AP) --
A media watchdog group denounced the maker of the hugely popular video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" on Friday after learning that graphic sex scenes can appear in the game with the help of a freely available Internet download.
The game's plot was already objectionable to many: its main character seeks bloody vengeance on gang-filled streets, firing automatic weapons and picking up women along the way.
After downloading and installing a modification to the game one of many "mods" available on Web sites maintained by videogame enthusiasts a new world opens up in which the girlfriends appear nude and engage in explicit sex acts, according the mod's author.
