Hackers Modify PC Game
By REUTERS

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13 (Reuters) - The maker of the video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, said on Wednesday that hackers were responsible for a downloadable modification that enabled sexually explicit minigames to be played in the game.

The modification, which allows simulated sex in the PC version of the game, has led to an investigation by the industry ratings board.

Rockstar Games, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, said that it was investigating ways to increase the security protection of the source code and prevent the game from being altered.

The guy that wrote the mod said:

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."

Those who are investigating can take Mr. Wildenborg up on his offer. Or they can download the mod (which I will NOT tell you where it can be found).

It fits on a floppy disk.

When is the last time you saw a computer animation that ate less than 1.4 megs of hard drive space?

I repeat: they knew that shit was on the disk, and they knew the game was moddable...it was designed to be moddable. And Rockstar Games is sounding a lot like Justin Timberlake the day after the Superbowl.