Renmiri
01-27-2006, 09:34 PM
http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2006/01/_jack_thompson_.html
Anti-gaming activist Jack Thompson must be pumping his arm this morning ... you know, in a victory dance (see "What's next, Jack, a jock check on Mario?"). Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo filed a civil lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive and its subsidiary Rockstar, publisher of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," for failing to disclose some raunchy content buried in the game. At issue here is the infamous "Hot Coffee mod" -- a patch that unlocked an anatomically improbable sex scene between the game's protagonists (see "You know the rule, Billy: no consensual sex with prostitutes. Now kill her and take the extra points.").
Delgadillo claims Rockstar violated state fair business practices laws by failing to disclose the presence of the sexual content to the Entertainment Software Rating Board, and he's seeking civil penalties. "Greed and deception are part of the 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' story -- and in that respect its publishers are not much different from the characters in their story," said Delgadillo, who coincidentally happens to be a Democratic candidate for California attorney general in 2006. "Businesses have an obligation to truthfully disclose the content of their products -- whether in the food we eat or the entertainment we consume."
Anti-gaming activist Jack Thompson must be pumping his arm this morning ... you know, in a victory dance (see "What's next, Jack, a jock check on Mario?"). Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo filed a civil lawsuit against Take-Two Interactive and its subsidiary Rockstar, publisher of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas," for failing to disclose some raunchy content buried in the game. At issue here is the infamous "Hot Coffee mod" -- a patch that unlocked an anatomically improbable sex scene between the game's protagonists (see "You know the rule, Billy: no consensual sex with prostitutes. Now kill her and take the extra points.").
Delgadillo claims Rockstar violated state fair business practices laws by failing to disclose the presence of the sexual content to the Entertainment Software Rating Board, and he's seeking civil penalties. "Greed and deception are part of the 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' story -- and in that respect its publishers are not much different from the characters in their story," said Delgadillo, who coincidentally happens to be a Democratic candidate for California attorney general in 2006. "Businesses have an obligation to truthfully disclose the content of their products -- whether in the food we eat or the entertainment we consume."