Hot Coffee

(Thanks to NRO for the link!)

I thought this porno controversy with GTA:San Andreas was kinda settled - "Politicians=Stupid" and "Rockstar=Sleazy Games".

For those of you living under a rock (at least when it comes to video games), the game GTA:San Andreas contains an unlockable nookie scene (named 'Hot Coffee') of some sort (thus far Rockstar has kept screen shots off the net, apparently). This fact came to light when a mod was put out for the PC version of the game allowing access to the bit.

I guess the controversy hasn't died yet and Tycho over at Penny Arcade vents about the inept rating system and (by inference) the fact that lovers of video games have to spend so much time and capital defending Rockstar (especially with the fear that the actions of one bad apple might doom the industry to regulation). The comic refers to the fact that the content was accessible on the PS2 (no, not that PS2) as well.

I figured this might amount to something since a strong component of my dislike of the political exploitation of this whole affair was predicated on the fact that it referred to a third party modification for a version that no one buys (the PC version).

I checked it out though and I still think it's a whole lot of nothing. You have to put in two miles of Gameshark codes (which as someone who has done it, it's no fun) and then there's a big caveat at the end. From GTA-SanAndreas.com Forum:

Note: DO NOT SAVE WITH THIS CODE ACTIVE
This cheat will save and MAY corrupt your save USE AT YOUR OWN RISK You will be stuck in an invisible box after adult scene

Sounds like real FUN! Politicians still =Stupid.

(After further thought, this really has more in common with naughty frames in Disney films than anything else. Of course content like that is available to any veiwer whereas GTA needs to be modified to view the offending content.)