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Anyone else a little pissed off about this?
I just read about it, and my initial reaction was :shocked:
I've been following it since it first hit website front pages, but I never thought it would actually come to anything. Surely such unfathomable ignorance can't change a thing right? ****, call me an optimist, but I honestly thought Rockstar would win this. Not sure what will happen to the rating over here, but I hear that most shops refuse to AO games in the US, meaning that San Andreas essentially got the death sentence as far as sales go. I know a lot of people are going to waltz into this thread saying Rockstar shouldn't have left the content in there at all, but while I agree, it's the principle of the matter people should consider. This kind of mod could be made for any game with decent modding capabilites, yet I don't see those games being given an AO rating. How else could this logic be used? A piece of timber bought from a DIY shop could be sharpened and turned into a dangerous weapon, who get's the blame if someone uses it in a murder? The whole concept is entirely ridiculous.
On top of that, you've got to consider the moral priorities of the people complaining. They're fine with giving it an 18 rating, for a game full of taking drugs, racist themes, excessive violence and extreme foul language -- but hell, put sex in a game - ya know, the most natural thing in the world, that keeps the human race going - and it gets rated AO.
The one redeeming feature of this? Rockstar, intentionally or not, could have taken one for the team here. By dealing with it long before it got out of hand, the whole concept of modding games won't be informed to the parents who want to protect their sweet and innocent kids from the evil and sinful sexual themes. Could you imagine what it would be like if these parents found out that sexual content could be modded into almost any game?
In the past, I've gotten sick of getting involved in arguments about violence and such in video games, but this just really takes the biscuit. What are you guys thoughts on this?
Anyone else a little pissed off about this?
I just read about it, and my initial reaction was :shocked:
I've been following it since it first hit website front pages, but I never thought it would actually come to anything. Surely such unfathomable ignorance can't change a thing right? ****, call me an optimist, but I honestly thought Rockstar would win this. Not sure what will happen to the rating over here, but I hear that most shops refuse to AO games in the US, meaning that San Andreas essentially got the death sentence as far as sales go. I know a lot of people are going to waltz into this thread saying Rockstar shouldn't have left the content in there at all, but while I agree, it's the principle of the matter people should consider. This kind of mod could be made for any game with decent modding capabilites, yet I don't see those games being given an AO rating. How else could this logic be used? A piece of timber bought from a DIY shop could be sharpened and turned into a dangerous weapon, who get's the blame if someone uses it in a murder? The whole concept is entirely ridiculous.
On top of that, you've got to consider the moral priorities of the people complaining. They're fine with giving it an 18 rating, for a game full of taking drugs, racist themes, excessive violence and extreme foul language -- but hell, put sex in a game - ya know, the most natural thing in the world, that keeps the human race going - and it gets rated AO.
The one redeeming feature of this? Rockstar, intentionally or not, could have taken one for the team here. By dealing with it long before it got out of hand, the whole concept of modding games won't be informed to the parents who want to protect their sweet and innocent kids from the evil and sinful sexual themes. Could you imagine what it would be like if these parents found out that sexual content could be modded into almost any game?
In the past, I've gotten sick of getting involved in arguments about violence and such in video games, but this just really takes the biscuit. What are you guys thoughts on this?