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my english final
Grand Theft Trouble
Being the morally conscience gamer I am, I have to say that I’m outraged by the discovery of the “hot coffee” cheat in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Who would have thought that such a graphic, vulgar mini-game could be found in such a respected, high quality product such as Grand Theft Auto? I like to be an informed consumer, so I researched this game thoroughly before I bought it. My expectations for this game were simple; I wanted to steal cars, kill cops, shoot prostitutes, destroy property, assassinate VIPs, terrorize civilians, and traffic drugs. The game delivered on these points, and I was happy with my purchase. However, upon discovering that I was able to make my character, Carl, have sexual intercourse with a woman he loves, I damn near broke my Playstation. What kind of lowlife, morally decayed programmer let this smut into this family game! If anyone has any smarts over at Rockstar, they better fire their entire programming staff.
What really appalls me is the ease at which you can access this mini-game. Anyone can do it. If you own the PC version, you need to find one of the sites hasn’t been shutdown by the FTC, the ESRB or Rockstar, and download the patch. You then need to extract it to the correct folder and run the executable with the correct parameters. For the Playstation, all you need to do is buy a Datel Action Replay MAX CD ($29.99 at your nearest electronic store) and enter the code (JD3N-EV68-AGRW0 4PMG-6VNA-PBZQ7 BKR1-JF84-6Q23C U7Q0-6H91-6JATX 5540-HY63-181MY 7FB5-3052-PWB8N 03AH-5PBC-9K2T7 ). You see how easy it is! Any 10 year old that happens to own the game can do this and see uncensored sex acts.
It’s a good thing that the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) decided to change the rating from Mature to Adults only, and I’m glad that they made such a righteous decision to safeguard our youth. The AO rating is much stricter, and will help consumers in their decision of what to purchase. According to the ESRB’s website, ( http://www.esrb.org/esrbratings_guide.asp#symbols ) here’s what the new Adult Only rating entitles.
“Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may includ e prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.”
This is much better than the mature rating that it previously had.
“Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content, and/or strong language.”
I think the ESRB made the right decision about keeping these games away from 17 year old. They’re not mature enough to see these kinds of sexual acts.
Recently, an 85 year old woman name Florence Cohen filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. She is seeking damages for all consumers of this game because it contains “…false advertising, consumer deception and unfair business practices.” She bought the game for her 14 year old grandson, but when she heard that the game contains sexual content, she decided something needed to be done. Laurence D. Paskowitz is the lawyer who filed the lawsuit for Cohen. He said “no parent would knowingly buy an adult-only video game for their children.” I agree with Mr. Paskowitz. I would never buy an Adult Only game for my 14 year old cousin. That’s absurd. For his last birthday, I bought him a game called Manhunt. Its rated Mature, and while he’s not 17, I believe he is mature enough. However, when I watched him play this game a few months later and I couldn’t believe what I saw! He was killing people! I never thought that I would see such violence in that game. I wish the ESRB would have given that game an AO rating as well, because I would have never bought it for him if I knew what was inside.
It has also come to my attention that a brave Miami attorney named Jack Thompson is fighting an epic struggle to ban a popular Electronic Arts game called “Sims 2”. In this game, players control digital people though their everyday lives. This involves all the things that a normal person would go though, like getting married, cooking dinner, watching TV, and getting promoted at work. What Mr. Thompson is worried about is activities that involve being naked, like showering or going to the bathroom. Normally, the game “blurs” out these activities. However, Thompson states that there are mods out on the internet that allow player to remove this blur. Not only can this be done to adults in the game, but also to children, which he says is “much to the delight, one can be sure, of pedophiles around the globe who can rehearse, in virtual reality, for their abuse." I feel that Mr. Thompson has the right idea. EA should be held responsible for all of the mods that change theirs games. While I’m on the subject, I also think that car companies should be held responsible for any accidents where the victims drove cars with non-stock parts.
The best way to combat these sick games is to contact you local and state politicians and tell them that you want them changed. It’s a win-win situation. They will get swing votes by pulling a big publicity stunt and you will get the piece of mind knowing that someone is using your tax dollars for a valiant cause. As it is, the House of Representatives have already voted 355-21 asking the FTC to investigate Rockstar. This is one of the smartest things they could have done, as this is a bigger problem than that minor inconvenience called Iraq. The one thing that you should not do is play the games yourself, as they will corrupt your morals as they have with so many of today’s youth. Also, don’t use your own judgment, because the media says so. The media is always right.
Grand Theft Trouble
Being the morally conscience gamer I am, I have to say that I’m outraged by the discovery of the “hot coffee” cheat in Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Who would have thought that such a graphic, vulgar mini-game could be found in such a respected, high quality product such as Grand Theft Auto? I like to be an informed consumer, so I researched this game thoroughly before I bought it. My expectations for this game were simple; I wanted to steal cars, kill cops, shoot prostitutes, destroy property, assassinate VIPs, terrorize civilians, and traffic drugs. The game delivered on these points, and I was happy with my purchase. However, upon discovering that I was able to make my character, Carl, have sexual intercourse with a woman he loves, I damn near broke my Playstation. What kind of lowlife, morally decayed programmer let this smut into this family game! If anyone has any smarts over at Rockstar, they better fire their entire programming staff.
What really appalls me is the ease at which you can access this mini-game. Anyone can do it. If you own the PC version, you need to find one of the sites hasn’t been shutdown by the FTC, the ESRB or Rockstar, and download the patch. You then need to extract it to the correct folder and run the executable with the correct parameters. For the Playstation, all you need to do is buy a Datel Action Replay MAX CD ($29.99 at your nearest electronic store) and enter the code (JD3N-EV68-AGRW0 4PMG-6VNA-PBZQ7 BKR1-JF84-6Q23C U7Q0-6H91-6JATX 5540-HY63-181MY 7FB5-3052-PWB8N 03AH-5PBC-9K2T7 ). You see how easy it is! Any 10 year old that happens to own the game can do this and see uncensored sex acts.
It’s a good thing that the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) decided to change the rating from Mature to Adults only, and I’m glad that they made such a righteous decision to safeguard our youth. The AO rating is much stricter, and will help consumers in their decision of what to purchase. According to the ESRB’s website, ( http://www.esrb.org/esrbratings_guide.asp#symbols ) here’s what the new Adult Only rating entitles.
“Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may includ e prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.”
This is much better than the mature rating that it previously had.
“Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content, and/or strong language.”
I think the ESRB made the right decision about keeping these games away from 17 year old. They’re not mature enough to see these kinds of sexual acts.
Recently, an 85 year old woman name Florence Cohen filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. She is seeking damages for all consumers of this game because it contains “…false advertising, consumer deception and unfair business practices.” She bought the game for her 14 year old grandson, but when she heard that the game contains sexual content, she decided something needed to be done. Laurence D. Paskowitz is the lawyer who filed the lawsuit for Cohen. He said “no parent would knowingly buy an adult-only video game for their children.” I agree with Mr. Paskowitz. I would never buy an Adult Only game for my 14 year old cousin. That’s absurd. For his last birthday, I bought him a game called Manhunt. Its rated Mature, and while he’s not 17, I believe he is mature enough. However, when I watched him play this game a few months later and I couldn’t believe what I saw! He was killing people! I never thought that I would see such violence in that game. I wish the ESRB would have given that game an AO rating as well, because I would have never bought it for him if I knew what was inside.
It has also come to my attention that a brave Miami attorney named Jack Thompson is fighting an epic struggle to ban a popular Electronic Arts game called “Sims 2”. In this game, players control digital people though their everyday lives. This involves all the things that a normal person would go though, like getting married, cooking dinner, watching TV, and getting promoted at work. What Mr. Thompson is worried about is activities that involve being naked, like showering or going to the bathroom. Normally, the game “blurs” out these activities. However, Thompson states that there are mods out on the internet that allow player to remove this blur. Not only can this be done to adults in the game, but also to children, which he says is “much to the delight, one can be sure, of pedophiles around the globe who can rehearse, in virtual reality, for their abuse." I feel that Mr. Thompson has the right idea. EA should be held responsible for all of the mods that change theirs games. While I’m on the subject, I also think that car companies should be held responsible for any accidents where the victims drove cars with non-stock parts.
The best way to combat these sick games is to contact you local and state politicians and tell them that you want them changed. It’s a win-win situation. They will get swing votes by pulling a big publicity stunt and you will get the piece of mind knowing that someone is using your tax dollars for a valiant cause. As it is, the House of Representatives have already voted 355-21 asking the FTC to investigate Rockstar. This is one of the smartest things they could have done, as this is a bigger problem than that minor inconvenience called Iraq. The one thing that you should not do is play the games yourself, as they will corrupt your morals as they have with so many of today’s youth. Also, don’t use your own judgment, because the media says so. The media is always right.