for god sack read the game CD box you buy

[Hellfighter]

can't not believe this women would buy a game for there kids without reading the box? it come in have to shake my head on this one. this women who must be really a poor reader. even the box says on it with a warning to-boot.

i even seen ads on TV were if you score big a women would hump you in a car/house if you score big.

she go to court she will loss big time and be look at as a fool to boot. gold digger

Woman sues video game manufacturer

Wednesday, July 27, 2005; Posted: 3:11 p.m. EDT (19:11 GMT)

NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman upset that she bought the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" for her 14-year-old grandson without knowing it contained hidden, sexually explicit scenes sued the manufacturer Wednesday on behalf of consumers nationwide.

Florence Cohen, 85, of New York, said in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that the game's manufacturer, Rockstar Games, and its parent company, New York-based Take Two Interactive Software Inc., engaged in false, misleading and deceptive practices.

She sought unspecified damages on behalf of herself and all consumers nationwide, saying the company should give up its profits from the game for what amounted to false advertising, consumer deception and unfair business practices.

Cohen said in the suit that she bought the game in late 2004 for her grandson when it was rated "M" for mature, for players 17 and older. According to the suit, she directed that it be taken away from her grandson, which was done.

The game was released in October with an "M" rating. After a storm of negative publicity about the hidden scenes, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board, an industry group responsible for rating games, changed the rating to "AO" for adults only.

Laurence D. Paskowitz, the lawyer who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Cohen, said no parent would knowingly buy an adult-only video game for their children.

"They should really make sure this doesn't happen again," he said. "The least this company can do is offer refunds."

Hidden areas in video games that can be unlocked with special codes or modifications are not uncommon.

Take Two Interactive initially said the scenes were not part of the retail version of the game but later admitted they were.

A message left for a company spokesman was not immediately returned. On Tuesday, Take-Two announced that it had been notified by the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Advertising Practices that it was conducting an inquiry into the game's advertising claims.

The company said it planned to cooperate fully with the probe.

"Rockstar Games and Take Two Interactive regret that consumers may have been exposed to content that was not intended to be accessible in the playable version of 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'," it said in a statement.

The company said it had halted production of the game in the controversial form and was working on a version of the game without the hidden sexual content.

"Going forward, the company will refine the process by which it edits games and will enhance the protection of its game code to prevent such future modifications," it said.

Earlier this week, the House voted 355-21 for a resolution asking the FTC to investigate the company. Last week, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, asked the FTC to investigate Rockstar, saying the company had "gamed the ratings system" by concealing sex scenes in the game that can be unlocked by computer programs available on the Internet.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp., Best Buy Co. and Circuit City Stores Inc. have pulled the game -- last year's top-seller among console games -- from their shelves following the rating change.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.gam....ap/index.html

[Dr. Bullet]

So the game is M (17+), her grandson was 14. It's her fault. No one forced her to buy it. I hope it gets thrown out.

[Hellfighter]

yea the buyer age has to be at the age to buy it not other way around as one buying a game for adult then give it to a Miner.

the DA should place some charge's on her for buying it for a minner.

think it be the same way as buying a 6 pack of beer and give it to a miner, she did say she got it for her grand son and he is a miner age 14.

sad thing is she is 85yrs old still don't make it right. she should pay for breaking the law.

[VooDoo-]

just some money hungrey bitch trying to get something out of this ...

[BADDOG]

I think this is yet another ridiculous attack on games and in particular the Grand Theft Auto series by those who would have us all playing a cute little dolls game in case we all become ultra violent gunmen, zombies or even scantily clad, gun toting dolls who are hell bent on death and destrution!

Sadly for me my days of drive by shootings are over as I don't have a car at the moment, (as most of you will no from my post in the general chat forum), so I can't drive in my local hood and zap the local gangs lol!

As Chief has said so well, "READ THE BACK OF THE BLOODY BOX!" before you purchase a game and it will tell you about the games content!

This probably is yet another attempt to con some money out of the games industry and may awaken the idiot politicians with an eye on the votes they might get for being "in touch" with popular culture.

Of course if politicians get their grubby hands into the games industry we all know where that may lead so I hope this silly lawsuit comes to nothing and we in the gaming community can get on with enjoying the mayhem without some bloody do gooder looking over our colective shoulders!

Regards

[IcIshoot]

Originally posted by BADDOG

As Chief has said so well, "READ THE BACK OF THE BLOODY BOX!" before you purchase a game and it will tell you about the games content!
...

Thats just it. The box didnt say about all the hidden content.
So how could she know? I think she is doing the right thing: A game manufacture released a game with content that should have had an AO rating. They got the M rating by not revealing that the hidden sexually explicit scenes existed.

And they probably wanted the M rating because their sales will be cut down with the AO rating.

Also, it has since gotten the AO rating.

Also, to make it worse, the company Denied it for a while before they admitted to it. If it is a ligitament way to sell games, why deny it?


IcI

[BADDOG]

Originally posted by icishoot
Thats just it. The box didnt say about all the hidden content.
So how could she know? I think she is doing the right thing: A game manufacture released a game with content that should have had an AO rating. They got the M rating by not revealing that the hidden sexually explicit scenes existed.

And they probably wanted the M rating because their sales will be cut down with the AO rating.

Also, it has since gotten the AO rating.

Also, to make it worse, the company Denied it for a while before they admitted to it. If it is a ligitament way to sell games, why deny it?


IcI

If that's the case bro then I stand corrected!

If there is hidden content in the game the it is the reponsibility of the games manufacturers to inform the buying the public of that fact and take full responsibility for their actions.

Regards

[JonM]

I'll just wait to see how this plays out before yelling at anyone lol.

[Hellfighter]

its funny i got Duke Dukem it saids it had some sex in it when it first came out

[Trojan]

I loved Duke Nukem.

[Hellfighter]

me 2 i still love it wish it would return for Cdrom soon be sweet like the old version better only like it be more windows base and not dose if you know what i mean.

like a command screen not type and remember dos details

[IcIshoot]

I played the original dos version of Duke Nukem. May still even have a copy of it laying around...


IcI

[Lucky]

why? im 12 and i have that game. For god sakes my brother that is 8 loves that game. no one forced her to buy it. its not like anybody over 13 hasnt seen they're share of porn already. anyways, anybody could of bought that game for him. he coulda payed some bum outside the store to go buy it for him. The games not that bad. people just have to understand the difference from the videogame world and reality. people with fradgle minds shouldnt play that game. they should delete that stuff b4 it hit the shelves. i could walk into a flipping store and buy it right now if i felt like it. its not like cs:s is any more tempting to go kill somebody

[IcIshoot]

It isn't that she bought it (actually, it was the grandma who bought it, the mom just told the grandma to take it back). It is the fact that the game manufacture hid the fact that the scenes exist in the game.

If the game manufacture had stated right on the box that the scenes were in the game, then yes, I would say throw the case out, it is the parents responcibility to watch what they get for the kids.

But the company hid the fact from the rating board to get a lower rating, making it available to a younger age group to by the game. They also initially denied the fact that these scenes existed. Why deny it?

It is out in the open now. Probably just about every one knows about it. Now we see what happens

IcI

[VooDoo-]

well .. heres a question ... did this kid even see the secret sex thing? i havn't...i doubt the kid went running to his mom "mommy mommy look! sex!!!" .. or just accidenlty walked past the tv while it was going on .. she probly just read it in the paper and got the brilliant idea of sueing them because she thinks he son is just a little angle ..

that game says the n word and f*ck like every other word...killing .. drug usage.. all that's ok ... but a little secret sex scene just .. wow . the **** hits the fan right there

[Fallen_Angellp]

okay
ive been following this for awhile..

RockStar did put the scenes in there, but before relase..they didnt take it out, they just locked it away with a programing code

when it was relased for PC, some hackers found it, and changed the code so it could be veiwed...

and they made it avalible for Gameshark/Action Replay/etc owners to change the code for the PS2/Xbox version so the scenes were avalible..

i agree with Ic on this though...

i think they should've taken the scenes out completely..
because hackers can do just about anything these days

~~~Fallen