Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

[crossfire]

so no one knows when the new gta:sa is coming out?

[Bullitt]

I can figure it out when I get home from work tonight for ya if you'd like. If not, IGN.com and Gamespy.com are the two biggest and most reputable gaming sites on the net.

[Elspode]

All these game outlets are pandering to the "family" demographic, which, IMHO, either doesn't exist, or could really care less about what games their kids play.

I'm down with the stupidity of "violence is alright, but sex is bad". Pure and simple puritanical BS which would never fly in anything but a country teetering on the brink of theocracy. After all, you need people who are willing to kill to maintain a theocracy. Even kill themselves.

Now...for ten points and a new copy of the Quran, who can name another country which has similar attitudes regarding sex and violence?

[vsp]

Originally Posted by Elspode

All these game outlets are pandering to the "family" demographic, which, IMHO, either doesn't exist, or could really care less about what games their kids play.

In the case of chains like Electronics Boutique, GameStop, etc., where are the vast majority of their stores? In shopping malls, in strip malls, and in other public shopping centers that the chains themselves do not own. In many cases, there are zoning restrictions and/or lease conditions prohibiting the sale of adults-only content. Musicians faced the same hurdle back in the Tipper-PMRC era.

The demographic that moral crusaders aim for is the one that knows nothing about these games except what they hear on the news, which is usually at least partially inaccurate. Politicians like to grandstand about how They Are Doing Something To Protect Your Children when elections are approaching.