Nothing Better To Do And Stupid

So Hillary Clinton got her wish. Rockstar Games is relabeling it's pc version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas from a "M" (Mature) rating to an "Adult" rating.

Ok, so let's go over this whole story again and make sure all the stupidity is clearly found...

So GTA: SA is released for the PC, but Rockstar games purposely 'locked' out nudity and/or sex scenes - with probably little doubt knowing that they would be unlocked by some 'chip-head'. I do have this game, but have yet to utilize this 'mod' yet...but I will and maybe that will change my perspective... but are they SOOOO bad that Rockstar Games knew that it would prevent the sales of this game?

Which leads me to my next point... Obviously Hillary Clinton (and other poo-poo'ers of the game) have not seen any portion of this game being played nor know anything about it. Any nudity and/or sex in the game is actually a 'nice' part of the game... a break from shooting, stealing, beating, destroying, swearing, etc... etc... To applaud that it's rating gets changed from a "M" to Adult is quite comical in its own self.

Which leads right into the next point... the rating is changed from Mature to Adult...let me repeat that...from Mature to Adult. So the retailers that are pulling this game from it's shelves now are doing so because of this... so prior to the rating change you had to be 18 to purchase the game...now, because it is an Adult rated game means what? You have to go to a adult video store to get it? I mean come on... again, it was fine for the Wal-Marts and Best Buys to carry the game when it only involved carjackings, baseball beatings, drive-by shootings and such but now that you have some nudity and/or sex involved, that's over the line...pull it from the shelves. Am I the only one confused about where the bar is set in terms for this rating? And how you can then legitimize stocking the game when it only had the "M" rating, but now the Adult rating is just too much. My brain is on the brink of exploding in trying to decipher any of those components of this story.

I do believe though that in the end Rockstar Games is getting what it secretly desired...lots more press to sell even more games. The game is/was one of the biggest selling games and now that it is on the brink of being 'illegal' it only increases it's desirability amongst gamers...and who are these gamers? Teen-agers who will no-doubtedly be the number one consumers for this product. So Hillary Clinton will pat herself on the back for getting Rockstar Games to 'bend' and change their rating...but the reality is that all she did was probably sell untold millions more of this game to America's youth by trumpeting the 'evils' of this game... so in the end, everyone comes out a winner...