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GeekStreak - Hot Coffee

I agree with Jason. Parents should be the ones who decide what their children see, not depending on the government to decide for them. If your child wants to play GTA and in your opinion he (or she) is mature enough to understand that GTA is just a game, then by all means, let them play with it, otherwise teach your children that there are some things you don't want them to see and let their friends parents know in the nicest of terms that your child isn't allowed to play certain videogames or watch certain movies without your permission.

And the fuss about the minigame that was unlocked? I heard about it when the PS2 version was still in development and as was stated previously, it required a mod on the PC version to unlock it. So what is the fuss about it? I remember as well when people made nude skins for the DOA games and there are even mods and hacks for The Sims to get past the pixelated shower and othe parts. Are the parents going to after EA to bump the rating up? Please.

I'm saying this as a parent myself, that the government shouldn't be expected to raise your children for you in teaching them decency, morals and personal responsibility.

Edit-Aug 2, 2005
I should put a disclosure. My husband has all 3 PS2 GTA games and plays them all and will most likely buy GTA: Liberty City Stories for our PSP when it comes out this fall. There is nothing in the games that aren't already in the media that is equally easy to access, unlike the mod in question which requires you to dl the mod and apply it, whilst worse is easy to find.

I think ratings shouldn't be the easy way out of parenting your children and deciding what to watch, listen to or play depending on family beliefs and maturity levels.

I've been playing off and on a rather old game (1999) for the PS1 called Star Ocean; The Second Story. Its a cute little game where you decide which of two people you will be playing, and the person you don't choose will join your party later on in the story. It is an RPG from Enix which merged with Squaresoft last year. I like it, but I don't really like the fact that save points in dungeons and towns are few and far between. The gameplay is interesting. You level up with exp gained from killing monsters and you get skill points at each level up. You get to decide where to spend your points to help your characters learn new specialities and gain in stats. Things like magic spells and finishing moves are learned automatically so you don't have to decide between a stat boost or a powerful magic spell, which is rather neat. The storyline is very good and has some lovely twists. There is a bit of a rarity though, it has voice acting. The voice acting, due to media contraints(PS1 titles are on CD-ROM) is things like magic spells, attack moves and level up cheers only, but it is very cool.

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