Sounds like the sort of thing an immature teenager would have come up with. Or perhaps a developer trying to appeal to immature teenagers. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@chapoec: I supposed you didn't read that both scenes involved Luis (who isn't gay) and a woman. Though I suppose this blog needed its round of idiot commenter. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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@SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!: Well I'm straight and I don't find gay sex gross. I mean, to participate in yeah, for sure, but just as one of many events I might witness over the course of a game? It's far less gross than removing someone's head with a shotgun, for example.
But I respect that other people might feel differently. I guess you don't get much say in your gut physical reactions to things you might witness. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
"In cut scenes the Luis Lopez character is seen to be on the receiving end of oral sex (slumped on a chair with a woman's head buried in his lap). The same character engages in sexual intercourse on at least two different occasions. For example he stands between a woman's raised legs and thrusts into her and he also bends a woman over a desk and thrusts into her from the rear."
Wow, fully-clothed sex scenes? Hold on to your hats people, WE'RE GOING IN.
Needless to say, the media (the crappy media) will probably have a field day with this. It always boggles my mind that movies showing in mainstream cinemas can have the most explicit sex scenes imaginable, in some cases depicting *actual* sex, and nobody makes much of a fuss, but put it in one of these newfangled videogames and suddenly you're crossing some sort of moral event horizon. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@jdskeleven: Blame Walmart, ESRB, and most of all, the gutless game industry. If we had a nonporn perceived adult rating, we'd have legitimate ratings and games. If the U.S got over themselves the rest would soon follow. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@elevenoverzero: but do they really need to be "progressive" every time? Weren't the content with a flacid penis in Lost and Damned, Hot Coffee in GTA:SA, the inhumanly possible amounts of swearing in GTA4, etc? This "we have to push the envelope no matter where or the cost" is getting ridiculous for me. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@Alex_Mexico: It's not really pushing the envelope much though, is it? I mean, most people I know have sex all the time. And most of them - shock horror - even do it naked.
It's just sex. Maybe if it was GTA: Unabomber or GTA: The Ballad of Ian Brady then there might be some legitimate grounds for controversy here. As it is though, I really don't see much to get worked up about. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
It does seem weird to me that in a game where i can drive down the street shooting peoples heads off in full gore-o-vision.. That a fully clothed simulated sex scene is seen as "risque".
.. But then hot coffee was fully clothed too!
Talk about backwards priorities.
I expect my kids to one day grow up and have sex and kids of their own.. I hope they never drive down the street shooting peoples heads off. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@gblock: That's exactly what I was thinking! Jeez, I figured at the very least, Luis was going to have an open tryst with another man. What a letdown! #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@robotsneedhugs2: Oh, I think we know that- we're not talking about his boss. I'm talking about Luis choosing which other gendered character he can have sex with. Why only straight? #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@dreamfall: Presumably Luis has been conceived as a straight character. Thus I wouldn't expect him to jump into bed with a man on a whim. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@excel_excel: Yeah, not only that but also it will get attention for the gay part, also, in case you didn't think about it, the game is from the start for people of at least 17 years old, if your kid sees that it's your fault for buying him the game and your fault again for buying him the DLC. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@HELLSRIDER is doing stuff: Oh yeah! For all of us though, its common sense. For ignorant parents and the idiot sensational media its headlines! #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@excel_excel: Yeah, I guess things like this about the media blaming videogames for this and that is common stuff nowadays, sadly but it is. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@excel_excel: Wellllll... ok, I agree that this will be sensationalized. But if that's what it takes to make an "idiot parent" take notice that their kid's playing Grand Theft Auto, only the most hyper-sensationalized Not For Kids game ever, I don' t necessarily think that's a bad thing. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
I guess making games that are actually GOOD is an old idea. Excuse me while I get back to my game of Gears of War 2. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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GTA vs Gears? Apples and oranges. May as well say "I guess making fridges that are actually GOOD is an old idea. Excuse me while I go back to my Dyson vacuum cleaner" #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@GigasBreaker: Did you try out tLaD? It's pretty good. The GTA series have always been excellent. This looks to be no different. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@dreamfall: Hehe, yeah, we don't know context at all. This could just be the culmination of a huge romantic comedy plot where he's finally realized that he cares for his faithful childhood friend who's stuck by him through all these years, rather than needing to prove himself by chasing glamorous cover girls. Standing out in the rain, yelling up at her window, he declares the error of his ways, the old people in all the nearby apartments applaud, and he comes upstairs to bend her over a desk. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
Goddammit, Rockstar. It's hard enough to defend your juvenile humor as it is. Must you cock it up even further by throwing in random penis shots and sex just to get a rise? You're hanging yourselves here. It isn't ballsy, just a limp attempt at screwing with the news channels.
Come on, now. Don't be dicks about it. You won't be on top for long if you keep shrinking back into the old standbys. That's just nuts. What happened to your penetrating sarcasm? Urethra going too far, or not going far enough these days.
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@ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: Aww don't be dickish ShaggE, we all know that you wanted to penetrate that Egg Council, but you were held back due to your impotence!
@ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: @ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: Why do you really care so much about sex in a video game? Do you bitch and moan about sex in movies, books or other media? If you are an adult this shouldn't be an issue. Sex is a big part of life why should it be excluded in games? It isn't excluded in other media so why are you singling out games, or GTA for this matter?
It is ok to hijack cars and graphically shout people in the face in HD but it isn't ok to show non-graphic sex? I never did understand this 'for the children' mindset since I don't think children should be playing violent video games sex or no sex.
Hell I'm ashamed that they aren't having gay sex in this title and I'm not even a fan of the series but I did mildly enjoy IV. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@iamspoo: Go back and read his comment again mate, then you'll realise how much you missed. Like Junkie says... Whooooosh! #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@iamspoo: I tried to make it as blatant as possible.
I really, truly did. I figured the "urethra" and "teste" puns would make even the most dense of people say "Ahh, I see what's going on now."
Clearly, it still wasn't obvious enough. I... I just don't know what to do anymore. The Herculean effort I put into making sure that my sarcasm can be grasped by everybody was all for naught. There's always that one person who just cannot grasp what's right in front of them. It's the "Fishsticks" joke all over again.
@ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: Got me.
Sarcasm on the internet is sometimes easy to read other times it just needs a "/s" at the end of a post. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.: Seems to me they are telling a story, these scenes sound no different than any in tens of thousands of books or movies. It's time for those gamers that are legal adults to grow up and not let their form of entertainment be pigeon-holed as the same state as when Super Mario first jumped on a turtle.
Is there a point to all this sex and thrusting? I like sex, its a natural part of human nature, and if it progresses the story or has a point sure what ever, but these games just use it for the shock factor that just seems like a publicity grab to me. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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Ra-ther. Distinguished players of the video game, such as ourselves, much prefer a jaunty quip over tea and biscuits to adolescent titillation such as these goings on. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
@Zallin: Honestly, if games are now using sex as a way to grab publicity, they're only a couple thousand years late to the game. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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You certainly don't know about me :3 #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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But I respect that other people might feel differently. I guess you don't get much say in your gut physical reactions to things you might witness. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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.....where is the gay?
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Not much gets past you, eh chief? #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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Needless to say, the media (the crappy media) will probably have a field day with this. It always boggles my mind that movies showing in mainstream cinemas can have the most explicit sex scenes imaginable, in some cases depicting *actual* sex, and nobody makes much of a fuss, but put it in one of these newfangled videogames and suddenly you're crossing some sort of moral event horizon. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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Was it really necessary? #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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Is it really necessary for women to be showing their ankles in public?
It's called being progressive. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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It's just sex. Maybe if it was GTA: Unabomber or GTA: The Ballad of Ian Brady then there might be some legitimate grounds for controversy here. As it is though, I really don't see much to get worked up about. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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.. But then hot coffee was fully clothed too!
Talk about backwards priorities.
I expect my kids to one day grow up and have sex and kids of their own.. I hope they never drive down the street shooting peoples heads off. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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I support and endorse this. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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I don't even know anymore. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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GTA vs Gears? Apples and oranges. May as well say "I guess making fridges that are actually GOOD is an old idea. Excuse me while I go back to my Dyson vacuum cleaner" #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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Goddammit, Rockstar. It's hard enough to defend your juvenile humor as it is. Must you cock it up even further by throwing in random penis shots and sex just to get a rise? You're hanging yourselves here. It isn't ballsy, just a limp attempt at screwing with the news channels.
Come on, now. Don't be dicks about it. You won't be on top for long if you keep shrinking back into the old standbys. That's just nuts. What happened to your penetrating sarcasm? Urethra going too far, or not going far enough these days.
EDIT: I just realized how teste I sounded.
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Also, male genitalia. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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It is ok to hijack cars and graphically shout people in the face in HD but it isn't ok to show non-graphic sex? I never did understand this 'for the children' mindset since I don't think children should be playing violent video games sex or no sex.
Hell I'm ashamed that they aren't having gay sex in this title and I'm not even a fan of the series but I did mildly enjoy IV. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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I really, truly did. I figured the "urethra" and "teste" puns would make even the most dense of people say "Ahh, I see what's going on now."
Clearly, it still wasn't obvious enough. I... I just don't know what to do anymore. The Herculean effort I put into making sure that my sarcasm can be grasped by everybody was all for naught. There's always that one person who just cannot grasp what's right in front of them. It's the "Fishsticks" joke all over again.
:,( #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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Sarcasm on the internet is sometimes easy to read other times it just needs a "/s" at the end of a post. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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@iamspoo: Eh, no harm done. Excuse my sarcastic comeback. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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Ra-ther. Distinguished players of the video game, such as ourselves, much prefer a jaunty quip over tea and biscuits to adolescent titillation such as these goings on. #grandtheftautotheballadofgayto...
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