I do NOT understand!!!

[luvthatduke]

I have not seen the game, but based on what people here have said about what goes on in it, I have the same question. Why would anyone even let their 15 year old play it? From what I have seen throughout my life is that while people (and IMO especially males) are watching a tv show or movie, in a way they "become" the protagonist (whether that character is good or bad). With the interactiveness of video games I would think this effect is even greater. Who wants their child, no matter how old, pretending in their mind that they are stealing cars, being with a hooker, shooting police, etc ?

That's what I will never understand .

edited due to sleep deprivation:
To the OP, please accept my apologies, I did not respond
to your question - obivously I agree with you, you are not overreacting.

FreshTressa, I understand and even agree w/some of your
points, but I guess it's different strokes for different folks.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

I worked in a video game store for about a year and GTA...all versions, was big then. I remember when Grand Theft Auto: Vice City came out and a 15 year came to buy it, I told him not without the permission of a parent, so he went to get his mother from the store across the way. I showed the game to his mother, told her what it was about and she told him, not in her house, put the game back on the shelf and find something else. He was mad! His mother thanked me profusely and I told her it was my pleasure. I saved one youth.

 

[luvthatduke]

I remember someone a few days ago asking about this here:

'Grand Theft Auto' slapped with lawsuit
Friday, January 27, 2006

LOS ANGELES, California -- The city attorney's office has sued the makers of "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" for allegedly hiding pornographic material inside the video game, officials said.

Rocky Delgadillo said his office sued Rockstar Games and its parent company, Take-Two Interactive, for making misleading statements in marketing the game and engaging in unfair competition...

The game, released in October 2004, features characters that commit crimes such as murder, drug dealing and pimping.

The game also had an embedded "mini game" in which characters could engage in explicit sexual acts.

The industry board that rates video games gave it a mature rating but would have given it an adults-only rating if it knew of the explicit content, Delgadillo said.

The game's rating was later changed and retailers, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and Best Buy Co., pulled copies from their store shelves.

But the game was re-rated only after more than 12 million units had been sold, generating about $600 million in retail sales. The city attorney's office estimated that more than 200,000 units have been sold to date in California, generating more than $10 million in retail sales.

"Businesses have an obligation to truthfully disclose the content of their products -- whether in the food we eat or the entertainment we consume," Delgadillo said.

The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, was part of an ongoing investigation into the marketing of video games, authorities said.

The game also spurred several states to crack down on sales of mature-rated games to minors...

 

[FreshTressa]

What I think is funny is that the big stink is about the "hidden" scene....which I have seen and while pornographic, is much less disturbing to me than the way you can kill cops and beat up women.

 

[bigbabyblues]

My BIL plays it.....he's 27. I've seen him play it, but no way for a 7 or 8 year old, probably not until about 17 or 18.

 

[HOGFAN]

filth,pure filth. wont let my 7th grader play it

 

[DarkSideMoon]

I play games like BF2 War sims, minus the blood and gore. I despise games like this because they are too over the top.

 

[FreshTressa]

I guess hookers are now protesting the game