I.T. Vibe - 'Hot Coffee' mod costs Rockstar Games $10m

Comment # 1 on 24 July 2005 at 08:52 by Anonymous

Hiding uncensored interactive sex-games with the characters in the game? I have zero sympathy for Take-Two Interactive in this matter. Why were those sex games there anyway? Was this a test to try to *distribute* porn secretly to kids? What else might they try to hide in future - where to find the best crack on vacation, bomb-making for beginners, the collected thoughts of ... [insert own unsavoury character ]? Easter eggs in games have been around for a long time, but deliberately hiding specifically-forbidden content hits a new low.

Comment # 2 on 24 July 2005 at 08:58 by Anonymous

I wonder if the guy who made the mod is feeling guilty now. $10 million is a serious impact on any company. He could have put them out of business, where would we all be then without Rockstar???

Comment # 3 on 24 July 2005 at 09:18 by Anonymous

i hardly think 10 million dollars would have made a drastic effect. a company such as rockstar has a very vast revenue, 10 million would hardly make a chink in the armor.

Comment # 4 on 25 July 2005 at 02:05 by dpvreony

The guy who made the mod will be the guy who lives to regret it. Under the EULA for Take 2 Interactive can sue him for loss of earnings, and breach of the agreemnt. It isn't an easter egg, it's the modification of an executable to load new content, it's like removing the "blur" from The Sims, the download for Tomb Raider that let you have a "naked" Lara Croft. Expect one or two employees from RockStar to be fired as well, this content may have been an Easter egg at one point, that may have been removed from the final version, only the content still existed in the archive.

Comment # 5 on 26 July 2005 at 22:23 by Anonymous

"Why were those sex games there anyway? Was this a test to try to *distribute* porn secretly to kids? What else might they try to hide in future - where to find the best crack on vacation, bomb-making for beginners, the collected thoughts of ... [insert own unsavoury character ]?" Are you retarded? Look, this game was rated 'M' for a reason. They aren't distributing porn to kids: a) it's not porn, it's a dry-humping mini-game. calling that porn is just plain ignorant. and b) little kids shouldn't be playing it anyways. M = 17 years+... why don't parents take some responsibility and learn a little about what their kids are playing? And are you really so appalled that a game that lets you pick up a whore, have sex with her (well, watch your car move side to side), beat her to death with a big purple dildo, and get your money back also has a humping mini-game in it? What's the outrage here?

Comment # 6 on 26 July 2005 at 23:19 by Anonymous

Conan says it best: Conan O'Brien: “Parents across the country are furious because the video game ‘Grand Theft Auto' contains hidden sex scenes. . Yeah, the parents say, ‘We bought our kids Grand Theft Auto so they could be exposed to violent carjackings, not sex.'”

Comment # 7 on 30 July 2005 at 04:38 by danmcd13

So I don't get the point of the rating change. I think all 17 year olds have seen naked women but GOD FORBID IF THEY'RE PIXELS!!!! Theres more swares in this game than The Sopranos, and more blood than Kill Bill. As soon as some programmed polygonal movement occurs that is supposed to represent "sexual intercourse" shows up, the whole ****ing world goes haywire. Violence hurts Sex feels good Which one is really explicit?

Comment # 8 on 31 July 2005 at 21:42 by Mr_Szabo

Whats more harmfull in your opinion? Porn or walking round organising gang shootings, walking upto people and hitting them with baseball bats?... Personally I would prefer kids seeing mild animated porn than a game where the whole idea is to murder, rob and violance.

Comment # 9 on 28 August 2005 at 23:59 by 2732

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Originally posted by danmcd13
.......programmed polygonal movement occurs that is supposed to represent "sexual intercourse" shows up, the whole ****ing world goes haywire. Violence hurts Sex feels good Which one is really explicit?

you are absolutly right, but it's not the whole world, it's just the freakin' us politicans, who are goin' crazy and some retarted parents who are keeping a bible [bd] under there pillow and firearms B)in their houses america goes totaly nuts about this, i mean whats the big deal about this, isn't there any law against such idiots }:)?!?! i like the usa, really i do, but this is way too much for me to take so long

Comment # 10 on 03 October 2005 at 20:39 by Anonymous

So where can I get some Hot Coffee around here anyway?

Comment # 11 on 15 October 2005 at 22:53 by Anonymous

lol the code isn't available unless u mod it, loads of games have bits of code that arnt actaully in the game, i doubt it was an evil plot to show the world poor graphical porn. besides its not exactly a kids game is it now?