Yet another San Andreas/Hot Coffee article
by Ross Miller 
{ Jul 19th 2005 at 4:38PM }
Yes, everyone is tired of hearing about more write-ups and summaries and even news blips about the whole San
Andreas/Hot Coffee mod, but GameSpot published a very well written article on the absurdity of this whole fiasco.
I have to wholly agree with a lot of what he says – why the fuss for fake-looking sexual positions when God of War
featured the real thing, full frontal nudity and all – not too mention probably more blood and gore than has ever
before been put in a video game. It's a pity that Rockstar is the beacon of all political furors pertaining to video
games. Then again, they seem pretty financially sound.
Though this is old news by now, I thought I would mention the book 'Everything Bad is Good For You: How Today's
Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter.' In the book, Stephen Johnson argues that video games and the
Internet have actually made kids better problem-solvers. As the GameSpot article says, it would take a smart and
determined little kid to unlock the Hot Coffee mod.
[Thanks, Jamacainbwoydre]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dave @ Dec 18th 2005 10:08PM
God of War didn't really feature "the real thing"; the player only heard the noises and saw the bed rock. You saw more action in Leisure Suit Larry than you did in God of War. As for gore, well GOW was a creative game...
KirbyMeister @ Dec 18th 2005 10:08PM
Agreed, Hot Coffee seems very blown out of proportion [although I thought you could inject the proper memory values into the game via cheatcode to unlock said minigame] on both sides, R* for calling it an illegal mod and the critics using a hidden easter egg as a strawman argument.
l0tus @ Dec 18th 2005 10:08PM
...there is no "cheatcode" that unlocks the 'hot coffee' mini-game; it's a SAVEGAME with altered hex values that you need a modded X-Box or Pro Action Replay to use.
Asher @ Dec 18th 2005 10:08PM
If I hear another plug for that damn book here or anywhere else on weblogs I'm going to shoot my self! Enough already.
Dave @ Dec 18th 2005 10:08PM
God of War didn't really feature "the real thing"; the player only heard the noises and saw the bed rock. You saw more action in Leisure Suit Larry than you did in God of War. As for gore, well GOW was a creative game...
Holland @ Dec 18th 2005 10:08PM
The firestorm rages on because the game was distributed with the hidden action already installed and that Rockstar lied about it until the last moment...now they're stonewalling.
Apologize all you want for them, but it's not a 3rd-party issue - it's either the programmers themselves or the company themselves playing politics that will sink them.