almost all games have violence, ****** and etc...
these are the highest selling games than the rest..
According to the article in ""
U.S. NEWS:
Video Game s*x Stress Ratings
Source: AP
by Ron Harris
07/19/2005
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Shooting. Killing. Vehicular mayhem. s*xual conquests. Teenagers can experience it all through today's almost-anything-goes breed of video games, primarily among those rated "M" for mature.
The Entertainment Software Rating Board is responsible for that rating system, and this self-regulating videogame industry group has suddenly found itself on the hot seat.
Critics say the board's guidance is toothless and does little to help parents trying to protect impressionable children from questionable content.
"There is no doubting the fact that the widespread availability of s*xually explicit and graphically violent video games makes the challenge of parenting much harder," said Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who asked the Federal Trade Commission last week to investigate one of the most violent titles, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas."
In this "M" rated game — last year's top-seller among console games — the main character seeks bloody vengeance on gang-filled streets,
firing automatic weapons and picking up scantily clad women.
But what really riles family-oriented media watchdog groups are additional scenes in which **** "girlfriends" join in explicit s*x acts in the PC version. The scenes become "playable" with the help of a freely available download created by a Dutch programmer.
"Grand Theft Auto" publisher Rockstar Games says the game's designers did not create that content. Not so, says the programmer, Patrick Wildenborg. He insists his "mod" merely unlocks code that was already hidden in the game's retail version.
Had such s*xually explicit content been clearly a part of the retail version, it would likely have earned the game an "adults-only" rating. And that would have potentially cost Rockstar Games millions in lost sales.
The ESRB's president, Patricia Vance, cautions the public not to jump to conclusions while the board investigates the case.
"I think it is very important for people to realize that this game is rated "M" for mature," Vance said. "This game is not a game that was rated for children. Regardless of what if anything was modified, it's a game that the ESRB has made as clear as it can that it was not intended for anyone under the age of 17."
The ESRB is accustomed to pressure — it was formed 11 years ago under heat from Congress to crack down on violent videogames. The board now issues ratings for more than 1,000 game titles each year.""""
Posted By: SIE aka george simons
Tuesday, July 19th 2005 at 1:46PM
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