Real Life Has No Reset Button

[Sudy]

Do you have children? You might want to take a close look at what they're playing on their Nintendo Wii. A video game called "Grand Theft Auto" has been hacked by a group of underground computer geeks (NSFW) on the virtually lawless world wide web, and the results will disturb you.

Full article.

Where is American hero Jack Thompson when we need him? Next up: "The Hidden Seedy Underbelly of the Internet: Hardcore Pornography at Your Children's Fingertips".

[dbt1949]

Having read the article I don't see what the big deal is.

[Sudy]

The real story here is sensationalism never dies and Australian media somehow found a magic time portal back to the 90s.

[Daehawk]

Yawn

[rshetts2]

Well that title when compared to the subject matter was rather click baity.

[Isgrimnur]

Kotaku

In one of the more bizarre things to happen this week, NSW Police Minister Troy Grant has gone on national television to complain about a seven year old mod for Grand Theft Auto 4.
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The footage of the game shown off last night, which was reproduced for the online version of the story, was taken from a nearly two year old video from Aussie YouTuber radcliffegames. It's a mod used by a clan called "NSW Police Gaming" and Emergency Australia GTA 4 Mods before that, both of which were communities built around the idea of roleplaying as emergency services personnel in GTA Online.

Channel Seven's report started with GTA 4 footage uploaded by radcliffegames, but also included footage of mods for GTA V. The core gameplay is based on a mod called LSPD First Response, which turns GTA V into a law enforcement sim that lets players conduct high speed pursuits, traffic stops, and more.
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I reached out to the NSW Police Force to get clarification on what action they might take against GTA, Rockstar or the makers of the mods involved. A NSW Police Force spokesperson replied via email saying "this could constitute offences under state and federal laws", but didn't provide any specifics. I also flicked an email to Rockstar asking for their perspective on the situation, but hadn't heard back at the time of writing.

Gaz noted that some of the emergency services modding community were "current serving officers within Australian law enforcement agencies", and serving NSW Police Force officers had praised the mod after playing it. He added that he didn't know of anyone in the modding community that was contacted by the NSW Police force, the Police Minister's office, or Channel Seven prior to the report being aired.

Something something vagueness in legal threats is a hallmark of meritless thuggery.

[Default]

Still waiting for Grand Theft Muppets.

[pr0ner]

Clicked on thread for interesting post, left disappointed.

[Paingod]

I take it as a humor piece, watching people get in a complete twist over an old mod in and old game as they discover it for the first time. It's like if your Aunt discovered YouTube and started sending you all these SO FUNNY cat videos from 10 years ago.

[McNutt]

[Rip]

[DD*]

Thank gawd my girl doesn't play those nasty video games, and my son only plays good patriotic ones like "Call of Duty." From what I understand, it's all about how to be a soldier, which is a good wholesome pastime for any young person today! Not some violent "game" where you shoot people in the head!

[killbot737]

Don't bogart my sig, dude.