Thursday, July 28, 2005  Steal cars, kill cops, but please: no
sex!  I've seen this story knocking around for a while now. I'm
well aware that there's more important news out there right now
- this, for instance. Then there's this. Or how about this?  But
there's something about this. . . nonsense that just tickles me.
The Grand Theft Auto series of video games, in case you are not
aware (or have been living under a rock for the last decade),
are amoral entertainment of the highest order. The object of the
game(s) is to kill, maim, steal and generally be a naughty
person in the pursuit of personal glory. Grand Theft Auto: San
Andreas, the latest installment of the franchise, puts you in
the shoes of young, black gang member Carl Johnson in the early
1990s. Your objective? Kill rival gangs and take control of the
state. Plus some other stuff.  Anyway, why all the fuss? Well,
it seems a geek somewhere has written some code that reveals
some (gosh, I can hardly bring myself to say it) scenes of a
sexual nature w