Rockstar pussied out?

[zigguratbuilder]

So let me get this straight: Rockstar pumped out an expansion to GTA4 called "THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY".

Awesome. Mini controversy. Talk and chatter. 14 year olds going "ewwwww", and about everyone else going "...huh. Interesting...".

...

...but it turns out you don't actually play the flamboyantly gay "Gay Tony" (the namesake), instead you play his

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[tundra_no_caps]

Well, the X-Box Live Game Handle is not within Rockstar's control, right?

[amanofhats]

Some points to consider:

You played a boy who could kiss boys in Bully, another Rockstar game.

Rockstar has no control over Microsoft's Xbox policies.

Rockstar took a huge bullet with Hot Coffee. They can't be expected to take one each time out of the gate.

That said, I was disappointed when out I found the main character wasn't Gay Tony.

[tundra_no_caps]

Hot Coffee?

[amanofhats]

"Hot Coffee" is the nickname of a deactived sex mini-game discovered in the retail code of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Some guy made a patch for the PC version that made it playable which caused a shitstorm of reaction and ended up costing Rockstar billions of dollars to combat.

[amanofhats]

Well, billions of dollars to both combat and paid in fines.

[gillan]

Sumbitch.

[benlehman]

Rockstar are huge cowards. cf Bully.

[electricpaladin]

Totally straight. Sure.

We all know, Beefy McBodyguard. We all know. Just save yourself a lot of pain. We love you, and it's ok.