Killing prostitues for fun.

I don't think it is uncommon for a parent to be asked by a pre-teen offspring if they can have the latest computer game. The parent then probably questions the high cost of the game, but after a period of "parent-child negotiation" they leave the store - game in hand.

Would they allow their children to have the game if it was described like so:

• ...where the player is able to engage in sexual practices with a prostitute, then (in a separate act) kill her to retrieve the fee.
• An interactive ode to gang banging, California style, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" covers a vast territory...
• Tommy embarks on a driving rampage, robbing and killing prostitutes and driving over innocent pedestrians.
• The player must kill as many people as he can using the most vicious and devious methods. The first time he kills someone he is urged to smother them with a plastic bag.
• There are 32 different areas of the body where victims can be shot - with a variety of gruesome results.
• ...the people can be run over, shot or dragged beneath your car. At one point a rival is dragged around on the bumper creating huge streams and trails of blood in remarkably gory scenes.
• Players are invited to hack their enemies to pieces in a bloody rampage. They can use the amazing boomerang Machete, the Scythe and the head-popping Sledgehammer.

Many older parents likely have the memory that computer games are like Tetris, Space Invaders or Prince of Persia. In fact I'd wager many probably haven't played a computer game in the last 10 years - if at all.

I think they'd be horrified if they peered over their kids shoulders one evening whilst they're "doing their homework".

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