Hillary Clinton to take on Rockstar over Hot Coffee

  • By Curt Feldman, Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
  • Posted Jul 14, 2005 1:49 am GMT

Washington, DC press conference Thursday will see the New York Senator call for a Federal Trade Commission inquiry into the San Andreas mod.

Tomorrow in the country's capital, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) will call on the Federal Trade Commission to launch an inquiry into the "Hot Coffee" mod, sources have told GameSpot.

Clinton, a vociferous critic of violence in the media, will be joined by David Walsh, president and founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family; Mary Bissell, fellow at the New America Foundation; and Kiersten Stewart, director of public policy for the Family Violence Prevention Fund.

Clinton is expected to call on the FTC to determine who is responsible for the Hot Coffee mod, a modification that unlocks sexually explicit minigames in Rockstar's recently published PC version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

While the game is rated M, and therefore not readily sold to those below the age of 17, the mod is easily available online.

A statement distributed by the Senator's office this afternoon sets the scene, stating that "following recent reports revealing that the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has graphic pornographic content which may be unlocked by following instructions on the Internet, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will hold a press conference to discuss legislative solutions to keep inappropriate video game content out of the hands of young people." The statement makes no mention of asking the FTC to step in, but sources tell GameSpot that this request will be the centerpiece of the Senator's plea tomorrow.

Although there are far more outspoken politicians when it comes to regulating game content inappropriate for children, this is not the first time Clinton has looked into the issue. On her official Web site, Clinton lists "fighting the culture of sex and violence in the media" as part of her platform, and in March, she joined with Senators Joe Lieberman (D-CT), Sam Brownback (R-KS), and Rick Santorum (R-PA) to cosponsor legislation seeking $90 million over five years for research into how viewing different types of media (television, video games, and the Internet in particular) affects children's development.

Clinton plans on holding the press event at 10am in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building.

5 Comments

  • GamingMind

    Posted Aug 11, 2008 6:23 am GMT

    lol first of all you cant sell it to someone under the age of 17.......

  • janzenp281

    Posted Feb 20, 2007 4:46 pm GMT

    No kidding. This makes me not want to pay my taxes this year.

  • Virtuson

    Posted Nov 15, 2006 8:56 pm GMT

    uh...aren't there like....starving kids in our cities?

    aren't our roads bad?

    don't we have people going to jail for drug possession instead of rehab to be cured....?

  • Gamingod2272

    Posted Oct 22, 2006 1:57 am GMT

    HIllary Clinton can go suck a railroad spike. It'd be good for her because that would be the best sex she's gotten in awhile (I think she has a penis

  • mentalhelp

    Posted Aug 20, 2006 10:33 am GMT

    Hillary Clinton is retarded.

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