WBS880.com wrote:
NEW YORK (AP)
A woman upset that she bought the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' for her 14-year-old grandson without knowing it contained hidden, sexually explicit scenes sued the manufacturer Wednesday on behalf of consumers nationwide.
Florence Cohen, 85, of New York, said in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that the game's manufacturer, Rockstar Games, and its parent company, New York-based Take Two Interactive Software Inc., engaged in false, misleading and deceptive practices.
She sought unspecified damages on behalf of herself and all consumers nationwide, saying the company should give up its profits from the game for what amounted to false advertising, consumer deception and unfair business practices.
Cohen said in the suit that she bought the game in late 2004 for her grandson when it was rated ``M'' for mature, for players 17 and older. According to the suit, she directed that it be taken away from her grandson, which was done.
A woman upset that she bought the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' for her 14-year-old grandson without knowing it contained hidden, sexually explicit scenes sued the manufacturer Wednesday on behalf of consumers nationwide.
Florence Cohen, 85, of New York, said in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that the game's manufacturer, Rockstar Games, and its parent company, New York-based Take Two Interactive Software Inc., engaged in false, misleading and deceptive practices.
She sought unspecified damages on behalf of herself and all consumers nationwide, saying the company should give up its profits from the game for what amounted to false advertising, consumer deception and unfair business practices.
Cohen said in the suit that she bought the game in late 2004 for her grandson when it was rated ``M'' for mature, for players 17 and older. According to the suit, she directed that it be taken away from her grandson, which was done.
Let's take a look at their false advertising and deception, shall we...
The box illustrations are full of guns, gangsters and scantily-clad wimmin. The ratings are on the front of the box. If it has a Mature rating, for people 17 and older, it is entirely her discretion to give it to a 14 year old. That right there is enough for a clear case of consumer stupidity.
What do you think? Should the video game boxes be plastered with government warnings like cigarettes? "Holy sh[/b]it, these things are bad for you? Fu[/b]ck, I thought they were good for you, thought they had vitamin C in em and stuff!" Or perhaps we should just line up and have the government hand us what they deem are proper, hermetically-sealed standard issue fare?
