N.O.W. (National Organization for Women) has made a statement regarding GTA3.

i know girls who love gta3 more than i do.

It\'s a strange world we are living in.

Yes it is.  If a man attempts to get a woman into bed, it\'s sexual harassment.  If a woman attempts to get a man into bed, the man is lucky.  Strange world indeed.

[Titan]

I think they are women looking for attention. There isnt a damn contact. I would get into an arguement with those *****es. Its a damn game. Why are people over reacting. It isn\'t manipulating out kids. I\'ve been playing violent games for like 10 years and they havn\'t changed me.

I think they are women looking for attention. There isnt a damn contact. I would get into an arguement with those *****es. Its a damn game. Why are people over reacting. It isn\'t manipulating out kids. I\'ve been playing violent games for like 10 years and they havn\'t changed me.

Wow, a bit defensive there.  Perhaps you are reacting to the comments in this fashion simply because games have warped your sense of anger management?  Whateevr game did this, I will inform NOW of what it is so they can ban it immediately.

hehe, j\\k

[Titan]

I just don\'t like people like this. They think that video games warp peoples minds. They think that video games should be nice and cute. Not a fictional city with fictional people in a violent world. They want games off the shelves because they are violent and they don\'t understand them. They are only games, not real. They are fictional. I just might contact this NOW group and give them a piece of my mind.

I sent a nice little letter as to how i felt about the subject. its not the develoupers job or respocibility to decide whats right for any given kid. Its the parents job.

 \'ooo. Grand Theft Auto 3 rated M for Mature due to strong violence and language and suggestive theemes. I think little timmy will love this for his 6th birthday\'

Some parents just arent responcible enough to read what they buy thier kids or they dont know what thier kids buy themselves.

[Bobs_Hardware]

i do believe that videogames and movies can affect some people... but the way these people are putting their opinions forward is just ignorant...

did you write this pstwo??

Thanks for the good laughs. In short the game is an 18 therefore that entitles this game to cover lots of things that adults can view. If children can get hold of this game then thats for the parents to sort out.

No offence ladies but man do these broads suck it hard. In the end its the parents fault. Women like femenists too do dumb stuff like this. " Our children need to be protected" blah blah blah. They\'re nothing but some tight @$$, publicty hoging, fat ugly, women unite, women dont have rights, B!.#E$. God i ate those kinda mom type ....... yeah ill stop now.  

thats just sad, im not even gonna say more than that, cos they are so sad

Whoa!  I can\'t believe how some of you are reacting.  You\'d think that NOW was as organization with a mission to separate all male genitalia from male body.  The group of people in NOW embody the same type of thinking that has allowed women to vote, and just in the past several decades allowed women equal rights in the workplace.  

I do NOT agree with their views on gun-control, and I do not believe that video games lead to violence, but they do have a point about some of the content in GTA3.  I have the game, I like it for the most part, but picking up hookers, then beating them to get your money back?  I am disgusted that this was allowed in the game, and I\'m disgusted that so many of you enjoy it.  I\'ve seen MANY comments on this board condoning prostitution.  Bladez asks what to do with some money that\'s burning a hole in his pocket.  Many replies - "get a hooker...ha ha."  Prostitution in this world is a huge problem, whether it be girls, women, boys...support of such behavior isn\'t going to help it go away.

If I had a child, I would do my best to teach them wrong from right, and fantasy from reality.  I would pay attention to the ratings on movies, music, and videogames.  And I would feel like a complete failure if I walked in on my son/daughter getting enjoyment out of picking up a video hooker then proceeding to beat the hell out of her.

I don\'t want to make any enemies on this board.  I admit, I really like you guys - just offering a different perspective.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Originally posted by Sara
Whoa!  I can\'t believe how some of you are reacting.  You\'d think that NOW was as organization with a mission to separate all male genitalia from male body.  The group of people in NOW embody the same type of thinking that has allowed women to vote, and just in the past several decades allowed women equal rights in the workplace.  

I do NOT agree with their views on gun-control, and I do not believe that video games lead to violence, but they do have a point about some of the content in GTA3.  I have the game, I like it for the most part, but picking up hookers, then beating them to get your money back?  I am disgusted that this was allowed in the game, and I\'m disgusted that so many of you enjoy it.  I\'ve seen MANY comments on this board condoning prostitution.  Bladez asks what to do with some money that\'s burning a hole in his pocket.  Many replies - "get a hooker...ha ha."  Prostitution in this world is a huge problem, whether it be girls, women, boys...support of such behavior isn\'t going to help it go away.

If I had a child, I would do my best to teach them wrong from right, and fantasy from reality.  I would pay attention to the ratings on movies, music, and videogames.  And I would feel like a complete failure if I walked in on my son/daughter getting enjoyment out of picking up a video hooker then proceeding to beat the hell out of her.

I don\'t want to make any enemies on this board.  I admit, I really like you guys - just offering a different perspective.

the prostitution part of the game was taken out of the Australian version    its being re-released here soon.  i say this is a bad thing purely from thepoint of view that i dont get the full game, so im going to efforts to get the original, but onto my point  

not to disagree with you, but you must know that (most of us here) seperate the fantasy world from the actual world (god i sound stupid ).  Maybe sex is a touchy subject with the lady here, but i dont see how you can possibly say that its the worst part of the game.  You r obviously aware that in the game you can go on mass killing sprees, see how many kills with a flamethrower (etc) you can get in a minute and things like this. Things like this are added into the game for a) fun b) depth c) novelty.  How can you say something else such as the use of a prostitute then killing her is much worse than what is essentially genocide?    I dont see how this is condoning the use of prostitution (or violence on prostitutes for that matter)

From an early age children do learn right from wrong, fantasy from reality, parents are an important factor in this learning and i agree that you should go to extra length to teach your children this... you say you would feel a failure if you saw them getting enjoyment out of beating the hell out of a videogame hooker... you seem to be able to pass up one act of violence and criminal behavious but cant get past this issue.  What is the difference?  because sex is involved? Because prostitution is a real problem??  I think the bigger (real world) issue would be violence, theft and other related crimes.  I dont see your reasoning in being disgusted in what facet of the game due to its real world connotations, then finding enjoyment in (what i see as) much worse real world aspects of the game

plus, i would say that the constant bombardment of telling Bladez to get a hooker would be not so much the fact that "tee hee, im telling him to get a hooker" but more so the fact that he cant get a date   haha, that poor los...ohh...thats right.. *cant get a date either*  

You\'re right, there IS a lot of other violence.  The reason I hate the hooker part so much is because when you kill a cop, your wanted level goes up at least a couple stars, when you have to kill 30 members of a gang during the rampages, the other members come after you, but when you pick up a hooker, you get rewarded with health.

Strange as this may seem, I might feel a little better about it if the main character caught crabs and had to scratch his crotch until he visted the local health clinic.

[Bobs_Hardware]

hahah, that would actuallymake the game so awesome    i wouldnt stop laughing  

bonus sub-game, get to the local health clinic as fast as possible..

or give crabs to as many hookers as possible   eh, maybe not

but i didnt know about being rewarded with health.  even so, there is still a major line differenciating the real world and fantasy world, it was really only put in as a novelty item, and its probably best not to think too hard about its implications..

Prostitution in this world is a huge problem, whether it be girls, women, boys...support of such behavior isn\'t going to help it go away.

Here\'s the problem with your logic:  There\'s a lot of women in this world who prefer to be a prostitute as opposed to being a hard working business woman.  The reasons behind them are several:

The money.  Like any other job, being a prostitute gets you lots of cash.  Sex sells, plain and simple.  Did you know that the pornography industry made more money than every sport combined last year?  That\'s baseball, football, soccer, hockey, everything... porno movies made more.  That\'s insane when you think about it, but if a woman can do it like that legitimately, then why not do it under the guise of those who want it when they need it?  Who cares where so long as they make like 300 (i assume) bucks a night?  What job do you know of that makes 300 bucks a day?

I dunno, but women who pose for Playboy and women who are in porno movies make top dollar and all they have to do is what comes natural to us as human beings just with a camera running.  Getting a salary on paper from some director is no different then getting it under the table from some stranger.  It\'s sex, no matter how you legalize or sugar coat it.  How women choose to lead their lives is not your concern no matter how immoral you think it is.  As long as there is a need for it, it will always be here.

People need to defend themselves, so we make guns, despite the fact that they kill people.  Even dorks need to have sex, even though most women won\'t touch them with a stick... If there\'s a need, there\'s a market.

Speaking of which, I think prostitution is a real part of life.  It\'s everywhere, legalized in certain countries as a matter of fact and that business is very profitable there.  Just like the homeless, global warming, war, chemical warfare, and so many other dangers out there, it\'s a real part of life.  Why should a game ignore that aspect  if it\'s really around?  You can\'t just pretend it\'s not there like some myth or phantom, it\'s been there for hundreds of years and abolishing it will probably never happen.

On a side note for the health attribute of it all:  Other than dolphins, humans are the only other species that can take pleasure in sex.  Adding health to your vitality meter can be interpreted just as the main character being satisfied from their experience.