From Hot Coffee To Warm Tea

I've been avoiding posting about it, but Joystiq has a completely and utterly sane discussion of the non-story that is the Bully boy on boy kissing 'scandal'. Despite the ravings of Jack Thompson, the homosexual behavior in Bully was seen by the ESRB and is not the first game to feature such content. From the article: "The ESRB would be insane if they were bullied into giving an 'M' (Mature 17+) rating to Bully, as this story continues to gain traction in the mainstream press ... It would also force the ginormous Electronic Arts into the mix to defend the 'T' rated Sims. We're willing to wager that Electronic Arts, which has a Human Rights Campaign corporate equality index score of 88 and had transsexual game designer Danielle Bunten Berry on staff, will put up a good fight if challenged. Rockstar played this brilliantly, they slid in a topic that is controversial, but perfectly defensible, and those that would attack 'Warm Tea,' won't have an easy time of it compared to 'Hot Coffee.'" SFGate put up a thoughtful opinion piece / review of Bully this past weekend. If you're not familiar with the game, it's a great way to fully understand how there's really nothing to worry about here.

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[illegalcortex]

Hot Coffee = male/female sex

Hot Tea = male/male kissing

Oh, the brits aren't going to like this one...

Re:Yeesh

[bunions]

> Polish those pitchforks.

Stop that, you'll go blind!

Re:classification

[Yaotzin]

This gives a whole new meaning to the Boston Tea Party...

Re:True...

[jb.hl.com]

At last, a reason to turn down cucumber sandwiches!

"I'm sorry, no thanks, they make me insecure about my sexuality."
"..."

Re:SimCopter

[Beardo the Bearded]

No, he got fired because it's a WCB violation to be around whirring blades without adequate safety equipment.

Never mind getting "caught" in the rotor - all characters have to wear reflective vests and helmets when near working helicopters.