you guys should check out the new
penny arcade. Laugh at the comic but do note what the guy says in the newspost.
Also, according to an ESRB interview with
Game Spot, the ESRB slapped the AO rating, but while acknowledging that a third-party may have done it.
Even if its true, I am still really angry at Rock Star. They just seem to purposly try to push the buttons of everyone around them. Games like Manhunt and GTA:SA have needless gore. GTA:SA is fun, but it would be just as entertaining if it was toned down a bit. GTA1 and GTA2 were really great games, and violence in them was always cartoonish and themes were never as serious as with their new games.