ESRB Gets Hot Over Naked Ass in Halo 2
And the naked ass in question? Unfortunately, it's not Master Chief's. Apparently, the first batch of Halo 2 Vista has shipped with "an unfortunate, obscure content error."
It has come to our attention that an unfortunate, obscure content error which includes partial nudity was included in our initial production of "Halo 2" for Windows Vista. As such, we have updated the initial game packaging at retailers with a label, so customers are aware before purchasing the game. Additionally, we've developed an online update which can be downloaded from www.halo2.com to remove the content.
Looks like some game developers thought they were being really funny. If this popped up while I was playing a game, I'd be grossly offended. Or actually, I'd laugh my ASS off (bad pun intended).
The best part of all this is when the ESRB tries to delicately explain a naked ass in a game: "The content in question, although likely to be inaccessible to the vast majority of users, displays a photograph of an individual showing his bare backside to the user when a particular error occurs."
"Bare backside." I think my grandma says that. Full ESRB statement after the jump.
The statement from the ESRB:
After the M (Mature 17+) rating assignment was issued for Halo 2 for Vista and just prior to the shipment of the game to retail, Microsoft notified ESRB about pertinent content found in a map editor tool that is being bundled with the game. The content in question, although likely to be inaccessible to the vast majority of users, displays a photograph of an individual showing his bare backside to the user when a particular error occurs, and thus warrants a 'Partial Nudity' content descriptor in order to alert consumers to its presence in the product. Microsoft has therefore applied stickers with correct ESRB rating information to the packaging of virtually all copies that will ship to retail in the U.S. and Canada. We have been advised by Microsoft that future runs of the game will be produced without the content in question, thus negating the need for the descriptor to be displayed on those versions.
[via Kotaku]
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Video Games on 26 May 2007
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OK... I am so LOLing all over this...
I think it's funny!
Seriously, it's only a butt. We see butts all the time in Simpsons and King of the Hill, so why not let the butt stay?
Bah, I'm sure they didn't want what could, to Billary Clinton, could be another "Hot Coffee" thing, even if its just an ass.
*Shakes head* Politicians, bah!
It's kind of hard to tell, but it looks like a pretty nice "bare backside"!
Just an ass...
would this even be an issue if it was a female's bare backside? OH. no that happens all the time in many games. but a male's ass- that is explicitly sexual.
I just have to say: LOL
I would did the same!
Motordog is naughty.