29 min
5. Suited And Booted Bugzy Malone’s Grandest Game
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- Society & Culture
The sex scene locked away in San Andreas’ code has been discovered and the politicians in America urgently want to know how it got there.
The agency that oversees age ratings on America’s games says its system has been undermined. And that carries huge consequences for Rockstar Games.
The code is fixed, at huge expense, as its makers support the ratings agency’s decision. But a bigger problem is to come.
America’s Federal Trade Commission is investigating and they also want to know how the scene made it to the disc.
In the end, the FTC decide that there was no deliberate deception. But it was a bruising episode for the games maker.
Undeterred, Rockstar set about with a comeback that would reaffirm their role as gaming’s sharpest cultural commentators – GTA IV – a gritty, and dark tour de force of storytelling and action.
WARNING: This podcast contains descriptions of violence and sexual themes.
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CREDITS:
Written by Ciaran Tracey and Chris Warburton
Presenter: Bugzy Malone
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Mixing and Mastering: James Bradshaw
Assistant Producer: Gabrielle Gatti
Additional journalism by Jo Newsholme, Helen Ledwick and Laura Conder
Executive Commissioners for BBC: Richard Maddock and Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace
The Executive Producer is Ciaran Tracey for Big City Nights
The sex scene locked away in San Andreas’ code has been discovered and the politicians in America urgently want to know how it got there.
The agency that oversees age ratings on America’s games says its system has been undermined. And that carries huge consequences for Rockstar Games.
The code is fixed, at huge expense, as its makers support the ratings agency’s decision. But a bigger problem is to come.
America’s Federal Trade Commission is investigating and they also want to know how the scene made it to the disc.
In the end, the FTC decide that there was no deliberate deception. But it was a bruising episode for the games maker.
Undeterred, Rockstar set about with a comeback that would reaffirm their role as gaming’s sharpest cultural commentators – GTA IV – a gritty, and dark tour de force of storytelling and action.
WARNING: This podcast contains descriptions of violence and sexual themes.
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CREDITS:
Written by Ciaran Tracey and Chris Warburton
Presenter: Bugzy Malone
Presenter: Chris Warburton
Mixing and Mastering: James Bradshaw
Assistant Producer: Gabrielle Gatti
Additional journalism by Jo Newsholme, Helen Ledwick and Laura Conder
Executive Commissioners for BBC: Richard Maddock and Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace
The Executive Producer is Ciaran Tracey for Big City Nights
29 min