Rockstar in Trouble... Again

One superstition I remember my mom telling me about was that you would be plagued by seven years of bad luck if you broke a mirror at home. If that holds true, Rockstar must have lost count of the amount of mirrors they must have broken as these guys are just ploughed by bad luck ever since they tasted success with the GTA series.

After the hot coffee scandal died down, they faced flack for Bully, their free roaming high school sim that put you in the shoes of a young boy named Jimmy Hopkins whose sole aim was to survive a year in Bullworth Academy, one of America’s worst boarding schools. Just when they thought their game wouldn’t be released, lady luck smiled upon them and the game did get released in America after judge Ronald Friedman ruled in favor of this game .

And just when they thought they could take it easy, they’re screwed again. Why? Maybe it’s because they involved ‘boy-on-boy’ action in a Teen rated game? Ok, so it’s not that graphic. But in the game, when Jimmy Hopkins approaches a tall, blond boy with some flowers, the boy says, “I’m hot. You’re hot. Let’s make out.” This move has made a lot of gay communities fans of the developer, but it’s sent a lot of parents into a frantic tizzy. Here’s what one disgruntled parent had to say on site Gamespot.com, “I can’t have my kids playing this game. This is morally reprehensible. GTA (Grand Theft Auto) is a real man’s game, Bully is a disgrace.”

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