The GTA series is notorious for being controversially progressive in the way it deals with issues previously deemed too sensitive for the video games medium. Be it shooting cops or encrypted sex mini-games, whatever the case may be, renegade developers RockStar North deserve props for generating serious discussion on the inclusion of such adult themes in games, while at the same time inching the boundaries of the medium forward.
With the recent release of The Lost and Damned; a downloadable episode for GTA4, the developers included some brief scenes of full male nudity (yes, people get worked up about this supposedly) and as you might have assumed, controversy has sparked up again.
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