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thinner, or fatter,

or sexier, or stronger, you know.

You can change him. Morning, Jamie.

People have been able to do

that in RPGs for a while.

Yes, but that is always

to help you complete

some sort of narrow mission.

All right, now we're going

to offer the players the chance

to adapt themselves as they go.

Shape themselves.

Not because they need to for the

game, just because they want to.

All right, so if you want Carl

to get a haircut, you can.

If you want him to go and get new

threads, you just go and buy them.

And then doing these things will

change how other characters

relate to you in the game.

But if it's not linked to missions,

won't all that feel a bit

irrelevant and super nerdy?

No, I don't think so.

I think it will make people feel

incredibly emotionally

linked to Carl.

You are the hero. The hero is you.

OK, Terry, if you could send Carl to

get a haircut - go and get dreads -

would that not feel good?

Ha-f***ing-ha.

Jen, you want a tattoo?

Via Carl, you can go and get one.

Jamie, you want a six pack.

You can get one. Got one.

Dan, you want to have sex,

via Carl, finally, you can.

If you make Carl attractive enough,

somebody should have sex with him.

This is beyond what film can do.

Guys, we're going

to create the first

truly adaptable hero

across any art-form.

Devin, my name is Jack Thompson. I am

an attorney at law based in Miami.

I am very sorry about

the situation you are in.

I'd like to understand how it

happened. Why it happened.

When they arrested you

in Mississippi, apparently you said,

"Life is like a video game,

you have got to die sometime."

Is that what you said?

Who are you?

He doesn't know why he did it.

He said it was like a flashback,

like he was playing the game.

He is just a sweet, stupid lost kid.

He got arrested and he panicked.

I just don't believe

he would have killed those men

if he had not spent hours a day

practising doing exactly

the same thing in that

cop killer game.

You don't know it was the game

that made him act that way.

But it WAS the game.

He is still guilty of murder.

Yes, he is,

and nothing will change that.

Come on, you're a lawyer.

I think the people that make these

games are partly responsible.

I mean, think about it.

They're drenching our children

in depravity and violence,

training our kids to be killers

and making money out of it.

They... They make an entertainment

that normalises horrendous violence.

It makes me sick.

You're going to fight them.

You don't think I should?

I feel compelled to.

We're raising a generation of kids

steeped in sex and violence

and no-one's doing anything about it.

I think this is what's

required of me.

This is vibe.

Very cheery.

Yeah,

this is what I'm talking about.

Get video of every

street around here, Jamie.

Is it safe?

Yeah, get filming, it's fine.

Hiya.

Lookin' real good.

We should get the

programmers down here too

so they can see it for themselves,

iterate on it.

The streets speak to you. Whoo!

I feel very English.

You don't look it.

You look like a bad... sh*t mother!

You know what I'm saying?

Are we... hoping to see a drive-by?

Do you mind if I don't film that?

We should get the programmers

firing some guns too,

so they know how they

sound and feel.

Who are you?

Hey, my man, don't sweat it.

These are English fellas

I'm showing around.

Why you got that rip

in your jeans, boy?

Is that a Crip thing?

Is it?

I'm not a Crip, I promise you.

By cool, these are...

Do not tell me to be cool, nigga!

I'll decide when I'mma be cool.

Who are you?

I'm DJ Dog from South Park, man.

These fellas are just here

doing research on a game.

They make Grand Theft Auto.

Y'all make GTA?

Y'all some Rockstars.

Yo, I love that game!

I play it for hours!

Tell them I play it for hours.

Don't I play it for hours? Hmm-hmm.

Yo... Y'all want to make

a game around here?

Yeah, a game that's set here.

Maybe you could help us.

Like, can I be in it?

Like, I'm a performer, I've got

my own record label and I'm an actor.

Yeah, man, what's your name?

And where do you get your jewellery?

I'll show you. OK.

Good.

Carl's got this girl

he's dating in the game.

Denise, we said.

Denise, right.

Oh, 21-11. Next gangster.

You should be able to take

her on different dates,

do stuff that affects

the relationship

and how she behaves to you,

like in real life.

Come on then, Houser.

I'm gonna take you down.

Be able to take her to bars or

out driving, buy her flowers.

Can you take her on a drive-by?

Some girls would love that.

Ho-ho!

What was that, Jamie?

And I want a proper sex scene

this time round.

A full-on sex scene.

If you treat Denise right, she'll

have sex with you. It's only fair.

You can't put a sex scene

in a game, Sam. Yes, you can.

Why not? Sex is a part of life.

Films and music tackle sex

all the time - why can't we?

2-0, wanker.

Oh, Ray, sorry I'm late.

I had a hell of a time

finding the place.

No problem. We're all here.

My friend Ray here is

an excellent trial lawyer.

He believes as strongly as I do

that Rockstar and Sony are,

to some degree, responsible

for the deaths of your loved ones.

We believe what Devin did

was an impulsive act,

made more likely due to the fact

that he played a violent video game

for weeks beforehand.

And we're gathering a handful of

expert witnesses to testify in court

that there is a clear link between

teenagers playing violent games

and violent behaviour.

You saying that the game's

responsible for his actions,

that will let Devin off the hook,

won't it?

I don't know about the others here,

but I want that boy

to face up to what he did.

I want him on death row.

We don't believe what Devin

did was premeditated.

You don't know it wasn't.

No, I don't.

I'm not saying he's not responsible

for what he did - he is -

and he will face that

in a criminal court.

Our civil case isn't

designed to get him off,

but we want the makers

of these obscene games

to take some responsibility and

help stop other police officers

from being killed in the same way

that James and Arnold and Ace were.

Don't you want that too?

And we want you to have

some form of compensation...

for your loss.

You think you can win?

We will win, I promise you,

because I will fight this as hard

as I've ever fought anything

and because I believe what

Martin Luther King said -

"The arc of history is long,

but it bends towards justice."

This lawsuit will put the video game

industry on trial.

Strickland versus Sony, the makers

of PlayStation and Rockstar Games,

the makers of Grand Theft Auto

is a lawsuit designed to make every

police officer in America safer.

How much are you seeking in damages?

600 million for the families.

Isn't that excessive?

I don't think so.

We're going to destroy Rockstar

Games, you can count on that.

Listen, there's some born-again

Christian nutbag lawyer in Florida

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