The Gamechangers Page #7

evidence is there linking

violent video games

with violent behaviour?

There's lots of precise

scientific evidence.

I've been travelling round

the country talking to experts,

including neurologists from the NIH,

who've done CT scans of...

Hey, hey, ho, ho,

Rockstar's gotta go!

Hey, hey, ho, ho,

Rockstar's gotta go!

After a thorough investigation,

we have concluded

that sexually explicit material

exists in a fully rendered form

on the final disk

of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

The existence of this

undisclosed content has seriously

undermined the credibility

of the ESRB's rating.

Yeah? 'Where are you?

No-one knows where you are.'

I'm heading upstate for a bit.

So, the ESRB have found us guilty.

'They re-rated the game

as adults only.'

Take-Two are pulling every disk

out of every store

in America at a cost of 25 million.

'We need you back here, Sam.'

The Federal Trade Commission

has been ordered to investigate

Rockstar over Hot Coffee.

That's good!

Oh, it's better than good, honey.

It's great.

It'll bring a lot of unwanted

heat on Rockstar.

This is all because of the briefing

I gave Hillary.

Oh, your good friend Hillary, huh?

HE LAUGHS:

Just goes to prove, if the Lord

asks you to do something...

...you sure as hell better do it!

Hello? WOMAN:
'Why are you

such an a**hole?'

Why am I an a**hole?

It's a hate call.

Why do you think I'm an a**hole?

Are we going to use this?

What shall we tell them?

That they're not right.

OK, what don't you like about it?

Sam, are you all right?

The House of Representatives have

voted 355 to 21 to investigate

Hot Coffee and whether we committed

fraud. Fraud?! What fraud?

Misleading the ratings board.

Misrepresenting the game.

Well, that's insane!

We didn't commit fraud,

so we'll be fine. We can fight it.

Why was that scene

allowed to be left on the disks?

I thought you ran this company.

Shut up, Terry!

If something's wrong, somebody

needs to point it out to me!

Let's not turn this

into a blamestorm.

Let's just work out

how we get through this.

This is all due

to this Jack Thompson guy.

Blank Rome will advise us

on how to deal with

the Federal Trade Commission.

Let's be cool-headed about this.

It's a process.

We can hire experts in Washington

and be guided through it.

Will the Feds call me in

to give evidence?

They can call any of us in.

Somehow, this has become personal.

Somehow, these people in Washington

have become convinced that

WE are responsible

for teenage sex and violence.

It is ridiculous!

If these scenes were in a film

or a book, no-one would even blink.

This beautiful game we made's

only going to be remembered

for this sh*t.

I don't want anyone communicating

by e-mail any more, OK?

Nothing in writing.

If we have any important meetings,

we take them

outside on the street.

And tell the whole office.

They won't have bugged us.

You don't know that, mate.

And you don't know what

these people are capable of.

Jamie? Who the f*** gave

all our e-mails to the FDC?

We had to. Sam, you can't refuse

a request from the Feds.

If we get this wrong, they could

take all of this. You know that.

I need to talk to you. Go outside.

Can I have one?

I don't want you going to

that conference in Vegas

next weekend, all right?

I don't want anyone

going to any conferences.

OK. Those table-tennis

screen shots are sh*t.

The crowd perspective's all wrong,

the colours are too muted.

What has JP been doing

for the last two weeks?

Well, he's been waiting

for you to feed back on them.

Here's my feedback. He's fired.

Sam! No, seriously,

go to San Diego and fire him.

Twice he's sent screen shots

I wouldn't put up in a classroom.

Does he realise

how f***ing untalented he is?

Does he wake up going,

"F***, I'm not that talented,"

or is he oblivious

to his own shitness?

Yeah, sure, I'll ask him that

as I fire him.

It's all Terry's fault, this.

Don't you think?

Which bit? That press release.

It's because he's not a gamer.

Not really. He doesn't

understand the fans. Sam...

...it's late.

Let's go home.

I'll finish this.

OK.

Hey. How's it going at the coalface?

Hi, Jamie. Back from San Diego?

Oh, no, this is my avatar.

I'm actually having

a holiday on a tropical island.

I just wanted to let you know,

whatever happens,

we'll always look after you, OK?

You're a key part

of the Rockstar family.

Jen?

It never occurred to me

that you wouldn't.

Good.

F***.

Leaving early, Terry? It's 11pm!

So...

you're doing this talk tomorrow

at school.

Yeah, I'm just writing it.

Hey.

Don't worry, Son.

Do you realise the sh*t I've been

getting about this? What,

because I'm doing this talk?

They know you're going to tell them

all to stop playing video games.

They've seen you on TV.

I'm not going to make things worse

for you, Johnny, I promise.

I want to make it better.

This is what I've written.

You tell me if you like it.

"If you play violent video games,

you will go to hell."

I'm just kidding!

OK?

"This...

"..is the greatest computer

ever devised.

"You have a choice, but I think

you should be aware of what it is

"you're putting

on your cranial hard drive.

"Some of you may resent me

for suggesting you stop playing

"violent video games.

"Fair enough.

"You have that right.

But give me this.

"I don't blame you.

"I blame the big, isolating,

"money-driven games industry that

wants you to think violence is cool,

"because I think you all know,

in reality, it's not."

How's that?

That's good, Dad. Yeah?

I think that'll be good. Yeah?

Thank you.

I love you, son.

'At the FTC hearing, '

if you are found guilty of

false representation, fraud,

eventually you could be looking at

a fine of many millions of dollars.

It'll be the end of Rockstar Games

if they even go halfway...

Fine. I get it. I do.

It'll be a grilling and I'm going

to deal with it in my own way.

I'm going to explain to them exactly

what it is we do at Rockstar

and how we make games

because obviously they

don't have a f***ing clue.

OK. But please try

and be humble and serious.

And please wear a suit.

I just want it to be over now.

Where's Jamie?

How should I know?

Is he away somewhere?

He's not in San Diego

or Edinburgh, is he?

He wasn't in yesterday either.

Dan.

Just a tick.

Do you know where Jamie is?

He's not been in for two days,

has he said anything to you?

No, mate.

Hello?

Hi.

Hi.

The Florida Bar Association wants to

disbar me for unprofessional conduct.

There's going to be a hearing.

It's just the 31 charges that

I've got to defend myself against.

Did I underestimate Blank Rome?

Oh, Jack.

Mr Houser.

Good afternoon. This way, please.

Thank you for coming, Mr Houser.

We're here to ascertain exactly

how it is that the so-called

Hot Coffee sex scene ended up

on the DVDs of San Andreas.

I'm... I'm here to help

in any way I can.

We have all your e-mail

correspondence on this matter

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