Best rumours ever!
Scoop or poop? We reveal the truth
TARGET:
GTA San Andreas
RUMOUR:
Grand Theft Auto [insert III, Vice City, San Andreas or Liberty City Stories at random] has a mission where you kill prostitutes after having sex with them.
REALITY:
Obviously, there's no such mission. This isn't stopping various anti-game crusaders and vote-sucking politicians from repeating it ad nauseum, however. And it's further morphing into the belief that you can commit rape. For instance, Indiana senator V I Simpson recently said: "Right now, kids can walk into just about any store and get their hands on a videogame in which they can shoot police officers, use drugs, steal cars, rape women or even assassinate a president."
The assassination is a reference to JFK Reloaded, which was only available on the internet via credit card - which rules out kids - and is now not available at all.
It is possible to 'pick up' and/or kill prostitutes in GTA. It's also possible to drive one to a palatial house in a posh district and leave her, unmolested, for a nice holiday. There's not much in it for the player either way. There is no mission.
SCOOP OR POOP?
Wilfully incorrect poop
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