With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well

With Grand Theft Auto 6 poised to take over the world, I reached out to Jack Thompson and it did not go well GTA is mainstream now, but the fiery activist who raged against violent videogames in the early 2000s has not softened. It's hard to imagine now, but a little over 20 years ago the gaming world was absolutely scandalized by Hot Coffee, a mod to activate abandoned code in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that enabled CJ to have interactive sex with his girlfriend. Even the US Federal Trade Commission got involved, complaining that Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive "did not tell consumers that the game discs contained potentially viewable nude female characters and a potentially playable sex mini-game." 22 years later, with Grand Theft Auto 6 on the verge of console release, it all seems rather quaint. From the ESRB's newly posted rating, here's what we've got to look forward to in GTA 6: - Blood and Gore - Intense Violence - Mature Humor - Nudity - Strong Language - Strong Sexual Content - Use of Drugs and Alcohol All of which adds up to an M rating—that is, "generally suitable for ages 17 and up." PEGI, the European game rating agency, came down a little harder, rating it 18+ in a since-deleted listing that also noted the presence of "detailed decapitation" and "frequent and prominent" drug use.