It’s been only a matter of days and GTA 4 is already raking up quite a stir, with both politicians and lawyers alike. R* North always known for their cheeky tongue in cheek humor have apparently left another one of those dreaded unfinished codes which has now been accidentally stumbled upon by hackers, who intended to cash in and out of the limelight, according to a report from SarcasticGamer .
- “…Hacker group VladsBoys’ analysis of the pirated copy of GTA IV for the 360 (leaked days before retail release) has reeled in a big one. The cyber-sleuths knew they were on the trail of something big and yes, you guessed it, they found another never-intended-for-retail-consumption chunk of code in a GTA game.
What the hackers found seems to be an abandoned mission that Rockstar at some point intended on including in the game. We have no idea how far into the process this mission got before it was pulled, but we’re pretty sure they knew what they were doing by the mission name… that name was Hot Coughing.”
The mission is described as follows:
“The mission involves Niko going to the hospital after pulling a groin muscle in one of the game’s side missions; a mission that is actually present in the retail game. While in the hospital, Niko is hounded by an ambulance chasing attorney humorously named Jerk Thompson. The attorney pesters Niko about his accident, trying to convince him that violent cartoons such as Tom & Jerry or Looney Tunes were to blame. The attorney is apparently reluctant to leave as the doctor examines Niko. Niko is finally able to get him to leave as the doctor performs the stereotypical “turn your head and cough” test to check for a hernia. As Niko turns his head to cough, he apparently spies the attorney gazing longingly at Niko through a gap in the curtain and that’s when all hell breaks loose.”
Mankind might not be safe from such aliens that invade our homes and threaten to take our passions away, but we can always leave it to R* to keep leaving out such codes for the geekdom to reprise its role as the savior of humanity. A video will be put up on YouTube shortly, so all hands get ready to file the billion dollar lawsuits.
Most of us might already been withering in anticipation upon reading the article, but before you go on I would like to remind you that sarcasticgamer runs an article called “Fiction Fridays”, the name says it all. We’ve had our share of laughs, have you?
P.S.: Why did he fail to mention Itchy and Scratchy from the Simpsons, they had a dedicated violent game released on them on the 16 bit era.
– By Neelesh Mukherjee