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UK newspaper The Sun is trying their best to drum up some British outrage over Grand Theft Auto IV’s inclusion of a child pageant site on the game’s faux internet.
In GTA IV a little exploration at the game’s cyber cafe yields LacySurprisePageant.com, when you visit the site a message pops up that it has been shut down by the game’s police and that your IP address has been “catalogued” for possible future investigation. A visit also instantly maxes out your wanted level.
When I first noticed this, while playing through the game, I had a pretty good laugh, but at least one South Wales man was offended. And you know what they say: One person pissed off equals a story in The Sun.