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After a 14 year-old sees some.

EA says that it's trying to work out how a teenager in Utah wound up exposed to a pornographic image when he turned on his Christmas copy of Madden.

The publisher told Next-gen.biz that it's sorry for any embarrassment or inconvenience the incident caused the family, but seems to have no idea how it happened.

Kolton Mahoney, 14, who lives with his parents in Utah, had been given the Xbox 360 version of the five-million-selling Madden NFL 07 by his uncle, who bought it from a Circuit City shop in California.

He described having porn flash up on the TV screen instead of the game, after which he went off and told his parents, who were stunned.

They're not looking for a bit fat pay-off though, according to reports; they just want to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Good news, then, that the excellently named Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force is on the case, with similarly brilliantly named Lt. Rhett McQuiston telling reporters, "the hard part will be finding out who did it".

"We'll give it a shot. I would go through the roof if this happened to my kid," he (she?) added.

EA also stressed that it has had no similar complaints about Madden, although whether that's just because people aren't reporting them isn't addressed.

What sort of porn have you seen in games lately, readers?

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NthSimulachum #1 5 years ago

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I'm surprised they aren't suing. I'm even more surprised the kid ran to his parents.
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ProtoformX #2 5 years ago

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All that sex in Viva Pinata, it's disgusting I tell you.
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Eraser #3 5 years ago

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Maybe the kid just made it up hmmm, or he sat on the remote, accidently switching to dad's secret X-rated channel.

Surprising indeed they didn't sue. I'm sure some senator/lawyer idiot or some other in the US will pick up on this thing and get the ESRB to rerate the game to an 18+ rating.
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Genji #4 5 years ago

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They found him jerking it to big, burly football men, so he made up the porn thing to hide his shame.

It's the obvious explanation, really.
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mattigan #5 5 years ago

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Ban this sick filth!!

Incidentally, I would be interested to know exactly what this pornography consisted of, if it was like something out of page 3 for example then I think the parents responce is sensible and balanced.

If it was a still from the seminal classic "Rocco's Brazillian Butfest" however, then EA will get slaughtered!
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Furbs #6 5 years ago

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If I had ever got caught watching porn videos, I'd have said it was the BBC flashing up rude images. Gotta admire the kids inventiveness.

Disconnect the ethernet cable parents. It'll stop little johnny streaming stuff.
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TheBigK #7 5 years ago

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god damn it.. why am I never that lucky
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Hamflank #8 5 years ago

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Only in the US of A.
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brooza #9 5 years ago

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"14 Year Old sees porn. Immidiately tells parents."
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Der_tolle_Emil #10 5 years ago

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With the amounts of money you can get by suing over there I'd probably be tempted to sue too. Although I think a 14 year old is perfectly capable of dealing with porn without falling into post traumatic stress.
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Eraser #11 5 years ago

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"With the amounts of money you can get by suing over there I'd probably be tempted to sue too. Although I think a 14 year old is perfectly capable of dealing with porn without falling into post traumatic stress."

Not in america 14 year olds aren't :-J

Edited by 1 at 03/01/07 @ 08:52
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Genji #12 5 years ago

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In America, all it takes is one itty bitty titty to spark a riot. Just ask Janet Jackson.
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Blerk #13 5 years ago

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What sort of porn have you seen in games lately, readers?

Even Link likes to do it doggy-style these days!
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Wite_Noiz #14 5 years ago

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Pah! EG's slacking - no screenshots
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ZuluHero #15 5 years ago

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\fires Blerk...

...out of a cannon and into the sun...
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Genji #16 5 years ago

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I think Gears of War would make a good porno.
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TonyCocaCola #17 5 years ago

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They might have to rename the Cog tags though
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bushwod #18 5 years ago

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There are some seriously homosexual undertones in GoW.

Queers of War!
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kmittal82 #19 5 years ago

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Damn, if I was 14 and found a porno in my copy of a game, I'd be thrilled!! Something really wrong with this kid !
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Genji #20 5 years ago

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"Queers of War!"

No no no - Rears of Whore.
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bushwod #21 5 years ago

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"Rears of Whore"

As long as it doesn't star the Berserker!!
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mkreku #22 5 years ago

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Wow.. that would be a huge improvement to the Madden series. Please, EA, implement that feature into all your useless annual crappy sports titles!!
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penhalion #23 5 years ago

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Sue who? EA don't package the game and certainly didn't put the porn dvd in the wrong case. They aren't suing because EA have no case to answer. I suspect the lawyers told them this in minute 1.
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jellyhead #24 5 years ago

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"Queens of War!"
I'll scratch your eyes out you military fairy!

Legend of Zelda: DP Princess.
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reflux #25 5 years ago

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I never see porn in my games, only violence (
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X201 #26 5 years ago

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Bloody kids today, don't know how well off they are.

The only bit of porn sneaked into a game that we had in the 80's was in Way of the Exploding Fist 2, and that was like looking a one of those 3D stereogram pictures. You had to look for half and hour and eventually saw the vague shape of a nude woman in the bushes.

Edited by 2 at 03/01/07 @ 09:40
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jellyhead #27 5 years ago

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X201! Really! 0_0
I played WOTXF2 loads and never noticed, i need screengrabs.
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tonynibbles #28 5 years ago

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"Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force"

LOL

Team America World Police on the case
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jellyhead #29 5 years ago

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I think it's terrible that the Internet has a Task Force specifically to perform crimes against children. Shocking! 0_0
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jack_klugman #30 5 years ago

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Where is the love?
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Dark_Stranger #31 5 years ago

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Clicked on Screen Shots links hope for some porn shots & all I got was lots off men playing with odd shaped balls. Thats just wrong.
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Ikari2001 #32 5 years ago

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the kid probably hated the game, swapped it with a mate for some porn, changed the top of the dvd to madden but got caught by his parents watching it so he blamed it on the game...

or they couldnt deal with the fact their son was watching man-porn and neglected to tell that to the press ^_^
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Dark_Stranger #33 5 years ago

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@ Sofalover - Funny coz its true.
The hedge or in the local woods - arrr fond memories.
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kingmob #34 5 years ago

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Train tracks! I swear to you that porn grows naturally by train tracks.
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jellyhead #35 5 years ago

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yes, kingmob.
It grows in fields and by railway tracks and gestates in a soggy carrier-bag womb.
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Skooch #36 5 years ago

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@ Dark Stranger and Sofalover

I found a whole bin bag of porn on a putting green in some ornamental gardens in Bognor Regis once. Strange but true.
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chupachups #37 5 years ago

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""the hard part will be finding out who did it"."

Surely the hard part will be proving that it even happened in the first place?

Like Eraser says, it seems far more likely that there's been a problem with the television and its cable or satellite box, and that for some reason this family has chosen to blame the game.
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Zastai #38 5 years ago

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Original article: [link url=http://www.s tandard.net/live/news/94784/#
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-> It's in Utah, so a 14-year old telling his parents he found porn is not that unusual
-> The game came from Circuit City, which frequently re-seals returned games and sells them as new, so it could have been a fake disc returned as the real thing
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TonyCocaCola #39 5 years ago

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Yeah man, whatever happened to white dog poo
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Speedwolf #40 5 years ago

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Porn found in hedges is called Scruffle. Or at least it was in Humberside where I first saw those first magical mags.

Computer porn used to be delivered via Sam Fox and her strip poker game. No one seems to remember the Speccy 48 version of Koo Stark's pub darts...

** edit for poo **
Dog food has changed since the 80s, it used to be full of ash but now it's not.

Edited by 1 at 03/01/07 @ 12:04
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Genji #41 5 years ago

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My family operate a small porn plantation up in the mountains. It's tough - girls are hard to come by up there.

Plenty of animals, though.
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thefjk #42 5 years ago

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Sex in games, where, where?
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jonsaan #43 5 years ago

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I don't understand? Was it the wrong disc or something? I would suggest that Uncle Nobby was probably watching a porn channel late the previous night and when said little boy fired up the telly he saw that.

Edited by 1 at 03/01/07 @ 12:17
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Darren #44 5 years ago

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@jonsaan - It sounds like there was a pornographic DVD in the game case with a Madden label on it rather than a copy of the game. Or that's how I understand it anyway.
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Furbs #45 5 years ago

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Maybe this is EA's answer to the criticism of their shit DLC to date?
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Der_tolle_Emil #46 5 years ago

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I guess a nude patch for the cheer leaders would probably sell over live.
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Steve007 #47 5 years ago

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I can't believe how big this story has become. Why don't they just get the disc swapped for Madden and shut up?

Maybe the store he bought it from made the mistake?
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ruttyboy #48 5 years ago

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Can someone explain to me which 'Crime Against Children' this situation entails that the taskforce will have to deal with? 0_o
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Xerx3s #49 5 years ago

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What sort of porn have you seen in games lately, readers?

Retroid.
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Fyzzu #50 5 years ago

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Can someone explain to me what this Crime Against Children has to do with the internet? Shouldn't the Not Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force get a look in on this one?
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AcidSnake #51 5 years ago

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Well, porn is something that came from the internet...
Before the internet everyone had clean lives and flowers bloomed everywhere!
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djcool3005 #52 5 years ago

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He added it to his secret stash of porno mags for future reference
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Donjohnni #53 5 years ago

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Please don't write when you're drunk!
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captainrentboy #54 5 years ago

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I've sadly never seen any porn in games.But whilst playing Fear Effect 2 on the PS1 I constantly had my winky hanging out prepared,on the off chance those dirty lesbian sluts got down and dirty for a few seconds and flashed a lil pixilated muff!...

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smelly #55 5 years ago

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As a teenager.. My mattress used to give birth to mucky magazines.

That's what i told my mom when she found them under there anyhows.
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smelly #56 5 years ago

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Although seriously.. Im suprised hillary clinton and jack thompson havent jumped on this news story.. "Ban this sick filth" etc..

Only time will tell i guess.
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NewYork #57 5 years ago

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Well it is my beloved Utah.
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Steroyd #58 5 years ago

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Only in America would a 14 year old go to their mum because there was porn instead of a Madden game.

I tell ya there wouldn't be a reported incident like that in the UK.
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smelly #59 5 years ago

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>Only in America would a 14 year old go to his mum

... hmmm.. what if it was animal/gay pron?

What if said 14 year old was female?
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Steroyd #60 5 years ago

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Watching porn is an exclusively male thing then?

If it's that type of porn then it's an exception to the rule but America go into a flurry when so much as a nipple gets shown on TV (Janet Jackson) or a lesbian kiss (Britany Spears and Maddonna).

But Violence is okay.
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floppylobster #61 5 years ago

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Dig out your Megadrive copy of Rings of Power, make sure the blinds are shut and wait for mum to go do the shopping then enter this cheat from Naughty Dog in the days before they gave us a topless Bandicoot -

[link url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/genesis/code/586420.html
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I believe Rings of Power was published through EA as well. They're quite the mafia organisation. I'm sure there was also an old RPG where you had to collect the three symbols of evil - a square, circle and triangle - the three symbols that made up EA's old logo. (But I don't think it was because EA were evil, in all fairness to them I think it was because their games are shit).

Smelly, I kept from hitting 'ignore poster' because your inane rants were sometimes amusingly stupid. But once again you've taken it too far. So that's it I'm afraid. I will stop ignoring you on your thirteenth birthday.
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captain-future #62 5 years ago

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Did I see Seymour Butts in Phoenix Wright: Justice For All?

HELL YEAH!
[link url=http://gonintendo.com/ ?p=11163
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