NEW YORK (AP) -- A woman upset that she bought the video game "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" for her 14-year-old grandson without knowing it contained hidden, sexually explicit scenes sued the manufacturer Wednesday on behalf of consumers nationwide.

But apparently she had no problem with the idea of buying her grandson a video game that contained grand theft auto.

It makes sense, though. I mean, kids take a lot of their behavioral cues from video games. Thanks to these hidden scenes, this guy might end up having sex with his girlfriend some night instead of spending the evening with his buddies engaging in wholesome pursuits like carjacking.

I myself had a close call with something like this. I was about to buy my own grandson a copy of Aggravated Assault Gold Edition when I heard on the news that if you downloaded and installed some extra software you could unlock a scene that had a nipple in it. And on a lady, too! Well, you'd better believe I left that one on the rack. I bought him a nice safe copy of Heroin Smuggler 3 and wrote a sternly-worded letter to my congressman.

All kidding aside, though, I can see why people are freaking out over this Hot Coffee thing. I saw a video clip and those polygon meshes are awful.

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