This week saw a Grand Theft Auto game once again at the center of a nationwide controversy. The mod, which is available on numerous Web sites, adds a bonus sex minigame as a reward for the numerous "girlfriend" missions in San Andreas. Previously, when game hero Carl "CJ" Johnson successfully wined and dined one of several girlfriends a certain number of times, she would ask him into her house for "coffee. PC versions of San Andreas with the "Hot Coffee" mod installed show what goes on inside the house, treating players to a sexually graphic minigame of CJ fornicating with his girlfriend. According to its creators, the Hot Coffee mod merely unlocks hidden, preexisting code inside San Andreas. The game's publisher, Rockstar Games, appeared to vehemently--but carefully--deny that charge in a statement earlier this week.

The minigame allows players, as protagonist Carl "CJ" Johnson , to have animated sexual intercourse with an in-game girlfriend of their choosing. The minigame was completely disabled for the final version of San Andreas , and was not publicly known until the release of Hot Coffee , a fan-made mod for the Windows port of San Andreas that enabled access. Assets for the minigame were discovered in the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions of the game, and users found ways of enabling the minigame via console modding tools. An updated version of San Andreas was released with the minigame removed completely, allowing the game to regain its original rating.

The encounter was originally designed as a minigame but the developers eventually decided to keep the content hidden. It would not be unlockable at all through gameplay. Instead, it took until a year later in when San Andreas released on Windows that modders were able to unlock the previously blocked content.

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