10 Outrageous Hidden Moments In Video Games

There have perhaps been more outrageous video game moments, but surely none as outwardly controversial and headline-grabbing as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas' infamous "hot coffee" mini-game.

Shortly after San Andreas was released in 2004, modders discovered that a mini-game in which protagonist CJ could have interactive sex with one of his girlfriends was hidden within the game's code.

Modders quickly released a mod, Hot Coffee, enabling the mini-game for PC players, and it wasn't long before modders made it available for the console versions also.

This naturally sparked a massive public backlash, with the game swiftly being re-rated to "Adults Only" (AO), causing it to also be immediately removed from sale by most major American retailers.

Rockstar responded by initiating a product recall for offended customers and quickly shipping out a 2.0 version of the game with the content decisively gated off.

But of course, beyond being a totally boundary-pushing moment in video game history, Hot Coffee once again underlined western society's puritanical aversion to sexual content while simultaneously being unnervingly comfortable with graphic violence.