Simpsons producers react to EA-Rockstar affair

During the past week, level from the upcoming The Simpsons Game titled Grand Theft Scratchy has been renamed to Mob Rules due to pressure from Grand Thef Auto’s Rockstar studios. Producers of The Simpsons have made a move and commented the renaming of the game level, Matt Selman said “That’s called irony. The people who make Grand Theft Auto - they spazzed out like little babies“.

Matt Selman, The Simpsons TV show writer
The game begins with Bart wanting to play a game called Grand Theft Scratchy. Of course this is a parody of Grand Theft Auto. And Marge immediately takes it away from him. She tries to clean up the town and stop the game from being distributed in Springfield because Marge is against video game violence. She uses horrific violence to stop video game violence… in a video game… That’s called irony. The people who make Grand Theft Auto - they spazzed out like little babies.

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