4. Hot Coffee

In 2004, a new GTA was ready. It was called San Andreas and would take the world by storm with its daring signature of location and music. The game was set in a fictional LA ‘hood, and featured an array of gang members like no other title before it. It was one of the very first to feature a black lead character in its storytelling and won instant plaudits. Bugzy opens up on the time he spent playing the game and how its vivid caricatures of day-to-day gang life actually found a mirror in what he was going through in his own life. He tells the story of how he grew up surrounded by crime. He reflects on his experiences in a song he named after the game itself ‘San Andreas Mentality’. San Andreas would become notorious not for its violence however but for a sex scene that was buried in its data files. One that was never supposed to be found. But one that was discovered by a group of ‘modders’ who couldn’t believe what they’d stumbled upon - one of whom tells his story in this episode. The find became known as ‘hot coffee’. But it was a find that would land GTA in some seriously hot water. WARNING: This podcast contains themes of a sexual nature and adult language. -- CREDITS: Written by Ciaran Tracey and Chris Warburton Presenter: Bugzy Malone Presenter: Chris Warburton Mixing and Mastering: James Bradshaw Assistant Producer: Gabrielle Gatti Additional journalism by Jo Newsholme, Helen Ledwick and Laura Conder Executive Commissioners for BBC: Richard Maddock and Dylan Haskins Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace The Executive Producer is Ciaran Tracey for Big City Nights

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4. Hot Coffee is an episode from Bugzy Malone’s Grandest Game by BBC.

This episode is 32:53 long.

This episode was published on Dec 6, 2022.

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