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Partial nudity ruins innocent slaughter experience

Microsoft is thinking of the children for once. The software company has decided to delay the retail launch of Halo 2 for Windows Vista, allowing retailers to add warning labels to the box that informing that the box contains "partial nudity".

Untitled2 The problem lies in an image of a bare-bottomed person that is included in an error message inside Halo 2's map editor – not the game itself. The error message is aptly named the ".ass error".

Boxes that have already shipped to retailers will be marked with warning labels that clearly identify the buying perverts at the check-out stands. Those consumer can repent by applying a 2Mb patch.

H2v_ass_error

Pixelation included to protect your innocent minds.

May 26, 2007 at 12:51 AM | Permalink

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