Well little Johnny, I guess it’s OK for you to get Grand Theft Auto 3, since
Amazon thinks that it’s a family game…

Of course, Grand Theft Auto 3 is a game that’s full of adult themes, violence, guns and blood. Somebody made a mistake at Amazon apparently. Hopefully they fix it before too many parents unsuspectingly allow their younger teens and smaller kids get this one. It’s currently #4 in the Kids & Family category.

Update on June 10: It’s now at #3 in the list. I did submit a note yesterday to Amazon that I didn’t believe it was an appropriate product for that category. I haven’t heard back yet.

Update on June 27: It’s now at #2 in the list. Still not response or action from Amazon on my suggestion that they pull it from the category

Update on July 10: Back on the 27th, I submitted a second “alert” to Amazon. Today, it’s still at #2 in the list. Either those submissions on the bottom of the page are going into the bit-bucket, or they just don’t care.

Update on August 18: Well, sometime back in July, Amazon did finally remove GTA from the “Kids and Family” listings… Hopefully that has some effect on reducing the number of “kids” who will end up with their hands on the game. At least it will eliminate the purchases by parents who mistakenly think that because it was in the list that it was sanctioned as being good for kids.