Recently we discussed how the rating for GTA IV: The Lost and Damned was slightly different to that of the actual game, the actual games rating lists "Partial Nudity", while The Lost and Damned lists "Nudity". At the time it was unclear as to why, however Kotaku has posted today that this is to do with some full frontal male nudity from one of the games characters during a in-game cinematic.

Who? Well who other than everyone's favorite Congressman, Thomas Stubbs:

Allow us to set the scene...

Stubbs, in his first meeting with lead character Johnny Klebbitz, is receiving a massage at the private gentleman's club Jousters when we meet him. The Congressman, dressed in nothing but a towel, quickly becomes pretty comfortable with his new biker friend, choosing to deliver his monologue in the buff.

While Rockstar's cinematics director teases the player with mere glimpses of Mr. Stubbs' junk, during the final moments of the cinematic, we get to see everything: a very poorly groomed, uncut and unabashed set of man tools.

It's the first time for full frontal nudity in a Grand Theft Auto game, and we don't doubt there will be some group yelling "Think of the children!", but as surprising as it is for Rockstar to include something so controversial, for Rockstar, controversy is all part of the gaming experience.