A mother is a bit more than merely distraught today after she found out that the Nintendo DS version of Scrabble gave her son more than she bargained for. Purchased as a means to expand her son's vocabulary, Tonya Carrington discovered that the computer opponent in the game started to use swear words to boost its score.
A representative from Ubisoft apologized for the incident and said that the game does include a "Junior" option that will prevent the game from using offensive words.
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Mrs Carrington tried out the program for herself on Ethan's hand-held DS console and was taken aback when her 'opponent' laid down the word 't*ts'.
The game also gives a definition of words it uses, on this occasion giving the meaning 'a garden bird' but also 'an informal word for female breasts'.
Any doubt was removed when the next word the computer offered was 'f*ckers', which it defined as 'a slang word for chavs'.
As if that wasn't bad enough, it received a triple score and won the game for the character, whose name was Camilla.
'I would have been horrified if Ethan had seen that word. "Sh*t" had come up as well. I was absolutely mortified.'
The word 'toke' - defined as 'a draw on a cannabis cigarette' - also came up during a game.
The game also gives a definition of words it uses, on this occasion giving the meaning 'a garden bird' but also 'an informal word for female breasts'.
Any doubt was removed when the next word the computer offered was 'f*ckers', which it defined as 'a slang word for chavs'.
As if that wasn't bad enough, it received a triple score and won the game for the character, whose name was Camilla.
'I would have been horrified if Ethan had seen that word. "Sh*t" had come up as well. I was absolutely mortified.'
The word 'toke' - defined as 'a draw on a cannabis cigarette' - also came up during a game.
A representative from Ubisoft apologized for the incident and said that the game does include a "Junior" option that will prevent the game from using offensive words.
Source (Image from "News of the World")
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