Parents group Common Sense Media has issued a public warning against Grand Theft Auto IV expansion The Lost and Damned, decrying the game's full-frontal nudity alongside the series' trademark violence and profanity.

"The Lost and Damned is laden with mature content and should be kept away – far away – from children," says the TLaD review found on the non-profit group's website.

"It is even more controversial than its predecessors because this game has full frontal male nudity," the description adds, referencing a cutscene found in the expansion.

Though the Common Sense Media site explicitly warns against the game's violence and sexuality, the review avoids any hint of shrieking hysteria by admitting that the game is "a fun ride worth considering" for those not appalled by the mature content.

As an aside, it's interesting that the group continually refers to TLaD's nudity as "full-frontal male nudity." Perhaps they would have been less incensed had developer Rockstar Games opted to push the boundaries of virtual morality using a pretty girl instead of an oversexed, middle-aged gent.

Image courtesy Rockstar Games

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned [Common Sense Media, via L.A. Times]

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