Ok, well they didn't blow up a car or anything, but apparently they made up a story, I guess to anticipate that HL: OpFor was gonna be out or something, and Gearbox's Randy Pitchford caught them in the act. Here's the snippet he picked from the article, it'll be really interested to see if this is followed up on:

>> Family PC (Ziff/Davis), Nov. '99, Page 121 >> CompUSA As soon as we arrived in the games section, Half Life: Opposing Forces [sic] (Sierra Studios, www.sierrastudios.com) hit us square in the jaw. This shoot-em-up war game received an M rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (www.esrb.com), meaning that it's designed for ages 17 and older. With cash in hand, Tricia walked up to the checkout line and bought the software--no questions asked. In fact, the only glitch in her purchase came when the cash register needed a new roll of receipt tape. Later, at the Customer Service desk, we played the role of incredulous parent and complained that nobody questioned Tricia's purchase.

Subj: Re: Letter to the editor from Subscriber James Gillespie,North Fort Date: 10/12/1999 9:31:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: fpcletters@zdnetonebox.com (FamilyPC Letters) Reply-to: emily_friedlander@zd.com To: JWGflorida@aol.com Mr. Gillespie, Thanks for bringing this error to our attention. It was a typo on an editor's part that through a series of edits, made it to print. Watch for the correction in our January issue. Thanks again, Emily Friedlander