Submitted by: kirkland on Monday October 23rd, 2006 at 08:08 PM EST

As it turns out, "Bully" isn't really a bully after all. And with last week's release of the video game, Rockstar Games, the reigning bad boy of the industry, seems to have paid a visit to the guidance counselor.

When Rockstar announced that it was developing a game starring "a troublesome schoolboy" last year, controversy arrived on cue. This is Rockstar, the guys who dreamed up "Grand Theft Auto," a top-selling series featuring plenty of gore and guns.

The $39.99 PlayStation 2 game is expected to be one of the holiday season's blockbusters. Rated T for ages 13 and older, it follows a year in the life of a young toughie named Jimmy Hopkins, who gets dropped off at a boarding school as Mom leaves for her fifth honeymoon.

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