Naughty Dog pledges to remove The Last of Us' phone sex numbers
The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog has promised to remove the real-life phone sex numbers which can be spotted within the game.
Gamers reported calling the hotlines, labelled as "Pest Control" phone numbers, expecting some kind of Naughty Dog-created Easter egg. They were instead greeted by the very real "hottest sex line in America", Kotaku reported.
The Last of Us creative director Neil Druckmann has now explained that their inclusion "was an artist's mistake".
"What happened was, they put some phone numbers in the game and then they thought they could just change the area code to 555, then it's invalid because it's what they do in movies," Druckmann said. "But I guess that doesn't work when you have a 1-800 in front of it.
"We're now working to take it out," Druckmann said. "It was just an honest mistake."
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An interesting note that the article left out is that it was Kaz Hirai working the hotline.
