GTA games are usually a parody of pop culture. Vice City made fun of the 1980's, Miami Vice, and Scarface. San Andreas was a parody of the gangsta rap culture of the 1990's. GTA 3 was a parody of Scarface in a sense as well, but targeted the NY Mob.
I have the movie Scarface. It is 25 years old. I never shot, chainsawed, killed, or did drugs because of the movie. Go back 10 years before that, and it was the Godfather and Dirty Harry movies. Miami Vice was another one of those evil destroy the world things.
Speaking of video games, this is nothing new. Before GTA, there was the Doom series. Before that, there was Wolfenstein. Before that, it was Mortal Kombat and Lethal Enforcers. Before that, it was Leisure Suit Larry. Before all of it was the movie Untouchables....
GTA is also rated M. That means it is rated R for all intents and purposes. It is not for kids.
If I ever get a PS3, I'll get a copy of this game.
I completely agree. I’m an avid gamer (mostly RPG’s) & my kids play as well. If I buy a PS3, I’ll buy this. When playing games, it opens up communication with my kids on all types of subjects. I wouldn’t recommend this for children, but I don’t think this makes them want to go kill or maim people. It’s a game. I don’t feel like hurting someone because I’ve played one.
Castle Wolfenstein was pretty good for its time, and best of all, it was free.
But it got into trouble with the liberal establishment because it involved shooting those German police dogs. It’s OK to shoot the Gestapo, but not their dogs.
What’s somewhat comical about this is liberals whining about a violent, sexy computer game, when it was liberals and their twisted Supreme Court justices (with more recent help from McCain) who declared that pornography is a basic free speech right, whereas no one has a right to talk about politics near election time without a license.
Personally, I think pornography is destructive and dehumanizing, and that older people should not be watching it any more than kids. It is poisonous.