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Mainly Raves for Grand Theft Auto IV

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What does it say? Lots of things.

It says that as VG technology gets "better and better" in being "lifelike" that more and more people will PREFER to live much of their lives in such alternative forms of "reality."
It says that, thanks to the "free speech" rights given to corporations, we somehow have progressed to paying THEM for teaching crime technique and allowing people to do "practice sessions" of criminal activity. Same oops-we-created-corporate-Frankensteins-that-are-now-uncontrollable legal phenomenon enables porn on the screens of your kids' cellphones and endless negative election ads.
It says we should be taxing corporate profits more, not less, since corporations as a group are now developing whole new avenues for shifting national net worth from the accounts of individuals and families to the coffers of corporations. See previous paragraph.

Daniel David of NM @ Apr 30, 2008 12:48:11 PM

It says something else..

"What does it say about us as a society that a game like Grand Theft Auto IV, with its violence and sex, is a certain smash hit? It says a lot of people like an action-packed video game with great graphics."
That's not it.
It says that games are finally approaching the same level of storytelling and quality we can get from films and television. GTA is highly anticipated because it is to gaming what "The Sopranos" was to television. A very well-written crime drama with a mobster as the protagonist.
My generation grew up on video games, comic books, Transformers, Saturday cartoons, etc. We are seeing our childhood pursuits growing up with us and becoming popular mainstream entertainment geared toward adults.
It can be aggravating to have to defend our leisure activities to the gray-haired commentators who forgot about having to defend "A Clockwork Orange" or "The Rolling Stones".

Stephen of AZ @ Apr 29, 2008 19:23:20 PM

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