With over a billion in sales, this is the best video game in the GTA series. Of course, the usual suspects are whining.
“i personally, want it banned. video games like cod and gta teach kids how to murder, and kill cops! i am very appalled but this. i also herd that you could kill and abuse animals, dont they know that leads to mass murderers, rapists, serial killers. violent video games make people violent!
fellow liberals will you join my cause?”
Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130911123026AAgQ4dJ
Really? What video game was Jeffrey Dahmer playing? He was torturing animals as a kid, REAL ANIMALS. On GTA V you can shoot deer, run them over, kill cops, kill civilians, so what?
“1. First-Hand Role in Killing Process. To kids, virtual experiences feel very real, not only because the graphics today are so amazing, but because they are taking on a first-person role in the killing process. Rather than just passively watching a rated-R violent movie, when kids play a game, they are one of the main characters inside the adventure. The entire experience becomes a more meaningful — and deadly – in their brains, which are forming new connections every day.”
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/laura-st-john/8-ways-violent-games_b_3875846.html
What a loud of crap, I remember playing Super Contra as a kid, it didn’t turn me into a bloody murderer. Virtual experiences are virtual!
Let’s see what it would really take to become a Grand Theft Auto madman.
1. Plenty of exercise.Running, swimming, cycling, body building, etc. Think the average gamer is interested in exercise? I doubt it.
2.Patience. Committing crimes takes patience and preparation, video games if anything make you impatient and restless. When you play GTA, tailing someone takes 5 minutes, in real life it can take hours.
3. Thousands of dollars in ammunition. 50 9mm bullets costs you $25, and it takes far more than 50 rounds to become proficient with firearms. I have been shooting for over 10 years, and while I’m confident with my skills, I certainly can’t shoot as well in real life as I do in the game.
4. Lots of illegal gun dealers willing to sell you all kinds of weapons, including hard-to-find, hard-to-concealed, military-grade weaponry.
5. No traffic jams. How else can you outrun the cops?
6. Instant resuscitation at the hospital every time you get killed.
See? It’s impossible to become a GTA madman. Even if you manage points 1 through 4, how soon until you get caught? The closest thing to anything resembling GTA is the Mafia, and guess what? They’re super discrete. Most illegal dealings don’t result in hundreds of cops getting shot, exciting car chases, exploding helicopters, hijacking of trains, and all that good stuff.
Let’s look at the rest of the BS liberals are saying.
“2. Measure Success through Killing. You know that “I did it!” feeling you get from Jane’s SuperBetter game when you accomplish a mini task? A feeling of success should come from positive, challenging achievements — not the accomplishment of killing someone else. What kind of message is that sending to our kids?”
Gee, I don’t know? It’s teaching them to FINISH A TASK, to not procrastinate, to not give up.
“3. Disrespect Women. I am a pretty tough little chick: I live in a house filled with plenty of testosterone, and they all know not to mess with me. But majority of the ultra-violent games feature violence toward women. Now if some games can teach the habits of heroes, why would we ever harness the power of gaming to be mean toward me, or your girls — your daughters, my boys’ future girlfriends?”
Yeah well, look at the target audience! The average gamer is a man, the average man is straight. So of course ,they’re gonna want to see tits and ass instead of dick and butt. Besides, GTA V does feature ALL KINDS of female characters, positive, negative, criminals, etc. Furthermore, the main heroes in the game never hit women, never torture them, while the player can choose to shoot or hit them if he wishes, it’s not part of the story.
“4. Inappropriate Sexual Content. Just like you wouldn’t allow your child to go to or rent a rated R movie because of its inappropriate sexual content, many violent games are just as bad, if not worse. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my kids learn about the birds and bees through a game.”
Whatever, my parent’s condo came with a subscription to The Playboy Channel back in the 80s, I saw plenty of PORN growing up, it didn’t hurt me one bit. Besides, the “kids” looking at porn are really teenagers exploring their sexuality. The average 10-year-old has no interest in such things. In GTA V, naked boobs are the most pornographic things you’ll see. OK, you can also have sex with prostitutes, but they don’t really show anything XXX.
“5. Resolve Conflicts through Violence. Violent video games show kids how to express themselves physically, in a violent way. It’s already way easier for a child to push another child when they’re angry than to express their emotions and resolve a conflict through words. My boys have their fair share of quarrels, but I don’t want them to learn they should resolve conflicts by hurting each other.”
Sure, instead they should ask the school bully to please return their school money. Right? They’re kids! Of course they’re going to fight. Your turning our kids into spineless wimps for crying out loud.
“6. De-Sensitizes Killing. When you hear the tragic, heart-wrenching stories such as what happened in Newtown, Conn., you wonder how exposure to violent games de-sensitizes people to the act of killing other people. The thought of my little boys picking up a gun to shoot someone is not only disgusting, it teaches them to disrespect life. What if that could carry over to their own life or others? Ick, that makes me shudder.”
Typical liberal, you want to respect life? Start with your own. I respect my life, I respect it so much I’m willing to KILL to stop someone from taking it from me. Kill isn’t murder by the way As for desensitizing us from violent events. So what? NORMAL human being care first about themselves, then about their families, then about issues they’re passionate about, and maybe other people if they’re worth it.Those who pretend to care for everyone end up caring for no one.
.”7. Explicit Language. The first time one of my sons was exposed to a violent game, I learned quickly that he was guilty after he said, “Oh, sh@#!” Enough said.”
Big deal, I learned cussing at school, I wasn’t allowed to cuss at home. It’s called parenting, woman, you ought to try it sometime.
“8. Fuzzy Line Between Real and Make-Believe. Little kids have a hard time distinguishing the line between the real-world and the virtual gaming world, as young minds are still forming what is real and what is make-believe. I put it into perspective like this: If my kids believe in Santa or the Easter Bunny, then how could they possibly understand that these other bad guys in games, who look real, are not really real?”
Gee, I don’t know? The same way I learned that Superman, Rambo, and The Terminator were CHARACTERS. Besides, kids see Santa at the mall, they don’t see that characters from Grand Theft Auto at the mall. If kids only saw Santa in cartoons and video games, they wouldn’t believe in him.
