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Mar 9th, 2009 at 22:16:29 - Super Columbine Massacre RPG (PC) |
For the first 20 minutes or so, I was still struggling with understanding why someone would create a game like this. Obviously living in the United States, we enjoy many different constitutional rights that people in other countries do not such as freedom of speech and freedom of the press. I believe that these rights are the foundation of our country. But how can a game that depicts one of the lowest points in our nation’s history be made? I understand that video games are made that involves war and casualties of war, but this game, Super Columbine Massacre, allows the player to be a terrorist who kills innocent high school kids. I feel that the tragic events that took place at Columbine should not be trivialized in this form. However, as I began to get more involved in the game and learned more about the main characters I began to understand that this game was made to give people a different view of such a tragic situation. Also, the game play took me a while to get used to, and I was confused about what to do in the parking lot. Overall, my outlook on the game changed as I have been progressing through the game.
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Feb 15th, 2009 at 19:46:42 - Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (PS2) |
I just played San Andreas for about an hour. Again, paying attention to all the characters around me I realized just how violent and corrupt San Andreas is. Even when just walking down the street, you see cops chasing people, mostly black people, and other crimes and violent acts taking place. The corruption is shown throughout the game, even in the opening scene, through cops taking bribes and stealing money from the drug dealers and gangsters. This idea of police corruption is found everywhere in entertainment; movies, tv shows, and video games. This is troublesome to me because it is the police who are suppose to uphold the law, not break it in order to gain more money. When I think of a police officer, I think of a man or women who is honest and just. People admire police officers because of this. However, there is nothing admirable about being corrupt and taking bribes. If the police behave in such a way, where does that leave the citizens? If the people who are suppose to uphold the law cannot be trusted, what can be said about that country or city? In class we talked about our former govenor and how his corrupt ways of practicing politics got him impeached and removed from office. When politicans or other public figures get in trouble for corruption, it reflects in a bad way on society. San Andreas does a good job of showing that corruption exists, even if people don't want to believe it.
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