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Oct 4th, 2010 at 16:21:37 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) |
(Day 3)
I started to just explore the neighborhood for my last time of playing. I was also able to get some tattoos for my character. The tattoos consist of a gun and knife on Carl’s back and chest. I assume the reason for these tattoos in the real world would be to show strength and toughness. However it also brings out violence that many people see every day and the tattoos in a way might also be used as a defense to keep harm away but people thinking that someone with tattoos of guns might be too tough to mess with. After getting a few tattoos I was able to explore a bar in town. Inside the bar I was able to beat up some random people; which you can really do anywhere. After that I headed back to Grove Street to do another mission. The next mission was a drive by in Baller’s territory. During the drive by we were able to kill about 14 guys in total. After killing all these guys we had to go change the color of the car so the cops would not find us. This scared me a little when I think about the kids that play this game because it gives kids the mentality of what to do if they do a drive by. It’s not like every day that kids do drive bys that kill over a dozen people but it is the simple fact that they are being exposed to this violence so young. After this I continued to explore the town which included crashing cars, hitting pedestrians, ignoring traffic signs, and of course stealing cars. Furthermore I believe that this game is ethically wrong because it exposes the young generations to violence and they get rewards in the game for the violent acts they comment.
On a different but similar note, I am glad that it is now a law that minors cannot buy M rated (for children 17 and over) games and anyone trying to buy an M rated game must have their id checked. This helps keep the violence out of minor’s hands unless they have parental supervision when buying the game. As a cashier at GameStop I have seen a lot of sales fall thru because the child's parents are not aware that the game their child wants is rated M for children 17 and over. When I tell them that it is they almost always say no to the game. This also helps parents limit their Childs exposure to violence. In the case of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas I believe it is morally wrong for us to make video games with such violence for children.
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Oct 1st, 2010 at 14:21:59 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) |
(Day 2)
I started playing Grand Theft Auto for the second time late last night. Beginning where I last left off, I started with a reunion of the group (including Big Smoke and Sweet). They were all smoking when the decided to go meet up with someone named “B-Dup”. When they arrived there was a lot of cursing and it appeared that “B-dup” did not want to talk to Carl. Also during the confrontation another character is introduced, Big Bear. Big Bear acts like a slave to B-Dup because B-Dup gives him smoke and Big Bear seems do addicted to smoking that he is willing to be B-Dup’s slave. This stuck out to me in the game because it makes me think about the people in the real world who are so addicted to smoking or drugs that the lower themselves to be slaves for some. Also it brought out the question is it morally right for B-Dup to use Big Bear as a slave by using his addiction as a weakness against him.
After this the group decides to go beat up a drug dealer. Having a gun I shot a drug dealer in a front lawn then I was told to go to his house. At his house there were four other people that I shot and driving away from the house I got shot at. After dropping off Sweet at his house I went around the neighborhood to do more tagging again. I was able to do 15 more tagging, which once again is wrong because it is vandalism and destroying someone else’s property. Then I meet back up with the guys and was told to get something to eat, as we were at the fast food place the Ballers came and did a drive by. We then followed them in the car and shot at them while they shot back. And as they got out of the car I was able to run them over with the car. Once again murder was in the game almost as your only option or you get killed. After the shot out me and Big smoke went to Emmet’s house to get more guns. After this I saved the game and was finished playing.
As I said before I played late last night and I noticed when I woke up that my dreams seemed more violent. I had a dream that I was in a shoot out myself and seem people get shot and died. It makes me wonder if kids who play this game become more violent over time, just how my dreams had got more violent.
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Sep 28th, 2010 at 23:28:10 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PC) |
(Day 1)
I just started playing Grand Theft Auto San Andreas today and I must say I was not impressed. It is an okay game so far, though it is very similar to The Warriors for the original xbox. The game begins with Carl, the main character, being taken by cops, with races attitudes, to a part of the neighborhood called "Ballers Country", a rival gang I assume. He then can walk or steal a bike to get to Grove Street, his home. Stealing the bike is an obvious choice to the player, after all it is right in front of you, even though stealing is morally wrong because it is taking something that belongs to someone else, not you. He is then greeted, not friendly at first, by "Big Smoke" and taken to the cemetery to his mom’s grave and to meet with his brother (he finds out in the beginning his mom died). There is then a drive by by the Ballers. He must then steal a bike to run with his brother, Sweet, Big smoke and another friend. After you safely arrive home you can save the game and continue to play. Then you go to Ryder's house, where he is relaxing and smoking, and from there you go to get a haircut and get pizza for energy. At the pizza place, Ryder attempts to rob them, however, the employees know it is him and remain calm. The pizza man then pulls a gun out on you and Ryder and you must leave the pizza place and head back to Ryder’s car, where u can then run over the pizza man. Throughout the game you can choose to run over people with your car which is morally wrong because not only are you harming an innocent person but you may also be killing them.
You then head back home and meet up with Sweet. From there u go with sweet to tag over Ballers taggings. This is another example of being immoral because you are destroying someone else’s property. Then you are left alone to go around the neighborhood to tag alone. When two Ballers are standing in front of a tag you have the option of going to another tag or shoot them. Once again murder is brought into the game and morals go out the window. After killing the two Ballers and tagging the wall you must run from the cops and continue to tag and steal cars to get even more tags. It is a back and forth moral to moral being broken in this video game, from murder to vandalism, to theft. After doing 18 more tags I headed back home where I then saved the game.
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