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Oct 4th, 2010 at 23:17:12 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) |
(Oct 1)
I decided to actually play the game this time and try to earn money and win respect with my gang. Doing so, there were so many ethical values I violate to get ahead.
~I decided to drive around the city and see what I would get into. To do so, I had to beat a women and pull her out the car to steal the vehicle.
~While I was driving I had to drive through lights and hit other cars out the way to get to where I needed to go. Completely not obeying any traffic rules.
~When I was low on money, I had to beat a man to death and steal his money.
As I was playing I started to notice that I did these unjust acts with ease. I started to say, 'oh, I need twenty dollars for food. Let me go beat this hooker and take her money.' These are things I shouldn't be saying as means to surviving, but then again I blame the creators of GTA of the stereotypical situations my character had to face to survive. I started to really get into the game by killing people in broad day light for money, killing cops so I can take their gun and spray painting rival gangs graffiti right in front of them. I even thought 'fuck the police' as they chased me while I was listening to N.W.A. I see why now my mother would never let my brother play games like this. She was disgusted I even had to play it lol. It is very entertaining which I think is the reason why this game might fuel teenagers and children to do violent acts.
I also noticed the gender roles in this game. Of course it over sexualized the women and made them all prostitutes that you could have sex with at night in the back of your car. The men are either gang member or police. Very segregated when gender is looked at in this game.
Aristotle might look at this game in a different light. CJ clearly does not have what everyone else has, therefore there is not a balance in society and someone needs to give up what they have. We live in a capitalistic society so making money is how we survive. CJ faced with so many obstacles resorts to violence to correct this imbalance. He steal and kills just to have a little of what the wealthy people have walking around. His actions would be justified then if he was trying to take from those who had to much and provide for his family and himself which didn't have enough.
This entry has been edited 3 times. It was last edited on Oct 5th, 2010 at 11:11:49.
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Oct 4th, 2010 at 13:08:37 - Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (PS2) |
(Sept 30)
I began playing in the mission mode as Calvin Jr also known as 'CJ'. He recently got back to San Andres from the east coast because of his mothers recent death. I later found out she was killed. As he is on his way home in a taxi, crooked cops stop the taxi and pull CJ out. They plant a gun used to kill another cop on him and let him out in a rivalry gang territory. My character is already face with a dilemma before the game even started.
I noticed that their demeanor probably came from stereotypes of blacks and hispanics and I hope people don't get the perceived notion that all blacks and hispanics act this way that live in not so well neighborhoods. CJ clothes were baggy, every other word was a curse word or slang, and he had a bad attitude. He really showed players that he was from the hood and even having the cop be Samuel L. Jackson voice. Very nice touch of black.
CJ recently found out that his mother died and came home to be with his family. I think that was a morally just thing to do. You always want to be their for your family because your family was their for you. That I respect, even CJ wanting to avenge her death and make her killer pay. I honestly would have done the same thing. I know that his mother's killer is still out there. I know when it comes to certain areas of a city, police officers don't do everything they are suppose to do to fight crime so I can assume that CJ's mothers killer is still out their. For that matter, since the justice system won't help you have to take it into your own hands. As Mill would look at like, more people would be satisfied with the death of CJ's mothers killer than for him to still be alive so killing him would be justified.
Now it is my turn to play.
~I first took the bike and got to a friends house by the name of Big Sweet.
~He then took me to see my mothers grave and brother.
~I drove, but quickly noticed following any of the road rules was not part of the game.
~When leaving the burial site, we were in the heat of a drive by and the rival gang blew up Big Sweet's car.
~We now have to bike to get back home but the gang is on us shooting at us and I am losing health.
~I try and keep up with Big Sweet and get back home.
~I then go with my brother to get my hair cut and something to eat to survive. As I get pizza, he comes in and wants to rib the place. My character didn't agree with that and told him to stop but before we could do that the pizza guy pulled out a shot gun and tried to shoot. We quickly left.
~Before I ended the game I headed back home and explored the empty house.
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