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meilingmeg's Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (PS2)
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| [February 15, 2009 11:05:03 PM]
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The third time and final time I played Grand Theft Auto I knew I had to be on a mission. I had previously discovered how to steal weapons and a motorcycle, but I thought that this time I had to steal a car. I started by attacking random cars to see if I could steal people's cars. I realized, however, that I had to beat up the driver in order to successfully win the car. Many of the people fought back and I had several failed attempts. I finally stole a car when I seriously hurt the driver and they were unconscious on the ground. It was a terrible feeling, but I realized it was just a game.
Still, this disturbed me as I drove away in the car. It was mind boggling to me that this game really existed. I was able to hit other cars and drive them off the road. I even hit pedestrians on the sidewalk and people crossing the street. I did it purely because this was a game and didn't know if I would be rewarded for doing these terrible deeds. The entire premise of the game, stealing cars, is terrible, so shouldn't I be rewarded for committing other terrible acts. Beating up people and running over pedestrians helped me achieve my goal of stealing cars, which seems like a positive act and seems fulfilling in order to win the game.
I started to get really into the game, but stopped to realize that it was ridiculous. I had to stop playing because I started getting too far into it. I guess it's easy to get addicted to these games. I didn't go as far as to feel like I was a real person in the game, but I did enjoy playing for the short time that I did. I have to say, though, that I don't think I'll ever play again. I only enjoyed it for the learning experience. I always wanted to know what it was like, and because I know now, I think I am done. And I do have to say that I won't allow my children to ever play a game with this much violence. I don't believe that they will try to emulate these acts. I just don't think that they should be exposed to it as young children.
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| [February 13, 2009 12:12:21 PM]
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The second time I played Grand Theft Auto I had more of an idea of what I was doing, but I was still frightened for my life! My mindset was different, however. I knew that I had to be ready for people on the street to start beating me up or shooting at me. Therefore, I definitely became much more defensive. I decided to see what it would be like from their point of view. So, I went up to random people and just started beating them up, which sounds terrible, but it's just a game right? I wouldn't actually do this in real life.
I found myself beating up a cop to get his motorcycle, but when I finally got on the bike he got up from the road and beat me to the ground. Suddenly I was standing in front of a glass building and the screen told me that I didn't have enough money for health insurance. I needed to either get money for health insurance or find myself a protective shield against my body. I wasn't quite sure what this was or how to get it, so I ignored it.
One thing I really noticed during my time playing was that when I was in front of the hospital all of the pedestrians were white, including the cops. This really bothered me, so I started beating up random people and chaos started. All of these upper middle class white people were running around like chickens with their heads cut off. I went and beat up another cop and won the fight, because I stole his baton and got away. I started running down the street beating up people with this baton and realized that either there's something I'm not understanding about this game or it's completely pointless. I became bored and shut it off.
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| [February 8, 2009 10:08:49 PM]
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I can honestly say that I came into playing this game with very negative feelings. I have always seen people playing the game, mostly males, and I never thought very highly of it because of the insane amounts of violence. However, I had never held the controller in my hand and I have to admit that I was slightly intrigued and excited to see what the hype was all about. I was annoyed that my character was black, because I had previously hoped that they wouldn't make him an African American man. But to my surprise, he was, and there were lots of other black men wandering the streets as well as Hispanics.
Playing for the first time was stressful. Where is the pause button!? I started in an alley I believe and it kept telling me to get on the bike, but instead I kept jumping over walls. I started to get really frustrated. When I finally got on the bike, it didn't take long for me to get out of the alley before I was already being shot at. Some random guy just started beating me up and then started shooting! I didn't even do anything to him! I didn't even hit him with my bike. Needless to say, I was confused by his intentions and even more confused about how the game works. Does my character have previous relationships with the other characters on the streets or does everyone just want to beat every other person up? If they are beating me up for no reason, then how is this fair?! There is always a motive behind violence and every other action we have in life.
I thought it was ridiculous how quickly people began beating me up. I thought I was really in the game and was terrified, especially when the guy started shooting! I left my bike behind and started running. I tried exploring the territory by jumping over fences and walls, because I didn't know what I was supposed to do. I was wondering what the objective of the game was. I think I started running in circles around the block, but then I accidentally ran into a pedestrian on the sidewalk and HE started beating me up too! I figured out how to fight back but it was too late, he beat me to a pulp and that was the end of me. I felt so pathetic that I couldn't keep myself alive. I was frustrated and had to stop playing. This game is stressful!
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