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cstewzer's Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (PS2)
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| [February 15, 2009 08:30:40 PM]
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On my third day of playing this game, I decided that the virtual world that the manufacturer created is pretty real. Unfortunately, it is true that the hispanic and black communities have higher rates of gang members and in an effort to keep the game as real as possible, this is exactly the case in the game as well. Also, I saw a commercial for the latest release of GTA in high definition, they showed the game in action, and it was obviously way more real world looking due to the HD games on PS3 and XBox. I've been playing this game on a PS2.
The police in this game are corrupt and pretty much useless and get in the way of doing your missions. Like some of the government in the U.S., again the game is accurate in their portrayal of the real world issues we deal with.
I consistently felt that the game was "just a game". I don't really buy the fact that people would ever act in this way, or at least be influenced by this game to do so. There are people out there that do do some of the horrible things that take place, but my feeling isn't that they were motivated by a game such as GTA. As far as a game goes to begin with, its just a game. I don't think it requires an ethical framework.
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| [February 15, 2009 07:36:52 PM]
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I successfully moved through a few different missions and the missions seem to get more and more difficult as you continue on. It was hard for me to complete the missions without having my own bit of fun. I think I may have killed 40 people, and stolen every type of car. It was like I had 'A''D''D' just to see what mess I could get myself into. The game is setup under no ethical framework, because CJ is put in situations that are not acceptable by any of the ethical frameworks we discussed in class. I suppose I could act using my own ethical framework, but I would loose the game. Like deciding not to rob the pizza place. If I didn't do that, I'd then not be able to make it to the next mission.
Also, I'd like to say that the game is actually setup the same way our real world is. Anyone can do the things CJ has to do, or drive a bus into a store (like I did), rob, shoot people, etc. It's up to us as humans in the real world to have a framework. The game itself doesn't need a framework, the story line is setup under a terrible framework, if one exists at all, that Kant would have died if he knew that this was a game.
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