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RobConnolly's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (360)
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| [May 17, 2010 08:44:00 AM]
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| [April 19, 2010 09:46:56 AM]
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My problems with this game also go beyond violence, and gang related activity. It is also extremely racist, and degrading towards women. The main character is a black male, who sags his pants, breaks the law, and does other extremely stereotypical things. There was even a mission where you had to go get a gang member some chicken. Women are also treated horribly in this game. Most are walking around with almost nothing on, and most of them are hookers waiting to be paid for sex. Not only can you have sex with them but after you can even kill them and take your money back. I think this is absolutely awful, and do not understand why this would be depicted for young children to see. While I found 90 % of the game negative, there were a one or two missions that at least attempted to portray a good message. In one mission you have to “clean up the hood”. This meant that I had to go around finding drug dealers, and killing them. While this is still extremely violent, at least kids can understand that drug dealers are in fact bad, however that does not mean we should be allowed to brutally murder them. All in all, I thought this game was extremely violent, racist, and overall not suit for children. It does not promote any positive morals, and the entire game is immoral. While I may have enjoyed it when I was younger, I do not see myself playing this game again in the near future.
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| [April 19, 2010 01:45:42 AM]
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The first mission I had to complete involved avoiding a drive by from a rival gang the Ballas. Cj has just gone to his mother’s funeral with his siblings, and a few family friends that are part of their gang the Grove Street Families. While I was walking around the cemetery with Sweet (a high ranking member of the gang), the Ballas start shooting and I had to run across the street to get on a bike to get away. The faster I pressed X the faster I pedaled my bike, and I had to do this in order to avoid getting shot by the drive-by vehicles shooting at me. This was completely new to me, because there were no bikes in the previous games. I needed to bike to the red circle on the radar and avoid getting killed by the Ballas to complete the first mission. After completing each mission, there is a cut scene to explain what you will be doing on the next mission. One of the later missions involved me spray painting over rival gangs tags, and even confronting rival gang members and having to spray them in the face to kill them. I felt this was extremely violent, and that most of these missions involved gang activity, which is not something people should be imitating in a videogame. Not to mention after completing this mission I received money and more respect within my gang, which basically promotes gang activity to anyone playing the game. When I was younger I never paid that close of attention to the story line, but now I see what is wrong with video games like this. The whole game revolves around illegal activity, and while it may be fun to play, I do not think it is appropriate for all ages.
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| [April 18, 2010 11:01:49 PM]
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I have not played any of the Grand Theft Auto games since high school, but now after reflecting on the ethics and morals of this game, I do not see myself playing it again. While I did enjoy the game, it is hard to take it seriously from an ethical standpoint considering most of the missions consist of the main character Carl “Cj” Johnson either shooting, murdering, or doing something illegal related to gang activity. This is not to say that the game is not extremely well made. The graphics were incredible, and there were numerous improvements made from the earlier GTA’s I played back in high school. For example, if you go to the gym a lot with your character he will get big and strong, but if you eat fast food with him, he will get big and fat. There are also a lot more cars, and you can upgrade them by completing various missions. Another way the game changed is the fact that Cj can now actually break into houses. I did a mission where I got into a burglary van, and I was not only able to break into people’s houses, but I could even steal directly off the residents. I felt while some of the improvements were for the benefit of the game, I thought the burglary aspect was a little over the top. Now that I am older I see why these games were so controversial and considered extremely immoral.
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