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JoeGreskoviak's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (XBX)
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| [November 3, 2010 10:30:18 PM]
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So, I just played a level that had me gun down at least a hundred cops and two police helicopters. After this incident, CJ returned home, went to the gym, and bought some new clothes. This mass murder spree didn’t faze him. This is because CJ is not a human being. This is the sole reason that everything depicted in the game is ok. None of this is real. In reality, the FBI would be all over CJ. He would easily make the most wanted list. The lack of realism is what makes the game good and appropriate. Without argue, any of these things would be terrible in real life, but it’s all simulated. People who use these games as a target are misled. Parents should be monitoring what their children are doing. It becomes a problem when parents let the Playstation babysit. GTA is not a murderer-training program, but it also isn’t appropriate for kids. I think parents need to take responsibility. The ESRB cannot be the stand-in parents for America’s kids. I enjoy hijacking a car and causing a 20-car pile-up on the expressway, but I would never think to do something like that in reality. I walked out of the local pizza place and watched a small plane crash in the middle of the street. This made me legitimately laugh my ass off, but if I were to witness that in real life I would be scarred. This concludes my final game log. Though, I assure you that my experience with Grand Theft Auto is far from over.
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| [November 2, 2010 05:19:41 PM]
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So, this game uses stereotypes. (Surprise!) Literally every black person I run into has a gun, and most black women carry baseball bats or golf clubs. Really, black people are the only violent ones in this game. Any white person will hand over their car without a fight at all. Everyone in every gang is black. There are very few white people in the game and most of them are cops. This is not something I was very keen on with my first play through, but this second time I am looking for these things and they just pop right out. The violence is right in your face. It was just entertaining before, but now I can see how it may be considered graphic. It is all geared towards men, too. I had to go burn down a house and kill a bunch of gangsters for a corrupt cop. I killed like ten guys and lit the house up and then had to go rescue a woman from the second floor of the building. Apparently it’s ethical to kill a bunch of guys, but not only couldn’t the woman die, but I had to risk my life to get her. CJ has no problem killing one thousand guys regardless of their innocence, but a woman? Nah, CJ don’t play that.
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| [November 1, 2010 05:58:51 PM]
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For me, playing video games is no chore. After being given this assignment, I went home and downloaded GTA: San Andreas from the Xbox marketplace. At this time I have exceeded the minimum playtime of 90 minutes by about 5 hours. Upon finishing the intro sequence, I decided to not immediately do any missions. I hijacked the nearest car, drove over to Grove Street (where I knew an SMG would be sitting on a roof), and wrecked absolute havoc. I have played this game before, but now I am looking at it differently. The ethics system is very strange. Most games allow for a system of good/bad choices, but GTA is mainly bad choices. People can explode into dollar bills when killed, but there is no reward for letting them live or any other sort of good task. The only possible punishment for your actions would be the police, but they are easily outrun and/or killed. There is no justice, and that is kind of bothersome. You can’t even choose to be good or bad. You must be bad. One of the first missions (I started after becoming bored of mass slaughter) asked me to help my buddies perform a drive-by shooting. I had no choice in the matter. If I were to drive my hoodlum pals to the nearest police station so that they may feel the swift hammer of the American judicial system, I would have failed. CJ just isn’t a nice person. Then again, how is he supposed to become the top of the totem pole?
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