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Bgarcia8's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2)
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[September 26, 2011 07:36:38 PM]
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Day 3
For my last time playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, I decided to ignore the missions and just play freely through the game. While I played the game, I displayed sides of me I did not know I had. For example, I spent most of the time stealing other people’s cars, beating people up, shooting random citizens on the streets, going to jail and dying. I found it very entertaining running around the San Andreas running over people and trying to get five stars on the police meter. Does this make me a bad person?
I can see why this game is controversial and why people think it’s unethical. I understand why people think the game glorifies violence and crude behavior, while others defend it. Some people believe the game has an influence on its players because it allows them to be violent and unlawful. People view the game as a violent medium that lets the player do things they wouldn’t do in the real world.
While some people attack the game others defend it. These supporters justify the game by explaining it is only a game. Players are not forced to play the game. I tend to agree with this opinion. After playing the game, I’ve become fonder of it and understand it more now than I did prior to playing it. Like discussed in class, the violence is the objective of the game, the norm in the world in which the game is set and is not intended to glorify it. Players are supposed to be violent in order to succeed and progress through the game.
As I played the game for the last time, I realized how it is just a game. It is meant to be fun and bring entertainment to it’s players. People shouldn’t put too much thought into whether the game is ethical or not because the player is the one who chooses whether or not to play it. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has grown on me and has changed my mind about “violent games”.
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[September 25, 2011 10:04:10 AM]
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Day 2
As I played Grand Theft Auto San Andreas this morning, I decided to focus on the story and visuals of the game rather than being nitpicky about the things I disliked about the game. The story itself is very elaborate like a movie. CJ is a gangbanger who comes back home to find half his family dead. As a player, it is our responsibility to get CJ back into the good graces of the gang leaders Ryder and Sweet. I didn’t get very far on the missions today. I got to graffiti rival gangs’ turf, rob a fast food restaurant and conduct a drive-by. My next mission was very disturbing. I had to drive up to a drug dealer’s house and beat him to his death with a baseball bat. All these missions are ethically wrong in my opinion. From robbing the bank to committing murder, GTA: San Andreas seems to cross the boundaries as you go deeper into the game. The next issue I want to discuss is the visuals of the game. I noticed the graphics for the game were very dated. The game was released in 2004 for the PS2, which can be explanation as to why the graphics were blocky and unrealistic. Other than the dated graphics, the game is very detailed. The city in which the story takes place is very big and detailed. There are many streets, restaurants, and houses, buildings that form this town. I am very impressed with the amount of detail put into creating the town of San Andreas.
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