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| IVXX | Jan 27 2009, 01:11 PM |
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Actually I'd have to disagree a bit here Lin. The largest percentage of video game players are male, ages 21-35. Not exactly "the younger generation". Not saying that young kids don't play these games as well but games like GTA are marketed towards those a bit older than "minds to be molded". The young kids playing these games just show one thing in my opinion, the lack of responsibility by parents to actually monitor what their kids are doing and get involved in their kids lives more. I mean just look at how things have gone with video games. First there was a massive cry about rating video games, so the game makers did just that and what happened?? Parents ignore the ratings and continue to buy their kids the games they want no matter the rating. Now for a look at the character "The Truth" in GTA - SA. Now I never played the game. I got bored of GTA long before it came out. However your call on "The Truth" is correct but I feel taken out of context. You said, " a character called "The Truth" who was a drug pushing, paranoid relic from the 60s who always spoke of the govt and mind control." The 60s was the shattering of the Donna Reed image of how life was in America up til that point. It was those in the 60s who basicly started the first "truth movement". The questioning and protesting of gov't policy started in the 60s. People finally decided they needed to hold their gov't accountable instead of just going with the flow and trusting their gov't always had the people's best interests at heart. As for the "paranoid relic from the 60s", that's GTA doing what it and other video games always do. Mirroring society and poking fun at society. In the 60s the gov't un-use to this public questioning of their policy and the way they did business needed an angle to discredit and smear those who were questioning. Enter drugs. The same people in gov't who used drugs as their angle to discredit had no problem with a few drinks after work or over dinner. They played on the fact that the majority of people had no idea what they were talking about when it came to drugs and could pretty much say whatever they wanted about them cuz unless you did your own research or actually did some of the drugs yourself, you had no idea that 95% of what the gov't says about drugs is a pure lie. I suggest everyone watch the movie "Reefer Madness" to see exactly what I mean. Those who spoke of the gov't and mind control in the 60s were labeled "paranoid drug users" until finally many years later it came out that the gov't was experimenting with forms of mind control. Some of the methods using the very drugs they spoke out against. So the character "The Truth" isn't Rockstar Games poking fun at those who question as it is poking fun at the way society labels or views those doing the questioning. Here's one thing that always gets me. Now I'm not saying all drugs. I do believe there are drugs that shouldn't be touched and there is no responsibly way to do them cause by doing them you show a lack of responsibility. However, I will bring up marijuana. Marijuana labeled as bad and illegal in this country yet alcohol is legal and sold at every corner store. I personally believe alcohol is worse than marijuana and we have it ass backwards in this country as to which is worse than the other. I have a huge problem that companies in this country preform drug tests on employees and those applying for work in which if marijuana is found you will not get the job or lose your job. However it's perfectly ok to go home after work, drink a fifth of JD and beat your wife and kids. It seems that marijuana can't be done responsibly the way alcohol can. I mean if you got caught drinking on the job you would be fired just like the person caught high. Having marijuana in your system doesn't mean you do it 24/7. Maybe you like to go home and smoke a joint after dinner the same way someone likes to have a drink or two after dinner. Anyway me personally, I've been playing only one video game as of late (as of late being the last year). I sold my console games and the consoles themselves. I got tired of paying $50-$75 for a game I was beating inside 2 weeks. I've been playing World of Warcraft which like every game pops fun at pop culture a lot. I haven't seen anything yet that pops fun at the truth movement yet though I've been looking. However "the world" inside WoW is massively huge and in the year I have been playing I still haven't seen it all. If I come across something I'll definitely post here about it. OK I think that's long winded enough huh??? LoL!!!! OH and Skunkrider, chocolate-milk is no cure for cotton-mouth. We all know that LoL!!! |
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