Comments on: Questions about GTA IV http://gbgames.com/blog/2008/05/questions-about-gta-iv/ An Indie Game Developer's somewhat interesting thoughts Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig http://gbgames.com/blog/2008/05/questions-about-gta-iv/comment-page-1/#comment-56790 Craig Tue, 06 May 2008 01:48:32 +0000 http://gbgames.com/blog/2008/05/questions-about-gta-iv/#comment-56790 Ah, I can't honestly call prostitution a "most vile option", really. That's definitely overstating it. It's certainly a less vile job than being a politician or lawyer. It's less vile than being a news anchor. But the big problem is that if you could treat the whores in various other ways like he describes, THAT would be the game. "Grand Prostitution Auto" or something. All of the humans in the game are tokens. They are all pointless, battered stereotypes. It's just as easy to point out that the series denigrates immigrants, latinos, blacks, whatever. I don't like the game at all, but picking out the whores as a special sore point is an exercise best reserved for sensationalist media. All of it is bad. I guess I should post this on Corvus' blog, but he's got like two dozen posts already, and I don't like jumping into things midstream... Ah, I can’t honestly call prostitution a “most vile option”, really. That’s definitely overstating it. It’s certainly a less vile job than being a politician or lawyer. It’s less vile than being a news anchor.

But the big problem is that if you could treat the whores in various other ways like he describes, THAT would be the game. “Grand Prostitution Auto” or something.

All of the humans in the game are tokens. They are all pointless, battered stereotypes. It’s just as easy to point out that the series denigrates immigrants, latinos, blacks, whatever.

I don’t like the game at all, but picking out the whores as a special sore point is an exercise best reserved for sensationalist media. All of it is bad.

I guess I should post this on Corvus’ blog, but he’s got like two dozen posts already, and I don’t like jumping into things midstream…

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