Rockstar calls out terrible parents
Rockstar calls out terrible parents
most interesting part of the article:
He [lazlow jones] claimed that despite its reputation, Rockstar gets relatively little "pushback" from rating boards, although he noted that the videogame industry in general faces far greater challenges than other media when it comes to producing mature content. "If you tell a gritty crime drama with violence and profanity and call it The Sopranos you're handed a load of awards to put up on the shelf," he said. "You do the same and call it a videogame and you'll have certain organizations up in arms."But times are changing and Lazlow thinks Rockstar deserves a lot of credit for "pushing the boundaries" of what's acceptable in videogames today. "I think ever since GTA IV came out and there were such rave reviews by major publications saying that this is actually art the restrictions about being politically correct have largely fallen away," he said.
for as artsy as GTA4 was, the gameplay did not fit the story. The troubled immagrant with a sorded past didn't really go too well with mowing down 40 mafia guys with an RPG and constant murder. Its like their own surreal gameplay prevented the realism in the story from being effective.
Anyways, its not news that children shouldn't play this. Its more telling that the Sopranos is considered as a form of high art and Roger Ebert can come out and say, I've never played video games, but they aren't art.
Originally posted by Scythe
Publicity stunt? Well, obviously.
Yeah, but one that has a message of a thousand voices.
Obviously Rockstar is trying gain some notoriety but as long as they keep producing games that are more artistic and intellectual than profane they have a pedestal that is supported by more than just large sales. They have integrity.
Rockstar has two legs to stand on, so they took a risk and made a public statement which fires back against censorship and political correctness. It's a gamble that will see them winnings in either outcome. I think it's a classy move...,all things considered. I doubt EA or Capcom would have had the balls to do something like that. They usually go out of their way to avoid negativity like that.
Originally posted by siriuswriter
which is still an epic fail. kids get allowances. they have been known to save up for the games..."We were only making the games for adults!" = The Nuremberg Defense of the video game industry
how silly
apply that to movies and tv
do you think all media should be inoffensive to everyone?
/sigh
Originally posted by siriuswriter
which is still an epic fail. kids get allowances. they have been known to save up for the games...
At which point it is the responsibility of retailers to not sell M rated games to kids, most of them have adopted this policy. By law in the US games that have an AO rating can't be sold to kids.