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04-30-2008, 07:09 AM
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Instead of trying to do separate posts on all the mainstream media talk surrounding Grand Theft Auto IV's launch -- some good, some not -- we've decided to compile a list of the articles we found on the interwebs (with help from Game Politics (http://www.gamepolitics.com)):
Rockstar North President Leslie Benzies said critics of the game are "the same kind of people who complained about Elvis." (Scotsman.com (http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Critics-of-Grand-Theft-Auto.4025698.jp))
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) said the portrayal of protagonist Niko as a thug "plays on untrue stereotypes." (MCVUK (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/30366/Immigration-body-criticises-GTA-IV))
Grand Theft Childhood co-author Lawrence Kutner: "For most kids and most parents, the bottom-line results of our research can be summed up in a single word: Relax." (Seattle P-I (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/videogames/360857_videogames28.html))
Youth-gang crime exper Michael Chettleburgh called the controversy overhyped by the media. Video games are "just not a primary driver of why kids join gangs." (Metro (http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/local/article/45575))
Lawton, OK Police Chief Ronnie Smith: "Most of the young people who play these games ... they're smart enough to know they're only games." (KWSO (http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=8241001))
Timothy Plan, a "morally responsible" mutual fund, sent out a press release (http://gamepolitics.com/2008/04/28/morally-responsible-mutual-fund-wont-invest-in-gta-iv-publisher/) explaining why it won't invest in publisher Take-Two (http://www.joystiq.com/photos/family-album-take-2/720495/). (Hint: It has to do with violence and boy-kissing.)
You-Know-Who is doing his thing (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080428-jack-thompson-targets-gta-iv-with-an-unlikely-ally-ign.html). Feel free to include mainstream media chatter you've found, positive or negative, in the comments below.Continue reading Mainstream media chatter about Grand Theft Auto IV (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/29/mainstream-media-chatter-about-grand-theft-auto-iv/)
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Instead of trying to do separate posts on all the mainstream media talk surrounding Grand Theft Auto IV's launch -- some good, some not -- we've decided to compile a list of the articles we found on the interwebs (with help from Game Politics (http://www.gamepolitics.com)):
Rockstar North President Leslie Benzies said critics of the game are "the same kind of people who complained about Elvis." (Scotsman.com (http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Critics-of-Grand-Theft-Auto.4025698.jp))
The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) said the portrayal of protagonist Niko as a thug "plays on untrue stereotypes." (MCVUK (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/30366/Immigration-body-criticises-GTA-IV))
Grand Theft Childhood co-author Lawrence Kutner: "For most kids and most parents, the bottom-line results of our research can be summed up in a single word: Relax." (Seattle P-I (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/videogames/360857_videogames28.html))
Youth-gang crime exper Michael Chettleburgh called the controversy overhyped by the media. Video games are "just not a primary driver of why kids join gangs." (Metro (http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/local/article/45575))
Lawton, OK Police Chief Ronnie Smith: "Most of the young people who play these games ... they're smart enough to know they're only games." (KWSO (http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=8241001))
Timothy Plan, a "morally responsible" mutual fund, sent out a press release (http://gamepolitics.com/2008/04/28/morally-responsible-mutual-fund-wont-invest-in-gta-iv-publisher/) explaining why it won't invest in publisher Take-Two (http://www.joystiq.com/photos/family-album-take-2/720495/). (Hint: It has to do with violence and boy-kissing.)
You-Know-Who is doing his thing (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080428-jack-thompson-targets-gta-iv-with-an-unlikely-ally-ign.html). Feel free to include mainstream media chatter you've found, positive or negative, in the comments below.Continue reading Mainstream media chatter about Grand Theft Auto IV (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/04/29/mainstream-media-chatter-about-grand-theft-auto-iv/)
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