I think we know who the real thieves are…
GTA 5 Trailer
Anyways guys, looks like another exciting sequel to the Grand Theft Auto series is upon us! Seems that we’re headed to “LA” this time. Got a very nice video of some action, though it’s all speculation as to who the main character will be. Which brings me to the theme of today’s comic. See so many of these games feature a “minority of the month” as the main character to be perpetrating all kinds of villainous antics, but this always bugged me a bit. Kind of seems like it portrays minorities in a bad light. Not a fan of that. Maybe I’m wrong, but it just seems a little prejudiced *stereotype-casted. (edited for better wording)
So why can’t we portray in these games the actual criminals. The people who’ve robbed America blind, then ask for hand outs because they might not get a bonus. That’s right, all them CEOs and banks are the real crooks, so I say we should have them be the main characters of GTA! It’d be more realistic if you had, the CEO of Bank of America or Enron or any of the other corporate thieves that have contributed to the decline of our financial structure.
That being said… I really hope this game is more SA-like than GTA4. I played the heck out of SA and yet couldn’t even get more than half way through 4. Not sure what they did exactly to ruin it, maybe it was the more linear gameplay and lack of a real SA style sandbox, but it just didn’t do it for me. That and I really couldn’t connect with the character. In SA, you could really see how Carl Johnson gets sucked into this life of crime and destruction… but not so much with Niko. For me at least. In any case, it looks just perdy and I’ll definitely be giving it a try!
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Guess if they threw in another cookie-cutter white-criminal-badass-chewing ass-and kicking gum (or sth) that’d be another cliche. However, I agree that sometimes they might be a bit too biased and then they have to put a token or whatever to cover that up
why can’t I just have a weird nerdy guy cruising in his segue shooting up the streets with a working replica of a disruptor ray?
maybe it’s just me, but I think we could stand to have a bit more inclusion in the diversity of our games… without the stereotypical archetypes.
I don’t see it as prejudiced, as much as it is a quick easy way to write a character people will understand for their game. The average GTA player probably doesn’t want to sit and read character backstory for hours. They want to steal a car and crash it into something.
So it goes something like “Hey man did you play GTA4?” “Which one is that?” “The one with the Eastern European dude” “Oh yeah that was a good game, but I liked the one in the 80s more”. That stuff and the city is really the only thing to set one GTA game apart from the next. Is it lazy? Maybe. But prejudiced? I don’t think so, never even considered it until it was brought up now.
hmm… I think I might be using my wording wrong a bit… what I’m trying to get at is the use of stereotypes in the portrayal of minority characters or that of the roles they play. but you’re right on though, it really is more of a quick and cheap way to make an instantly recognizable character and pull with it all the common assumptions based on that stereotype or popular opinion. not exactly the greatest thing to do, but I guess if you’re in a pinch to hash out a backstory without having the trouble of actually writing one, it’s a quick way to do it.
so yeah, thanks for pointing that out, I’m pretty sure I did use that wrong… my bad. should clarify that better in the article.
Ah, no worries, now I hope that I didn’t come across stronger then intended. All good!
People tend to take these things too seriously. It is a game for crying outloud ! It suppose to be fun, not a political or religious war. That is what I hate about the notion of ”reality” in games. Sure it is great to have more realistic graphics but when the things take a turn and people ask games like GTA to ”get real” , you cannot really escape from these public flame etc.
I like GTA for what it is, an exciting sandbox with a purpose but lately it has become too real for me to enjoy. That’s why I prefer Saints Row now. It embrace the fun aspect of a sandbox and encourage you to do so. There is no ”minority problems” etc since EVERYTHING is in the game. But that is not our point here.
Either way, I will be keeping an eye for GTA V. I hope people will remember that we play games to ”escape ” the reality and if games turn into another work we have to do, well…sux :D Reality is cool and all until it starts to get boring.
I guess that’s true, and it might be a bit more in the spotlight the more advanced our games get to looking like reality.
ya know… I still haven’t tried Saints Row! seems like something I should really give a go at. as for GTA V, however it’s represented, as long as it lets me go run havoc across the city in the manner of my choosing, then I’m going to be getting it.
Wasn’t the guy in 3 and Vice City white? I know in Vice City he was suppose to be Tony Montana, but I don’t think he was actually Cuban. I think he was Italian, or something.
yes well… he was pretty Italian, or at least, the stereotype of such. I guess italians aren’t much of a minority, but the stereotype of them brings back visions of the immigration days.
Which is why we need to end subsidies and bailouts- completely. If something failed, its always for a reason. Let the better person (i.e. their competitor) take their place. Let the free market take its course.
As for GTA…It’s &^%ing grand theft auto. That series had portrayed EVERYONE in a bad light (equally imo). Have you walked around the streets in any of those games!? EVERYONE is a complete &^%hole.
I’d argue that yes to some extent. don’t want any monopolies, but there definitely shouldn’t be any millions of dollars headed towards companies that immediately lay off thousands of workers the next day.
ha! yeah, that’s very true. I can’t count how many times some damn pedestrian would make off with my ride! why is some little old granny jacking my bike? ah… just like in real life…
Well, i never really notied what race they are, and just really played them as me. I only think about it when its so obvious its beating you in the face with it, like in dues ex human revolution, that women who used to work for sarif but got laid off
heh, you know, there’s something to be said about that too! kinda like that southpark episode with the town flag. if nobody seems to even notice or care, then maybe we’ve gotten to the point where we’ve just moved on. I hope that’s true… there’s so many other things we can worry about other than race stuff. like how we’re going to fight off the aliens when they attack from space…
Coffin now your bringing inmigrants to the disscussion too? what do you want to fight for dude?
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I fight for the little guy, the underdog! truth, justice, and… and… um… what’s that last bit? tacos! right! truth, justice and tacos!
what is that that just appeared in the last part of my post?
hope i didnt get a viral e-mail.
lol! might wanna get that checked out!
what really makes me angry about england and USA is the fact that they are so very inbreeding and segregationist when it comes to racial ancestry.
Racism has made a lot of tragedies, such as the apartheid, soul, jazz, Elvis Presley, reggae, rap, hiphop, and all the music from those countries up to the 80s come to think of it, lol. :)
I really would enjoy if people would think less on the colour of a girl`s skin and more on her…uh.. stats.
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lol, would that be her gearscore?