Tuesday 24 January, 2012

So after watching the epic intro with Samuel Jackson and I think Eminem, I flew around the streets crashing into cars on my bicycle. After trying to figure out the mechanics of the game for 20 minutes I dedided to visit CJ er um DMX? So after my conversation with CJ, we take a ride and see some Thug Dude, of whom I can't remember his name because I was so focused on the guy behind him looking like Easy-E! Many iconic images and voices in this game. I am really impressed with the intro and storyline at this point. I think it was real cool when gangsters drove by me in their car shooting me on my bike. I have been cracking up with laughter so far. I think the graphics are outdated a bit but the story and characters outweigh all that. A child should never be exposed to a game like this. Fully adult oriented in a great fashion. I am sure there are many out there that opposed the release of this game due to it's content and violent nature. Some may believe this is a negative influence on society. I say, it's not an influence, I say real life may have influenced this game. Mission #1 passed, Respect.

I played San Andreas for the second time today, and it is just as cool at the first day. I rolled around with Easy-E for a while. I had a real hard time with the controls while walking around as I am now playing the PC version. It seemed to lock on one direction and was hard to turn while walking and to see where I was going. I was trying to kill people for money and I couldn’t find much. I couldn’t even find a gun, bad luck for me today. I believe I am on mission three right now, but I have veered away from mission mode, because I am having too much fun evading police. This game is definitely exhibiting a whole ton of unethical situations that happen in what we would consider to be bad areas in our society. I do not think there is anything wrong with that. This game says take a look at this type of lifestyle. I know this game is exaggerating the thug life quite a bit. I would hope no one playing this game would take any of it seriously. I do see how this game in the hands of a young one could be a negative influence and desensitize them a bit. I like the upgrades of the character as well. That makes me want to try bigger stunts on the bike to get more upgrades. I am taking a break and playing again at midnight to see if anything stands out for my next log.

"I would hope no one playing this game would take any of it seriously."

What kind of person do you think would take it seriously?