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ZackHoffman's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PC)
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| [January 26, 2012 02:21:12 PM]
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In today’s missions I manage to steal some guns form an old man, do some drive bys, and beat up a convict. The first of those missions I really did not like, I was told to sneak in to an old mans house and steal some of his weapons for my gang to use. It felt wrong, why should I steal this guys weapons he did not do anything to me. I feel like this game doesn’t have any real ethical frame work like some of the other games that we have discussed in class. There are not really any choices one can make in the game. This is kind of disappointing to me.
Since this is probably the last day I will play this game I decided to have some fun after a couple of missions for the story line. I decided to put in some cheat codes and just run around and do as I pleased. I put in the infinite ammo and infinite health cheats and just ran around killing cops and gang members until I reached the full amount of heat. There were helicopters chasing me and police every where. It was pretty fun mainly because I was invincible. I also just played around with some other cheats to play around it was interesting. I felt that the developers wanted to put all of this into the game so players good just mess around and not have to follow the story line.
All in all I did not like the game to much, it was not because of the type of game but more so because of the story. I like games with a good plot and compelling story which this game did not really have. It was fun for short times just messing around but all in all I would not op to play the game again or any of the series.
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| [January 24, 2012 08:38:21 PM]
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As I continue to play through Grand Theft Auto I find it more and more racist. On one of the latest missions, the main groups of characters including you are all black and for food they all want to go get is friend chicken. That fits perfectly with black stereotypes about loving fried chicken. As we talked about in class I have noticed that the police don’t really do anything in this game. I ran up to a cop that was on a motorcycle and punched him and took his bike, he just walked away. Or how about the time I was driving down the streets chasing another gang while both of us are shooting wildly, we must have drove by at least 5 cops. They don’t care what is going on. I don’t even get why they put them in there.
I feel in order to give the game some type of ethical framework they would need to make the police somewhat realistic. Or at least to the point that they react to anyone doing something that they shouldn’t do. I also really wish that there was a way to do some of these missions with out violence.
At one point in the game I was told I need to work out to get that “gangster physique”. So I went to the gym and did some curls and bench lifts. After 10 minutes of doing reps I was considered buff and was able to learn new fighting moves. Since when does a gangster have to be in shape? So of the most famous gangsters were out of shape. I feel that this game play to heavy on stereotypes of African American male gang members.
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| [January 22, 2012 04:33:29 PM]
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This is the first time I have ever played a Grand Theft Auto game. Through out my high school years every one raved about Grand Theft Auto about how much fun it was, it never appealed to me. After my first hour of playing the game I realized why. It’s basically a sandbox game where you play as a gang member who is trying to kill off the other gangs. The story line so far is sub par, compared to many other games. I think the fact that all the members of the gang I am in so far are African American. There are a lot of gangs that aren’t all black or white. According to the game so far there is not a single problem that can’t be solved by violence. It very similar to our discussion on Fable no matter how you solve a problem it always has to do with violence. I am hoping as the game progress that I will see a more diverse set of characters. If not it would be a huge play on stereo types. So far I have spray painted over other gang’s symbols, broken up a crack den, and steal a bike to run away from a drive by shooter. The only one of those that is not too bad is breaking up a crack den. So far from what I have seen this game fits into the black gangbanger stereotype extremely well. Also I have not seen any girls that aren’t dressed in something skimpy such as a tub top and short skirt. I know not every girl in California dresses like that. Hopefully the game will become better the further I progress into it.
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