Monday 15 March, 2010

I live in a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, a lot of the scenes that are present in GTA- San Andreas mirror things that happen in my neighborhood. Last week there was a police chase that could have easily been something that happened on the video game. There were so many police cars after a single car and the police had been following the car full of young guys for some time. The car crashed into a home across the street from where we live, and all the police cars surrounded the car. The individuals were arrested but I had never seen so many police officers at one time. That scene reminded me of all those times police cars chased CJ on GTA - San Andreas. It is crazy how close the game is able to portray these events, but I do find it offensive for those individuals who have to live in this type of environment to have a video game mock what they go through everyday.

Wow! A lot of people would say that those sorts of events are exaggerated for the movies or for videogames. I guess the only difference is that they happen more often than in real life. At least I hope so....