@SharkEthic: This may be news to you, but Rockstar have always had a liberal bias to their storytelling, in the themes and the portrayals of American culture. Or maybe they were just being real. ZING.
@Bell_End: Well. Depending on how you use it. But I think its a fine review that offers another perspective to the game. Because what he says is valid, its just those are the reasons why he personally doesnt like the game. So, I think its important to distinguish the review from "objectiveness", it doesnt try to be the IGNs or the Gamespots, its just...him.
His reviews I think are fantastic. If you know anything about him, you'll know that his opinion is well articulated, well argued if albeit very subjective and an outlier. He's an example of where you read his reviews because you're interested in his opinion, or, you know him well enough that his opinion can help you determine a purchase. He's not one to be considered only by the score, and thus he doesn't fit in on metacritic.
IMO Romney seems to lack soul; his record shows he's ruthless and personally driven, but apart from that, hes backed by big business lobbyist who funded his campaign; any decency he has will be sucked out of, he will be a puppet of corporate America who will continue to enslave the working class. Obama isnt perfect, but he's atleast willing to draw the line.
Its about upbringing I think, (I havent read your piece, no time, will read later), I was brought up interacting with so many cultures and races that to me, we are all the same being with just a different coat of paint, and personally, i found the variety of looks and appearances as a kid made the classroom sparkle somewhat. So, I think once we move closer to a global community and once we improve the living standards of everyone (so that there will be less excuses for racism), we may move towards a world where racism is a fringe perspective.
Thanks for this informative piece. However, I would like to say that although soldiers may not mind these types of video games being made, and that these games may not be disrespectful of soldiers in anyway, there's still the danger of war being glorified. The large majority of controversy surrounding video games is bollocks, but there is an argument to be made, in a wider scope, and in subtler ways that war games can contribute to war being viewed differently through playing war games. Reading a New Scientist article, I learnt that everything that people know is biased and determined by a variety of influences which include upbringing and media which has been manipulated by the powers that be to meet their ends, which includes the obvious advertising to the more clever right wing propaganda that is fox news, the fact is everything can influence you. The video game "Americas Army" was basically a recruitment tool for American army that changed the minds of many gamers into participating in war itself, which I think is one of the strongest arguments about the affect of video games on groups. There still needs to be a study into the affects of war games into the public's perception of War (into whether it is okay under less extreme circumstances, whether they'd be okay with participating, whether drones can be used etc etc), but I believe that because we live in a world of bias and mind tricks, there has to be some affect from war games on the minds of the population.
@ThatIndianGuy7116: Politics doesn't have to be following the hot air that comes out of politician's mouths, you can get into supporting people who do, or just getting your voice heard. Democracy only works if people care!
@Hizang: You should care; if you stop caring then democracy doesn't work. Very smart people who want to fuck you over are doing the best they can to not get noticed, its the very thing they want is to have people with that attitude.
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