Grand Theft Auto Takes on Republicans!

For fans of the franchise, I think you would agree that the Grand Theft Auto game is anything but subtle. Rockstar developers, the company that makes Grand Theft Auto, have tackled many taboo topics, but it seems they are poised to take on an even more dangerous issues, Republicans. No, that's not a typo, you read it correctly. Next generation technology has led to many new visual gags and innuendos in this latest incarnation of Grand Theft. One such feature gives the player the opportunity to watch television broadcasts which parody reality television,  the American obsession with celebrity, and the Grand ol' Party. One of the spoof television shows follows the path of three futuristic space traveling Republicans, ridding the world one planet at a time of "insurgent" alien races. Along the way there are references to repressed homosexuality, illegal military occupation, and something that resembles "straight talk". When the three Republican crusaders come across a well-spokenand highly intelligent alien race, they are unable to process his "fancy talk" and decide to shoot him instead of liberate him from the oppressive bondage he faces on his home world. Oh, and did I mention that the space shuttle our heroes travel around in takes the shape of a giant penis? Put that in your pipe and smoke it. I'm sure that this latest content addition to the already controversial series will only take a few more play-throughs before it starts making headlines from New York to San Diego. Just remember where you heard it first! Put it this way, I am a political independent, and if I were a Republican I'd be pissed. Nothing like labeling all Republicans as repressed homosexual, angry, and unintelligent. I found myself, mouth agape, wondering what ever happened to the complex and encoded narratives? Whatever happens, this is simply too good to miss. 

Society as we know it will end!

For those of you that are living in a hole let me be the first to tell you that perhaps you should dust off your Y2K gear in preparation for the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. The game has basically been blamed for every social ill in the last ten years, and while I have not had a chance to see it's new content, I am sure that some conservative parental group will soon be lobbying hard for its removal from shelves to preserve the innocence of our youth. I have never bought into the negative press against the Grand Theft Auto series, and personally I find it offensive that individuals would blame a video game for downright poor parenting. I can't tolerate another round of self righteous parents who blame video games for everything that is wrong with America. My advice would be as such. If you think the game is crap, then don't buy it for your child. If you are "duped" into buying the game for your child then you lack the parenting skills to have children. If you are personally turned off by the game, once again, don't buy it. I don't push my religion on you, don't push your family values on me.