…it would probably be something like this:
If GRAND THEFT AUTO 4 was real life…
Mario Kart Wii versus Grand Theft Auto IV
Mario Kart Wii just came out and I got it for Lisa for her birthday. And then Grand Theft Auto IV went on sale two days ago, and I picked up a copy from the local Wal-Mart that afternoon. Suffice it to say that in between the work we both do (and now my being involved with a production of Children of Eden) Lisa and I have been compensating for outrageous gas prices by doing a lot of virtual driving lately.
Right now on Amazon.com, Mario Kart Wii is the #2 top-selling game (after pre-orders for Wii Fit) followed by the Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV.
So… which one is the better game?
Now that I’ve gotten used to the controls (although still struggling to maintain my convictions as I wrote about yesterday) I’m certainly enjoying the deep narrative – especially having to choose when ...
Grand Theft Auto IV as a test of Christian conscience
No doubt I’m going to draw flack for suggesting this, but it needs to be said. Yesterday afternoon I bought Grand Theft Auto IV.
And having played it for a few hours, as a follower of Jesus Christ I would like to recommend that my mature brethren in the Christian faith (both spiritually and those who are not teenagers anymore, parse that as you will) play Grand Theft Auto IV as well. And not to gleefully look for reasons to condemn the game either.
Why?
Because I think that a lot of people who play Grand Theft Auto IV are going to end up condemning their own sense of self-righteousness instead. And I can’t say that it would be a bad thing at all if they did.
Grand Theft Auto IV, whether by design or not, might be the closest thing there’s been to an actual “Giant’s Drink”. In ...
Fear and Loathing in Liberty City
Things have been going so well lately (and Lord willing the trend will continue for awhile) that this afternoon I went out and splurged a bit, and got Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360. I got to play the original Grand Theft Auto for a while in 2001 but this is the first time I’ve bought a Grand Theft Auto game for my own collection.
Initial thoughts?
This is not a game that I would ever let children or even older teenagers play. It’s definitely for a much more mature audience. But if you scratch away the mindless violence and sexual imagery, I’m finding that there’s some powerful commentary about the state of culture in this game… and isn’t it a sad indication that it takes a video game to try to enlighten the masses about such things? The Liberty City of Grand Theft Auto IV is at ...