12-05-2014, 01:52 AM
The sad thing is the petition is built on a less-than-true basis, it being "it encourages players to commit sexual violence and kill women."
Thing is, nothing actually rewards/encourages the players whatsoever for doing so, and GTA V even makes any sort of "rampaging", female-centric or not, not worthwhile, as A) The player is quickly chased by the police, who are more relentless than in previous iterations. and B) the "reward" is money, and in GTA V, not much money is given from anyone. Plus, ammo/explosives aren't particularly cheap, so it stopped being worthwhile entirely.
It also implies it's specifically targeted against women ("This game means that after various sex acts, players are given options to kill women by punching her unconscious, killing with a machete, bat or guns to get their money returned. "), when it's just a case of women aren't specifically exempt from the players actions.
They also cite people making videos of the former stuff, which is what they should be having their gripes with specifically, not Target. I understand their [the petitioners] position on this, but it's based entirely on emotional appeal and not actual proof it causes this sort of thing to transfer over into the real world. We've been over this after Columbine and numerous other incidents; video games are too common to pin-point as the sole source of violence and other problems.
Weirdest thing was some gaming sites celebrating this happened.
Thing is, nothing actually rewards/encourages the players whatsoever for doing so, and GTA V even makes any sort of "rampaging", female-centric or not, not worthwhile, as A) The player is quickly chased by the police, who are more relentless than in previous iterations. and B) the "reward" is money, and in GTA V, not much money is given from anyone. Plus, ammo/explosives aren't particularly cheap, so it stopped being worthwhile entirely.
It also implies it's specifically targeted against women ("This game means that after various sex acts, players are given options to kill women by punching her unconscious, killing with a machete, bat or guns to get their money returned. "), when it's just a case of women aren't specifically exempt from the players actions.
They also cite people making videos of the former stuff, which is what they should be having their gripes with specifically, not Target. I understand their [the petitioners] position on this, but it's based entirely on emotional appeal and not actual proof it causes this sort of thing to transfer over into the real world. We've been over this after Columbine and numerous other incidents; video games are too common to pin-point as the sole source of violence and other problems.
Weirdest thing was some gaming sites celebrating this happened.