... clubs, to assist drug dealers and lowlifes. The game thrills me and lets me show my rough side. The character and the storyline of Grand Theft Auto IV builds on the character Niko Bellic. A European immigrant who heads to Liberty City to stay with his cousin Roman. Arriving at Liberty City, Niko finds ... imagined. So to make a living he joins his cousin Roman who runs a taxi business. I believe that's a unique and important part of the Grand Theft Auto IV IV, this is where he starts building his career and Overall the story is filled with characters you'll be fond of and or hate, but in...

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... games. He has gotten in trouble at school because he had told another student he was going to cut his head off. We often play video games like Grand Theft Auto and we come across times where the character says phrases that are intended to do a violent action. One time he screamed out in the bank, that he wanted to rob ... game. Not only is it fun, but it makes kids feel relaxed. Most kids understand the difference between reality or fantasy. In Grand Theft Auto if you commit a crime, the police will come after you. From Grand Theft Auto they learn that violent actions have consequences....

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... battle games, the meaning does not fully describe other games that are just as repulsive. The next game I would like to give to you as an example is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, which can truly be described as "vulgar". Referring back to the same dictionary, we see stating that to be "vulgar" means "Crudely indecent." (dictionary.com) Rolling Stone recently ... published an article in which it quoted the game's chief officer saying "by the time you've reduced Grand Theft Auto on national television to sound bite, it's a game with hookers on it." This statement alone clearly represents t...

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... a new arrival of a new violence game out. Examples that illustrate this concept are two of the most successful games in the electronic world of gaming, which are Grand Theft Auto 3, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice city. They sold a total of eighteen million copies, which makes them the highest selling Playstation 2 game ever (Rockstar And Sony Announce Soundtracks for GTA: Vice City). The ... ...

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... no consequences that you would face. You may be effected on the game it self, but you won't suffer any consequences in the real world. I played a game called "Grand Theft Auto Vice City", and the violence and this game is realistic. In the game you are allowed to kill people and steal things. There are police who will chase you around ... the end, when I am done playing the game, none of the stuff that I did while playing the game will carry over to my real life. Games such as "Grand Theft Auto Vice City" allow people to free there mines and do things that they might or might not want t...

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... cards and sound cards, and the increase of processing speed allowed games to take on a more realistic, fluid feel. This meant more blood of course, and more sex. Grand Theft Auto (GTA) was released during the 90's as a 2-D game, which capitalised on the success of Carmageddon, and other similar violent games. In GTA you played a petty criminal who visits various crime ... God Mode" (Pooley, E. 1999, May 10). Meaning that they chose an invincible option of the game where they had unlimited ammunition and were unable to die. The game Grand Theft Auto, more recently sparked new fears, the ...

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... were young. "If their friends gets hit by a car they're going to be really, really upset but matter how many times they run over someone in Grand Theft Auto: they know it's a play space, a sandbox." Said Cheryl Olson. No matter what people say though, the media is and will be protected by the First Amendment as Free Speech ... ...

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... games should be available, would be because of the fact that parents do have the right to keep the game from there kid, in my case I ounce rented Grand Theft Auto Three, which still today is the most controversial game that is out on the market and my dad told me that it would never be allowed in our household again ... ...

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... walk to their seat, they come up to the front where a brown table sits and they see a funny cartoon about a plagiarist in prison talking to a convicted felon of grand theft auto. As they look around, the student population has dropped because of the hurriedness to depart the tinged yellow room. The twelve students that are left have an ambience of grief ... ...

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... many that show how violence is becoming increasingly more evident in video games. When an innocent child sits down to play a video-game like "James Bond, 007" or "Grand Theft Auto" on his Nintendo64 or Play Station, he will spend the next several hours beating upon and shooting characters, not to mention witnessing extremely graphical death scenes full of blood and ... ...

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... world behind a weapon learning to kill and destroy people, monsters, tanks, or aircraft without themselves getting killed. If that's not enough what about games like Max Paine and Grand Theft Auto, where you control thefts and killings? These games are life-like and explicit. In Duke Nukem pornography and nudity run rampant, whereas in Quake you can control "dykes" and "naughty ... ...

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