GTA V: 10 Hillarious News Reports To Remind Us How "Evil" The Game Is

Grand Theft Auto V - Gunplay There are very few certainties in life. Sure, you know the sun will rise in the morning, and you will never put in a USB without turning it three times, but there are very few things you can predict with absolute certainty. However, the flood of negative press that accompanies every Grand Theft Auto release is something that can be seen a mile off. It gets blamed for everything from gun crime to corrupting children€™s brains. Most of the time, the people who make these unfounded claims have never actually played the game, but just made assumptions because of the name. They focus on the carjacking and prostitutes, and ignore the fact that it is a masterclass in video game writing and design. Saying that, the release of Grand Theft Auto V has attracted a lot less knee-jerk press reaction than previous releases. Maybe it is a sign of mainstream acceptation of video games and the realiSation that the millions of people who play GTA do not go steal a car and run people over with it. They probably also figured out that stories titled €˜€™video games are evil€™€™ are starting to lose traction with their readership. But GTA V did not receive a free pass from everybody; some still see it as the apocalypse in video game form. In a way I€™m glad, because if GTA didn€™t get some hate from the €˜€™moral majority,€™€™ then there might be a fear that GTA is losing its edge. The negative articles always make a good read, so here are 10 of the best from all four corners of the Internet...
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