Not the most noble job of work, but the popularity of shows like Cops and America's Most Wanted prove that this is a popular choice for the person with nothing to lose but their freedom. It's not all jet skis and uzis. High speed chases and shooting down helicopters. In actuality, the very first time you stole a car, hit someone with it and ditched it somewhere, the CSI guys would be all over you like tracksuits on Nico Bellic. With modern technology, cars are reported stolen within moments and their license plate is added to the police database. These license plates are automatically scanned. I shouldn't have to say this, but don't steal a car. Games like GTA and Saints Row allow us to live vicariously and do the things that we know we never would, or could, in the real world. The city sandboxes give us the lightest possible consequence. If you get killed, you wake up outside a hospital, good as new, except for an empty wallet. If you get arrested for mowing down SWAT for hours on end, you're out within the hour with a slap on your ever-too-reddening wrist. This happens every time. I'm hoping that soon, maybe even in the highly anticipated GTA: V, they'll turn up the realism. I want to be pulled over for exceeding the speed limit. I want cops to turn up at my door because I missed my court date. I want full body cavity searches people! Okay, maybe not, but the point remains, DNA evidence, like all kinds of evidence, is totally ignored in games. Crime doesn't pay. Unless you're a politician. Zing.
