Well, I didn't know the police try to catch you if you kill someone in the game. That makes all the difference. And I'm sure as you're playing the game, you deal with all the conflicted emotions that you might have in real life, the same way any great art would draw out these feelings. Should I turn myself in? How will what I have done effect my family, etc? Not only is it high art, it seems like great practice for being a well rounded citizen. How else would us bleeding heart liberals be able to relate to the violence and moral ambiguity that affects the lives of the criminal classes? And the argument about not playing the game if we find it objectionable is also quite insightful. Surely ignoring that which we find negative will lessen the coarsening effect that such violent pacification has on society.

I'm sure the consequences that the character in the game below was subjected to made the player of the game think twice before the next time he decided to break out the knives and baseball bats and go on a mass murder rampage.

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Ive been playing grand theft auto since the first installment. They are by far the most amazing games I've ever played and the newest one is nothing short of incredible. People say its way to violent and rewards you for killing people but i dont see it that way if you kill someone the cops come and try to arrest you just as they would in real life. I think that people try to put the blame on these games because since its an active experience and not a passive one such as a movie. However they do rate these games for a reason and if you dont like whats in the games dont play them