[lbo-talk] turn off that TV and go to work for Ralph!

[Auguste Blanqui]

Could you elaborate on Grand Theft Auto (and any of the others)?  I
watched my cousin (12 years old) play this briefly and was horrified!
The point mainly seemed to be running over and shooting people, and
oogling women, but maybe I missed something.

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:38 PM,  <dredmond at efn.org> wrote:
> On Wed, March 26, 2008 11:16 am, Doug Henwood crossposted:
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>  > March 26, 2008
>  > www.votenader.org
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> > Isn't it time to put away the screens, and the video games?
>
>  Contemporary videogame culture is stupendously subversive. Leading
>  franchises like Half Life, Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, Metal Gear Solid,
>  and Final Fantasy are creating tremendous works of art, which both
>  entertain, critique neoliberalism, and teach about alternatives in
>  profoundly progressive ways, all at the same time. Like any culture
>  industry, gaming has its share of dross, but game artists are achieving
>  things unimaginable in any other medium right now.
>
>  -- DRR
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