May 04, 2008

Anti-State Comments in Video Games

Posted by Lew Rockwell at May 4, 2008 09:57 AM

Writes Lewis Ballard: "Rockstar puts biting social commentary into most of their games. From the GTA: Liberty City Stories game, a radio commercial (reproduced mostly from memory):

"I failed as a hall monitor in high school, and ever since I've had a hard-on for authority. Is there a job for me?"
"Yes, shooting people...for the state! Join Liberty City PD. You're a man, don't let anyone tell you different. In the PD, you'll always be right. Meet new members of the community, and beat them down, because you're drunk, or just don't like them. Ride around for hours, eating junk food, and being paid for it! And if you're hurt on the job, the disability more than makes up for it."

"Hey, they had me at 'shooting people for the state.'"


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