▲ 530 ▼ Am I the only one? (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 day ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 60 points 1 day ago* (1 child) They have made up controversy to sell GTA since at least the second or 3rd game, so it wouldn't surprise me at all. Even the hacker's group sounds like some bullshit made up for the game's universe. Like LifeInvader or GruppeSechs. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 child) The entire premise of the first game was designed to create controversy. This game was one of the OGs that local news would run stories about to showcase how violent media was bad for kids. This was in the long long ago though, when companies that served up content were held to standards permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago* The first GTA was originally meant to just be a racing game. A bug with how the cops chased you got them to pivot and focus on that as the central mechanic. They also leaned into PR gained by a parents group who were outraged by the violence after the game's release, but didn't manufacture their own controversy until the second game. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fishnoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 child) The entire premise of the first game was designed to create controversy. This game was one of the OGs that local news would run stories about to showcase how violent media was bad for kids. This was in the long long ago though, when companies that served up content were held to standards permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago* The first GTA was originally meant to just be a racing game. A bug with how the cops chased you got them to pivot and focus on that as the central mechanic. They also leaned into PR gained by a parents group who were outraged by the violence after the game's release, but didn't manufacture their own controversy until the second game. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 day ago* The first GTA was originally meant to just be a racing game. A bug with how the cops chased you got them to pivot and focus on that as the central mechanic. They also leaned into PR gained by a parents group who were outraged by the violence after the game's release, but didn't manufacture their own controversy until the second game. permalink fedilink source parent
