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GTA V Does Not "Glamorise Violence", Argue Voice Actors

4th October, 0 replies

Grand Theft Auto V, Grand Theft Auto, Rockstar Games, Rockstar North
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"GTA V: Violent dad throttles girlfriend who asked him to stop playing game hours after its midnight release", reads an article on the website for the UK newspaper The Mirror.

While it's certainly not as aggressive towards games as other articles, the implication is still there that the game turned the man into a crazed psychopath.

Anyone who buys that claim is wrong, say the game's lead voice actors.

The Mirror's article is just the latest in a long line of accusations about the GTA series promoting violence throughout its long history. While they don't refer to this (or any story) specfically, it's clear that the fifth title's leading men have had enough of such thinking.

In an interview with PC Advisor, the three main voice actors of Grand Theft Auto V have spoken out against the idea that the game glorifies violence:

"Anyone who has any conception at all about the games and hasn't played them should go play the games before they open their mouths," says Ned Luke, the voice of Michael de Santa. "The biggest misconception is that it glamorises violence. It really doesn't. If you look at my character, Michael, he's rich, but he's a miserable man. Even in the commercials you see that. This is a guy who's struggling with his life's decisions."

"If you want to take something out the game, take out of it that here's a guy who loves his family, who's kind of lost. He's trying to hold it together. He's trying to become a good guy, but he can't. He just has all these demons that he's battling. It's the struggle. Take that and look at how he loves his family even though he wants to kill them and that's what it is. Look for the relationships. Look for the humour. Look for the irony and the satire in the game. That's another big misconception. What, do they think we're serious?'"

Steven Ogg, the voice of the psychotic Trevor Philips, had even stronger words, addressing the issue that, while violent games still evoke controversy, nobody seems to mind so much when television programmes display acts of brutal carnage:

"The hypocrisy drives me crazy," says Ogg. "It just sets the wrong focus. Why not talk about gun control? Why not talk about parenting? Why not talk of lack of family values? There are so many other things to talk about. Look at what's on TV. Breaking Bad had that episode where Giancarlo got his face blown off. There's a lot of intense stuff out there. Video games are just an easy scapegoat. My nephew plays this game. I asked my sister if she was worried because there's some pretty nasty stuff in there and she said, 'I know he's not going to go to school tomorrow with a gun. He's not like that.'"

The voice of Franklin Clinton, Shawn Fonteno (himself a former gang member), also gave a few words about even how those who live violent lives can find some form of release and escapism through the game:

"I know a few people that live that kind of (violent) lifestyle and when they play GTA they can relate to it."

"It has an impact to the point that they're happy that they can just play it in the game and not have to relive it in real life. And that's the big key thing with this, man. It's just a video game. And people that have lived that life and have done them things, as I did, can just have fun with it in a game. You can leave it there and nobody's getting hurt and you're just having fun."

"GTA allows you to tap into everything that you can't do in real life," says Luke. "In real life, you don't get to go out and rampage and do all these bad things. Gangster movies have been huge forever--Godfather, Casino, Goodfellas, all the way back to Jimmy Cagney. People lose themselves in the bad boy. And there isn't anybody badder than the dudes in GTA. That's why they're so popular. You get to actually go out and do all these horrible things."

"As an actor, I got to go out and do all these crazy things and then go back home to my wife and my son and go out in the back yard and throw a baseball around like a normal all-American dad. I think that's what these games are. People who take them too seriously and go, 'Oh, this is life.' No, this isn't life. This is imagination. It's just fun. You definitely don't want GTA raising your children. But it's not a bad release from them, when you need to get away."

"People already have it in their mind that GTA is for kids because it's a game," Fonteno concluded. "Then they hear about the violence and they're instantly going to attack because it's a game. Now, if it was a movie it would be a different story and these same people would be out there supporting it. GTA V is like a movie. Once they get the game in their hands, they'll see. It says it big as day--Mature. It's not for the kids to go get. It's for Mature audiences only. If kids get it, then that's on their parents."

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