{"id":3305,"date":"2021-10-18T14:50:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T12:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/18\/will-the-remastered-grand-theft-autos-american-satire-hold-up\/"},"modified":"2021-10-18T14:50:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T12:50:23","slug":"will-the-remastered-grand-theft-autos-american-satire-hold-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/18\/will-the-remastered-grand-theft-autos-american-satire-hold-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the remastered Grand Theft Autos\u2019 American satire hold up?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world\u2019s bestselling video game series combined reverence of US cinema with satire of nihilistic capitalism. But in a post-Trump world, what does GTA have left to say?<\/p>\n

In 2013, then-poet, now Booker prize finalist Patricia Lockwood<\/a> tweeted at the Paris Review: \u201cSo is Paris any good or not\u201d The tweet<\/a>, which went viral, was funny on a number of levels, but particularly its suggestion that anyone might venture to assess the qualities of an entire city. The magazine responded in a blogpost titled The Paris Review reviews Paris (the verdict? \u201cIt\u2019s pretty good!<\/a>\u201d), but the absurdity of the premise was acknowledged in the brisk, tongue-in-cheek appraisal. To review a shimmering city, across all its multitudinous material and social vectors \u2013 its traffic systems and sewerage networks, its job prospects and police attitudes, its air pollution and book clubs, its art galleries and vermin infestations \u2013 is obviously preposterous.<\/p>\n

Still, this has never stopped critics from attempting to review the Grand Theft Auto <\/em>video games holistically, despite the fact each one contains similar multitudes to the American metropolises from which they borrow their settings. These are simplified and flattened recreations of human cities, of course, but each is sufficiently complex to invite a range of critical lenses. Take your pick: architectural or topographical? Sociological or literary? Cinematic or satirical? Do you evaluate the handling of the cars, or the music played by the game\u2019s various radio stations? The quality of the light in a digital sunrise, or the strength of the jokes in Ricky Gervais\u2019 virtual stand-up sets?<\/a> Each approach presents a different vista, a new text, an alternate proposition. The idea of a full and rounded appraisal of games these enormous and multifaceted is not only laughable, but frankly exhausting.<\/p>\n

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\nThe world\u2019s bestselling video game series combined reverence of US cinema with satire of nihilistic capitalism. But in a post-Trump world, what does GTA have left to say?
\nIn 2013, then-poet, now Booker prize finalist Patricia Lockwood tweeted at the Paris Review: \u201cSo is Paris any good or not\u201d The tweet, which went viral, was funny on a number of levels, but particularly its suggestion that anyone might venture to assess the qualities of an entire city. The magazine responded in a blogpost titled The Paris Review reviews Paris (the verdict? \u201cIt\u2019s pretty good!\u201d), but the absurdity of the premise was acknowledged in the brisk, tongue-in-cheek appraisal. To review a shimmering city, across all its multitudinous material and social vectors \u2013 its traffic systems and sewerage networks, its job prospects and police attitudes, its air pollution and book clubs, its art galleries and vermin infestations \u2013 is obviously preposterous.
\nStill, this has never stopped critics from attempting to review the Grand Theft Auto video games holistically, despite the fact each one contains similar multitudes to the American metropolises from which they borrow their settings. These are simplified and flattened recreations of human cities, of course, but each is sufficiently complex to invite a range of critical lenses. Take your pick: architectural or topographical? Sociological or literary? Cinematic or satirical? Do you evaluate the handling of the cars, or the music played by the game\u2019s various radio stations? The quality of the light in a digital sunrise, or the strength of the jokes in Ricky Gervais\u2019 virtual stand-up sets? Each approach presents a different vista, a new text, an alternate proposition. The idea of a full and rounded appraisal of games these enormous and multifaceted is not only laughable, but frankly exhausting. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world\u2019s bestselling video game series combined reverence of US cinema with satire of nihilistic capitalism. But in a post-Trump world, what does GTA have left to say? In 2013, then-poet, now Booker prize finalist Patricia Lockwood tweeted at the Paris Review: \u201cSo is Paris any good or not\u201d The tweet, which went viral, was …<\/p>\n

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