GTA IV trailer irks NYC mayor

Anyone who play console games should have seen this coming ... lol

From: Gamespot

GTAIV trailer irks NYC mayor

Officials in New York City voice disgust with new teaser for Rockstar's game, say similarities between game's setting and Big Apple are only visual.

Late last week, Rockstar Games released the first trailer for its highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto IV. Though bare on gameplay details, the trailer did reveal one of the game's most asked questions--its setting.

Advertisements, store names, and other items in the simulated city read "Liberty City," the very same city featured in the controversial franchise's break-out hit Grand Theft Auto III and debut on the PlayStation Portable. The city's layout and character were influenced by New York City, and modeling each games' setting after a real-world city has become a bit of a tradition.

Vice City from GTAIII's follow-up's was a nod to Miami, Florida, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was set on turf reminiscent of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

However, this new look at Liberty City featured some landmarks that look incredibly similar to places only found in New York (which is where Rockstar Games' US headquarters are located), such as the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Empire State Building.

While most gamers were excited about going on a virtual crime spree through a next-generation Liberty City, New York officials are already voicing their disdain for the game and saying the similarities are only cosmetic, reports the Associated Press.

"The mayor does not support any video game where you earn points for injuring or killing police officers," New York mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement.

New York police commissioner Raymond Kelly doesn't care where the game is set. "It's despicable to glamorize violence in games like these, regardless of how far-fetched the setting may be," he told the AP.

Every GTA game will cause criticism like this no surprise here

Bloomberg has a problem with everything. He bans Cell phones and other electronics in all the schools. Me no like him.

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Originally Posted by Arri

so...The mayor of NYC talks in third person? ^_^

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lol I just realized that. Sounds like something mayor Adam West would do. :)

The problem is that there are still many people who believe games are ment for kids. They see adult games and can't seem to get it in their head that is targeted to an adult audience; instead, they make themselves believe, "Games are for kids, so [Rockstart] is trying to teach kids how to murder cops."

In 10 or 20 more years, when todays modern gaming youth fill the adult society, we'll start to see politics understanding the true purpose of a game. A game is there to allow the player to escape from reality, to do the things that can't be done in real life.

Games are entertainment, only the mentally insane would believe it as reality.

Also, the ignorant people who don't truelly understand games don't understand the purpose of a game is game play, not what you do. Just because the player is able to kill cops does not mean that that is the central purpose of the game.

There are far too many ignorant people in society who create a bias and refuse to back it up with research.

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Originally Posted by Arri

so...The mayor of NYC talks in third person? ^_^

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lmao haha yeh. lolXD