And as far as the game appealing to “Most people”
goes look at the sales figures and try to tell me that the GTA series doesnt appeal to “Most people”

It really doesnt matter what your doing,
there is always someone who will be offended by it.
All that needs to be done is for that person to say, “I dont like this so I’m not going to Use, Play or Watch this, Then shut the hell up about it.

Personally I dont like the context behind TV shows like Americas next top model, or Extreme makeover, I find them offensive. so i dont watch them. Simple as that.

I don’t really play video games very much so I guess I fall into the category of people that Warren Spector describes here:

“most people won’t take the time to look past the surface, the fiction, the context. They don’t see the fun and the freedom the game provides.”

However, I don’t really see why I should make the effort to look past the context if there’s no particular reason for choosing that context. If the gameplay is important, why choose such a contentious context to begin with? The game developers haven’t made the effort to contextualise the game in a way that I can enjoy it. So isn’t it fair enough for me to think “You know what, those aren’t my values and I find that particular piece of entertainment distasteful.” They based their choices perhaps partially on their own areas of interest or fascination but also, as you’ve pointed out, on market demands. They figured they could sell a game about breaking rules (including gratuitous killing and sex) to a lot of young straight men.

Fine.

If they want ‘most people’ to appreciate the incredible game play, they should put it in a game that will interest them. Or at least, not offend them.

But thats the thing, its an open ended game allowing the gamer to do whatever he or she pleases. Its beauty and its freedom go hand in hand, for surely if you started locking things out ( and there is always a little disappointment felt when you realise you can’t get into the shop you wanted to buy stuff from ) and replacing the guns with flowers and the swearing with beeps, it would loose a lot of the gritty reality that makes it.

I think its fantastic as you can go on a rampage, live life like they do in the movies.. No-one gets hurt, no laws get broken and there is always the safety net of it being a game.

Dont hate the player, DONT hate the game, give it a chance to be what it is supposed to be, fun.