7 Life Lessons You Learned From Red Dead Redemption

Haven’t you always wanted to be a cowboy? As a kid, they’re right up there, along with policemen, soldiers and astronauts, on the list of things we want to be when we grow up. Then you grow up, realise you’re probably never going to saddle up and tame the wild west, and take that job in accounts so you can chat to Linda.

Then Red Dead Redemption came along.

We're not saying Red Dead Redemption is Rockstar’s finest moment, but I’m strongly implying it – even over GTAV’s pitch-perfect satire of our unholy modern age. It was a simpler time, back then, see. An age of child-like wonder, bloody hard work, and bandidos stealing your livestock. But Red Dead Redemption still managed to teach us a few crucial lessons about life…