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Illinois State Representative seeks to ban GTA 5, but why? [Exclusive Interview]

Micah of Spiel Times interviews Marcus C. Evans Jr., Illinois state representative for the 33rd district, and learns why they want to ban Grand Theft Auto and violent video games in their state.

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NecrumOddBoy1539d ago

These people are disconnected from reality that they can’t see their own crap they stand in. This has been a ball passed back and forth across the aisle for ages. Instead of fixing their win cities, they deflect, project, and blame. It was Mortal Kombat in the early 90s, Doom after Columbine; and almost everyone of these people have dumb reasons why video games are to blame. It’s such a joke.

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BattleCat1537d ago (Edited 1537d ago )

Or maybe we are disconnected from reality. I'm also against it. But some people do so things, because they saw it in video games and want to try it. But this works with everything. Movies, YouTube videos...

CptDville1537d ago

In this sense we should stop advertisements so people won't get "the need" to buy new stuff, stop the news about anything against the law so people don't get any wrong ideas, we should also stop him from talking cause every time this type of discussion hits the spotlight people will be influenced to try violent games.
Oh crap, there is no way out. We are doomed!

JackBNimble1537d ago

Some people want to do violent things because they are psychotic .

Knightofelemia1539d ago (Edited 1539d ago )

Got to love it when video games are always to blame for dumbest shit and is always the first form of entertainment to get the finger pointed at it. I am not American so what prevents me from going out of State to grab the game if I live in a border town and what's to stop me from ordering it off of Amazon or Ebay. Are you going to train the cops to arrest my ass because I went to Wal Mart or Best Buy in another State to grab GTA? Are you going to get every package from Amazon or as a gift from my grandmother x rayed to see if the package has GTA in it? Or are you going to train a dog to sniff out a package that has GTA in it? No seems like a real waste of cash to do all that just to block me from buying a game. Yet kids see more violence on tv and movies but yet they get the ok card I watched Robocop as a kid saw Murphy lose his had I have not gone out and done dumb violent shit. It's not the violence from video games that make people go out and do dumb shit it's the idiot who thinks it's a good idea to go out and do the violent shit. I can understand a person playing a violent video game and ignoring a crying kid and then slaps the kid to shut up. It's not the games fault it's the idiot who holds the controller who is at fault. It just like a gun it's not the guns fault for killing someone it's the dumbass who shot the gun who is at fault.

This pattern is getting old and stale every so many years blame video games light that torch grab those pitch forks then after a while it fizzles out. Then after so many years blame the video games again light those torches grab those pitch forks again then it fizzles out again. Wash, rinse, repeat this bill will most likely not pass because of one thing the tax money the government will make from that purchase of that game whether physical or digital. And that's the last thing any greedy government stooge wants to do is cut off any source of tax revenue. And they will see people will go out of State or go some where else to buy that banned game and that other State will get the tax dollars. And they don't want that or have people doing that.

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Laskin1537d ago

No where do they mention that he's a democrat. When it's a republican - it's always in the headline or the first paragraph. Fact check me on that.

metalhead1537d ago (Edited 1537d ago )

Does the person who disagreed to this belong to Q?

RauLeCreuset1537d ago

@metalhead

The two people who disagreed at this point. I can't narrow down to a specific reason why people disagree with stuff here. People will disagree with a comment like "cancer sucks." I've seen stuff along those lines. Could be anything from trolls to people denying facts to protect the bubble they've sealed themselves in.

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RauLeCreuset1537d ago

@WingedBeast

1) And? Laskin made a false claim and challenged people to fact check that claim. I did.

2) People know what party Trump belongs to because he was the leader of the party. I don't think pointing out the leader of the party was the one doing it in the Republican example is a plus for whatever Laskin was going for.

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sourOG1537d ago

He’s from Chicago. What else would he be?

T2X1537d ago (Edited 1537d ago )

Pretty sure Chicago has always been a crime hotspot. It would have nothing to do with being a Republican or Democrat. The fact remains that many Republican states also have crime problems. It's a byproduct of poverty. They also seem to always neglect to mention that there is a rating system to buy M rated games. And how would they implement a ban when you can just download a file over the network.

respekanize911537d ago

@T2X You have no clue about chicago politics. YIKES. They literally pushed all the poor people to one side of chicago threw guns and drugs in it and said HAVE AT IT. LITERALLY SUPER MAJORITY FOR DECADES.

Google is your friend. Name a HUGE city in AMERICA with ISSUES and I GUARENTEE its run by DEMOCRATS.

sourOG1537d ago

Al Capone etc I know. He’s saying they didn’t mention that he was a democrat. I’m just saying it’s Chicago, of course he’s a democrat. You don’t even have to mention it. It’s as obvious as the other example “they didn’t mention Trump was Republican”. Well no shit, he’s the most well know politician ever. It’s obvious.

Dee_911537d ago

@respekanize91

Most cities with crime issues have states ran by a republican majority for a majority of the time. Illinois being one of the few that were pretty much equal throughout its history. You can google it if you want.. If you trust google..

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sourOG1537d ago (Edited 1537d ago )

You’re both right. Most big cities are run by democrats and they are run like absolute shit. Incompetent boobs. Most state legislatures are run by republicans and they are run like absolute shit. Incompetent boobs. Congress is 50/50 and its run like absolute shit. Incompetent boobs. Once society figures this out we’ll be in a much better spot. It’s not left vs right, white vs black, rich vs poor or none of that bullshit. The establishment careerists are all the same, its one party. It’s you and me vs them. That’s how it always was and always will be. The people vs the state.

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GTA5 Has Sold Over 215 Million Copies, Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Sold Over 74 Million Units

Take-Two announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2025, also sharing an update on the sales of GTA5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
The anticipation for GTA6 has reached fever pitch, with the latest trailer being the biggest video launch of all time.

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LostPotato9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

Milk...get your milk...and so much more. Really when you release the same games in three editions over 15 years it's amazing how much money, and the amount of sales you earn. It's amazing how no one can compete.

Mr_cheese9d ago

To be fair, no many companies could release the same game over and over. They've earned that whether we agree or not

DarXyde9d ago

I mean Resident Evil 4 has had longer legs and still hasn't done anything like this.

Profchaos9d ago (Edited 9d ago )

GTA v isn't the only game that's released three consoles generations running but nothing has sold those numbers including GTA San Andreas which is now 4 console generations deep.

anast9d ago

Looks like a 2040 release for GTA6

gold_drake8d ago

thats insane right?
absolutely insane

rlow18d ago

No surprising considering that it’s been on every major platform and store.

I decided to look up the longest and most sold games list. To my surprise Tetris has takes the top spot.

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GTA VI Early Comparison Highlights Massive Jump in Character Detail, Environments & More Over GTA V

A new Grand Theft Auto VI early comparison video highlights the massive jump in character detail, environments and more over its predecessor.

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Snookies1218d ago

I mean, considering the amount of time between the two. It better be a massive upgrade. Especially with the amount of money Rockstar raked in from GTA Online.

MDTunkown16d ago

Most of scenes are pre rendered

andy8516d ago

Literally none are. If you know anything about rockstar they don't do that. Confirmed by themselves that this is all in-game

MDTunkown16d ago

Is that why first gta5 trailer looked better than the final product? Or is that why same happened with rdr2 ?
Rockstar told 50% are cutscenes and rockstars always used better models during cutscenes than in game.
You legit seems to know rockstar very well.

andy8516d ago (Edited 16d ago )

It didn't though? And neither did RDR2. In fact it was actually the opposite. What's with the hate boner? If you don't like it just avoid the topic

InUrFoxHole15d ago

Why don't either of you provide proof. This is just a he said, she said argument at this point

generic-user-name16d ago

You're either lying or just don't know what pre rendered means. Pre rendered means that if you change the character's appearance (clothes, accessories etc) they wouldn't show up in the cutscenes because they were already made and aren't being rendered in real time. This is something that doesn't happen in Rockstar games.

"Is that why first gta5 trailer looked better than the final product? Or is that why same happened with rdr2 ?"

In fact some of the scenes in RDR2 looked better in the retail version than at launched.

anast16d ago

The OP is taking the shot-gun approach: say a bunch of random tripe and see if something sticks.

repsahj16d ago

Damn! GTAV graphics are still awesome! But, I am so excited to play GTA6!!!

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GTA V Gets Pulled from PS Plus as PC Players Continue to Favor Legacy Over Enhanced

Rockstar’s iconic title Grand Theft Auto V is making headlines once again—but not for the reasons fans might hope. Less than a year after GTA V joined the

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ocelot0729d ago

I believe it's been on ps+ a few times over the years of I'm not mistaking same goes for gamepass.

VenomUK29d ago (Edited 29d ago )

‘GTA V Gets Pulled from PS Plus as PC Players Continue to Favor Legacy Over Enhanced’

That’s an awful clickbait title. The use of the word ‘as’ means the first statement is the result of the second, when in reality they’re not connected.

Profchaos29d ago

Also the same for red dead redemption 2 and GTA trilogy (albeit they split that into individual games)

Tacoboto29d ago

It just got put back on Game Pass recently too.

GTA V is the pass-around sub title, and it probably doesn't even matter because everyone owns a copy or even two by now.

FortWaba29d ago

Trash article and trash website.

Doesn't even mention WHEN it's leaving.

gold_drake28d ago (Edited 28d ago )

so i looked cause i was curious, its still avaliable to me.

the headline is misleading asf.

also, how did no one report this. the editing is horrendous. they'd have my arse for this ha

gamerz28d ago

Noticed my copy of gta5 on Steam was already upgraded without me doing anything. How can you still play the legacy version?

Shiore2u28d ago

There should be a second listing right under it in your library.
https://i.imgur.com/712MsIQ...

Chard28d ago

Is there anything wrong with the enhanced version if you’re just playing single player?