I'm really interested to hear what other people think about Barack Obama's comments on GTA IV. It sounds very rational to me. There is some "think of the children" appeal, but no blame seems to be placed on the industry.I'll quote him here:
“I was just catching the news this morning about Grand Theft Auto, this video game, which is gonna break all records and make goo-gobs of money for whoever designed it.“Now, this isn’t intended for kids, although I promise you there are kids who are playing it, but these video games are raising our kids…“Across the board, middle-class, upper-class, working-class kids, they’re spending a huge amount of their time not on their studies, but on ente
Anytime you're faced with the challenge of shooting a type of subject matter that you're unfamiliar with, go try to find outstanding examples of that kind of work. Old issues of Sport Illustrated would be a great resource in this particular instance. Clip the things you really like and put sticky notes on the details and techniques you like the most. Then write some notes on what you think you should do to get another shot that would beat or equal this one. You'll be truly amazed at the results this will produce.
I had a tough time doing this when I first came to Costa Rica. Very few places sell English language magazines or the great German and Australian ones. Costa Rican photography tends to be very “commercial.” Very prof
Sometimes the best learning tool is not to look at other people's great work but to look at bad work and make sure you don't repeat those same mistakes. The Photoshop Disasters website is a perfect example. By looking at how other's have used (or misused) Photoshop you can definitely learn a lot. Here's the link to the Photoshop Disasters website. Watch it. Learn from it. And don't ever make your Photoshop work as obvious as some of this stuff is.
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It feels like the controversy over games has died down a bit, but a look at the day’s news from England shows that it is still on.
Leslie Benzies’ comments on GTA yesterday were obviously a response to outrage over violence and other adult themes in games (see my previous journal post "like the young Elvis".
The tabloid “daily Mail” yesterday ran article that said:
The launch of the ultra-violent Grand Theft Auto IV video game descended into real-life horror when a man was stabbed repeatedly in a queue of fans waiting to buy it… ‘… It took place outside the Gamestation store in Croydon, South London, one of 40 stores which opened at midnight to sell the
Rockstar North’s president Leslie Benzies recently compared Grand Theft Auto to Elvis Presley – GTA, like Elvis, is something new that makes a lot of people uptight.
It took me a second to remember that Elvis was so controversial early in his career. I guess it’s a pretty fair comparison. He also pointed out that a new book with the same content wouldn’t receive the same attention. And that he wouldn’t let his own child play GTA.
Of Manhunt 2 he said:
“We wanted to make a horror game that would scare you in the same way a film would. “It doesn’t seem to me to be any worse than a film. If it’s a film or a book, you can do what you want.
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