Grand Entertainment

There used to be a time when video games were just games for the kids but today ever more adults are using them for entertainment purposes. No surprise then than this once small industry has become a multi-billion dollar business with great growth prospects. New technologies however are often not well received by older generations who fret about their potential of polluting immature minds. Tv, rock music, club dancing and even the internet have been singled out over time for the breakdown of society, decency, social interactions, independent thinking, and infinite other social ills. It is no surprise then that one of the best selling video game called Grand Theft Auto (GTA) where violence prevails, is continuously under attack. Despite no study has shown that GTA or other video games lead to increase in violence, politicians love to make grand standing speeches about “protecting our kids”. We do not know whether it is irony or coincidence that some of them were too busy sniffing and smoking in their younger years to recall the graver sins committed on their summers of love.