Rockstar Slam Bad Parents

Rockstar has slammed “terrible parents” for buying their adult games for their children. Rockstar’s Lazlow told the BBC that those attacking the company for making games are misguided at best in a new interview.

“Our games are not designed for young people,” he says bluntly. “If you’re a parent and buy one of our games for your child, you’re a terrible parent. We design games for adults because we’re adults. There’s a lot of kids games out there that we’re not interested in playing. Just like you enjoy watching movies and TV shows with adult themes and language and violence, that’s the kind of thing we seek to produce.”

Lazlow points out, however, that he believes that even with the endless tabloid whining about “violent video games”, the culture is changing very much of acknowledging games as an adult entertainment. “I think that Rockstar has pushed a lot of boundaries to be able to make the art we believe we should be able to make,” Lazlow says firmly. “If you tell a gritty crime drama with violence and profanity and call it “The Sopranos”, you’re handed a lot of awards to put on the shelf. You do the same and call it a video game and you’ll have certain organisations up in arms. I think ever since “GTA IV” came out and there were such rave reviews by major publications saying this is actually art, the restrictions about being politically correct have largely fallen away.”

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