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Aired: Friday, May 02, 2008 11-12PM ET
Screen shot from Grand Theft Auto IV |
By host Tom Ashbrook
Grand Theft Auto IV, out this week in its millions of red hot copies, is a vast sensation in the video gaming world. It's a blockbuster -- bigger than movies or music and way bigger than books.
It is - as usual - bloody, brutal, grim, dark, wild -- a no-holds-barred video crime spree set in Liberty City, a huge digital approximation of New York. But is it art?
Some say that the richest video games are growing a new narrative richness. Moral dilemmas. Nuance. Truth and consequences.
This hour, On Point: Grand Theft Auto IV, and the evolution of the video game.
| · | Chris Baker, senior editor at Wired, his review of GTA IV, "It's Not Just About Killing Hookers Anymore," appeared this week on Slate.com | | · | Steven Johnson, co-founder and CEO of outside.in, and Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University, he's the author of several books, including "Everything Bad Is Good For You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter" | | · | Stuart Andrews, self-professed game nut and videogame reviewer for the online journal Trusted Reviews and the London Sunday Times |
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