Does art mimic life, or is it life that mimics art? Video game design is an art form. Violence should not be. Evidently is has become an art form however, because as you see quite literally in the streets around you it is expressed in all of its forms. The dystopian themed games of the 'Grand Theft Auto' franchise allow players to wield any number of weapons and provides a digital environment to slay millions of people in. Completing missions sometimes involve beating up and killing pedestrians. Somehow art has become reality. Now we are in the matrix. Put society up to a great big mirror and what do you find staring back at you? Grand Theft Auto. Who needs to play video games these days, when you can simply step outside and find yourself getting shot at? The country we live in is not a boring one! Every newspaper seems to bring us news of seemingly daily massacres in our country.
Some Madden NFL '93 on Sega? I wish life more closely resembled games like this one.
Both problem and solution lay within ourselves. I am heartbroken at what my country has turned in to, and I don't see much being done about it. I fear for the state of our republic. Our politicians don't seem to be doing anything to help us. Too many good men and women have died shedding their blood for this country that we shouldn't be shedding our own. This is one of the greatest countries in the world. I fear that we are witnessing the fall of a great empire like unto Rome, Greece or Babylon. Speaking of which, our nation also appears to be emulating Babylon. We can change the course our country is taking, but it begins with the type of people we want to be. We have the make the change in ourselves before we can hope to see it around us.
The U.S. Congress doesn't back the president, which creates a a bad model for our nation. As citizens of the United States we essentially are a team. A community of communities. I am a registered voter and am active in the politics of my community and I urge you to do the same. Treat the people around you as you would want someone to treat you. Give love to one another. The incidents of mass murders in public places has become epidemic. I hope that we as a nation will stand up as one and create the society in which we would want our children to live. Let us stand tall and strong again. Think about how you influence the world around you and in what ways you can do so for the better.
-Brian Hill,
Briantology Blog
Norman, OK
Some Madden NFL '93 on Sega? I wish life more closely resembled games like this one.
Both problem and solution lay within ourselves. I am heartbroken at what my country has turned in to, and I don't see much being done about it. I fear for the state of our republic. Our politicians don't seem to be doing anything to help us. Too many good men and women have died shedding their blood for this country that we shouldn't be shedding our own. This is one of the greatest countries in the world. I fear that we are witnessing the fall of a great empire like unto Rome, Greece or Babylon. Speaking of which, our nation also appears to be emulating Babylon. We can change the course our country is taking, but it begins with the type of people we want to be. We have the make the change in ourselves before we can hope to see it around us.
The U.S. Congress doesn't back the president, which creates a a bad model for our nation. As citizens of the United States we essentially are a team. A community of communities. I am a registered voter and am active in the politics of my community and I urge you to do the same. Treat the people around you as you would want someone to treat you. Give love to one another. The incidents of mass murders in public places has become epidemic. I hope that we as a nation will stand up as one and create the society in which we would want our children to live. Let us stand tall and strong again. Think about how you influence the world around you and in what ways you can do so for the better.
-Brian Hill,
Briantology Blog
Norman, OK
