So, you may have caught this on Giant Bomb or on Gia's Second Shot, if you haven't... watch away.
The evolution of one of those "GTA radio blurbs," Princess Robot Bubblegum is one of those segments turned into a TV that began in GTA 4. I mean, I remember sitting through Republican Space Rangers and giggling a little, but I have to ask... Are we offended by this?
I know I really shouldn't be, but I kind of am. Granted, I've bought them, but the attempt to make the games more mature and thought provoking, while continuing this sensational based crass humor just irks me and makes it harder to enjoy.
Doesn't seem to fit that well with the new GTA style either, but I haven't played much of GTA4 so I shouldn't comment on that part I guess.
@NoDeath said:
This
Well it going along the line of Halo parody "Republic Space Marine" and "Weazel News".
i think they forgot the nerdy male protagonist, and catgirls
same here.
In all honesty, i didn't really find this funny.
You could not like this, because comedy is not universally funny across all individuals, but if you're "mad" or "offended" by this goof, then what other silly crap are you "offended" by? Can you tell that I'm tired of people being offended by every little thing?
I would follow this conversation, but there is no feature for that on this site, which is a shame.
Not saying this is what we define as "potty humor" but its pretty much valueless sensationalism that makes us giggle at funny things, without necessarily being funny in any intelligent way. This is fine, but I feel that the Grand Theft Auto games as a whole have been attempting to evolving into something other than a random, happy go lucky world simulator where hooker's blood flows like water.
This has probably more to do with how blah I was with Niko's (the character, not the Vice User) journey to both condemn the behaviors of the world, while being ignorant of how hypocritical he was (killing people indiscriminately himself.)
The more serious the series takes itself... the more work it puts into actor budgets, script writing, huge licensed sountracks... the more I feel like its nowhere near the mark the early games hit, and that this humor is 10x more about gimmick than a proper fit with its current style.
I'd like a feature like that too. In lieu of one, I'll respond to your comment so you get a private message to notify you of this reply. ;)
It really is *tries to find something to throw at ethan*
But yeah, I'm more annoyed than anything, and I'll yield, but its not humor that we haven't seen 500x before, and the Grand Theft Auto license lost its ability to be blunt and silly about the same time as Niko began prattling about how empty the American dream is...
My thoughts on this particular video? Whatd'ya know, another bunch of video gamers (or rather, game creators) using the stereotype of "all anime is porn and tentacles"... wooo.... also, seriously, what the hell does this have anything to do with GTA? This can't even be classified as a gimmick at this point, this is just stupid.