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The question of misogyny in Rockstar's urbansandbox masterpiece Grand Theft Auto became a subject of hot debate after blog Feministing.com postedthis piece denouncing the game on the dayof its release, claiming "[GTA is] reflective of the bigger misogyny embedded incapitalist patriarchy".
The article was responding to an unofficial - and now removed - preview video created by games site IGN.The video over-egged the misogyny pudding by splicing scenes of the GTA4's ubiquitous prostitutes and lapdancers with that of innocent virtualwomen beingmindlessly slaughtered - a favourite activity of GTA fans.
Now that the game has been played and completed, reactions are pouringin, with GTA fans keen to point out the invalidity ofthe Feministing.com's claims.
Of course Feministing.com wasn'tthe only blogto fire misogyny claims at GTA, but while the writer was more than alittle hasty indenouncing the game before it was released and has refused to even playit, she did have a point. I'm sure I'm not the only gamer to feel morethan a taduncomfortable about the casual violence against (virtual) womannecessary to progress throughthe missions.
Mind you, with visuals this closeto real life, and gameplay this far away from it, Liberty City has already claimed its place in the all-time gaming hall of fam
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