Satire: GTA IV Activity Book For Kids

April 24, 2008

With Grand Theft Auto IV critics claiming that Rockstar's controversial new release will corrupt America's youth, Minusworld is having a bit of fun with a parody feature detailing a GTA IV activity and coloring book for kids.

Given the amount of misinformation bandied about concerning video games (e.g., virtual rape), we wonder whether this satire will eventually find its way into the various claims of how "depraved" GTA is:

They say GTA IV isn't for kids, but there's even a coloring book...

Posted in Controversial Games Games & Culture GTA IV Media

Comments

Submitted by Cecil475 (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:17.

@Cheater87

Let me guess, Jack and every antigamer media outlet/politition/watchdog groups/parents org/teacher org/church org in going to think there actually is a 'GTAIV Activity Book For Kids' and turn a deaf ear to everyone else that tells them it's satire.

- Warren Lewis

Submitted by koku (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:01.

wow, thats inspired

Submitted by Cheater87 (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:13.

XD I can't wait to here what Jack has to say.

Submitted by Sean (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:25.

Let's see...

1. A guy beating a prostitute to death
2.Someone buying drugs
3. Scene from Superbad

Submitted by Zen (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 10:45.

For something not made by Rockstar, it sure fits the bill for their style of satire. Loved it.

Submitted by Jonathan, aka Soul (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:36.

That was hilariously awesome :p .

Submitted by lothar (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 11:45.

@Sean

i think we have a winner

Submitted by Loudspeaker (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 14:24.

HILARIOUS!! I love it!

Submitted by GRIZZAM 512 (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 15:06.

Heh. Awesome.

Submitted by kurisu7885 (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 17:26.

This will only work on those who have a grasp of what satire is.

Submitted by Sean (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 18:04.

@lothar

Jackpot

Submitted by CyberSkull (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 18:12.

Simply brilliant. Look for it at your local book burning or Fox News.

Submitted by vellocet (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 18:36.

Can we please distribute this to the mainstream media? They'll look like complete asses.

Submitted by StealthKnight (not verified) on Thu, 04/24/2008 - 18:42.

If this makes the news then this will be the funniest joke on them. The coloring book that never existed.

Submitted by KillianD (not verified) on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 17:27.

@Cheater87 Says:

I understand that he's so ridiculous it's funny at times, but personally I'm tired of hearing from/about him. And frankly, I'm getting sick of people dragging his name into the comments on every post on GP. He may have a habit of sticking his nose where it's not relevant or wanted, but I really do think we should just leave him out of things that don't concern him.

Also, sorry if this seems to be picking on you or singling you out; it's not meant to, but your comment was the last instance of this in a string of several. I'm just tired of reading his name in 2/3 of the comments on every story; I'm interested in the other 1/3, which frequently feature the intelligent discussion that got me hooked on GP in the first place. Sorry for being cranky.

Shout box

Uncharted NES: Critics: 'Left Behind' game glorifies violence- http://tinyurl.com/wu64s02/12/2012 - 4:34pm

Zen: I felt Brutal Legends was a funny & beautiful look at the world of rock from Double Fines point of view. The only parts I wasn't hot for were the RTS bits as it felt forced. Otherwise fantastic.02/12/2012 - 1:34pm

DorthLous: Passed 1.5M$. And I'd also say that Brutal Legend is far from being a bad game. I just think it was a few levels under what people expected from the people working on the project.02/11/2012 - 8:25am

Technogeek: Brutal Legend wasn't bad so much as "marketing had no idea how the game actually played", causing it to suffer accordingly.02/10/2012 - 10:38pm

RedMage: It looks the CIA's website has been DDOS'ed. Anon?02/10/2012 - 7:52pm

RedMage: Brutal Legend.02/10/2012 - 7:52pm

ddrfr33k: Has anything Tim Schafer ever made been of crap caliber? I'm struggling to think of one...02/10/2012 - 7:37pm

Guamish: I think it is in good hands. Tim did a game for the GDC award show and that was fun for how short it was.02/10/2012 - 12:22pm

Andrew Eisen: It'll be tragic if the game ultimately sucks.02/10/2012 - 12:17pm

james_fudge: $1.3 million02/10/2012 - 11:32am

Uncharted NES: Germany Says It Won't Sign ACTA [Update: ... Yet]- http://tinyurl.com/7r2twrg02/10/2012 - 11:21am

Andrew Eisen: Damn. Double Fine's Kickstarter fund has already passed a million dollars.02/09/2012 - 8:16pm

Andrew Eisen: Audrey didn't quote the sassy parts. Here's IGN's article: http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1218359p1.html And here's my original post: http://tinyurl.com/7y68a3902/09/2012 - 7:50pm

james_fudge: I hope you some said something sassy! Where's the link?02/09/2012 - 7:46pm

Andrew Eisen: Hey, neat. IGN quoted a blog I had writen only two hours earlier. I certainly timed that one pretty well.02/09/2012 - 7:38pm

Andrew Eisen: Toki Tori has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android.02/09/2012 - 5:11pm

james_fudge: Thanks for the heads-up DorthLous02/09/2012 - 4:33pm

DorthLous: Will do, my apologies.02/09/2012 - 4:14pm

Andrew Eisen: I appreciate the heads up but please keep typo alerts to the specific article's comments or PMs.02/09/2012 - 3:33pm

DorthLous: The title says 30, but in the article, the developer says it's like a 20% net tax http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/02/09/developers-call-facebook-currency-transaction-fee-thirty-percent-tax02/09/2012 - 2:43pm

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