{"id":1419,"date":"2007-03-31T07:18:06","date_gmt":"2007-03-31T12:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ununreal-city\/"},"modified":"2007-03-31T07:18:06","modified_gmt":"2007-03-31T12:18:06","slug":"ununreal-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/ununreal-city","title":{"rendered":"Ununreal city"},"content":{"rendered":"

I played a Grand Theft Auto<\/a> game on my computer a few years ago. While I could take or leave the moral conundra of it, I really appreciated the idea of having a big city in which to meander around. One of the things that makes for good art, in my book, is that sense of a well-realized environment, a world for the reader\/viewer to participate in (Little, Big<\/a> and Dhalgren<\/a> are both prime examples of that). I even liked having a bunch of different radio stations to listen to while driving like a maniac through the city.<\/p>\n

So I’m tempted to cave in and buy one of those mega-consoles now that I’ve seen this post about the New York-based GTA<\/a> that’s coming out in October. If the images from the trailer<\/a> are part of the gameplay (and not just from the interstitial segments), it’ll be an amazing experience.<\/p>\n

Of course, they may have to change the title of the game. After all, stealing a car in NYC would be more trouble than it’s worth, if the game accurately depicts the traffic in Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Oh, and if you’re interested in that idea of world-building in art, check out some of the related posts at the bottom of the City of Sound post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I played a Grand Theft Auto game on my computer a few years ago. While I could take or leave the moral conundra of it, I really appreciated the idea of having a big city in which to meander around. One of the things that makes for good art, in my book, is that sense … <\/p>\n

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