GTA 6’s biggest problem isn’t living up to the hype, it’s the fact that parody is dead
Can GTA’s brand of humour work in a world that’s beyond parody? VG247 looks into what could be Rockstar’s big new issue. “Actually, Grand Theft Auto is a clever satire of the American Dream” is the sort of toe-curlingly obvious declaration that tiresome pseuds like me used to come out with in the early 2000s, in order to assert the artistic merit of a game in which you could get a blowjob from a prostitute to replenish your health, then murder her to get your money back. We felt inclined to defend video games as a medium back then, as…