Stay with me.
I love RED DEAD REDEMPTION. I have beaten both 1 & 2.
I’m not some kind of pacifist. I just get tired of shooting at imaginary people.
So… I thought one day I would get some practice with the sniper rifle killing stray dogs.
Holy shit!
The game threw a fit!
Full on murderous possie immediately.
But here’s what’s worse: the game HID ALL THE DOGS.
So… it just made shooting the dogs more special. Btw— I did this more in 1 than 2.
And I can’t find dogs in GTAV.
Mostly I won’t shoot imaginary people anymore. Just dogs. It’s a thrill.
jfc. People is a nuanced thing, good and bad, you can play wholly good or wholly evil and there is a balance between them, with internal struggles, especially playing as Arthur who is an outlaw, and the narrative is himself justifying everything he did for one reason or the other, letting you the player decide.
Killing animals is horrendous because they’re truly innocent. There’s really no way around it, no justification. You need to look deep into yourself if you find pleasure in that.
Murder of humans in video games bothers me. Shooting dogs in video games does not.
I told you: this is an unpopular opinion. Prove me wrong.