It seems that the tabloids aren't going to get it all their own way when it comes to criticising the games industry. Regular readers may remember that yesterday we reported on the Daily Mail attacking Sega's forthcoming MadWorld (a game still in development and not due for release until 2009), as the most violent Wii game ever.
Well today, legendary Rockstar boss Sam Houser has quite happily gone on the record to state that criticism from publications such as the Daily Mail - what he associates to 'reactionary creeps with strange agendas' is not an insult, but an honour.
In an interview with trade journal Develop, the GTA IV creator was keen to explain just how run of the mill Rockstar as a company really is - far removed from the tabloid image of a group of evil geniuses at work.
Houser states: "Most of the people who hate us are people it is truly an honour to be hated by - reactionary creeps with strange agendas - and the Daily Mail. Most people who know about modern pop culture know about GTA and like or dislike it on its own merits."
He added: "I think we are both depressed at how boring we really are and how unexciting even the worse fabrications and exaggerations are when you read about them.
"None of it seems very rock and roll, so we find it a little sad, when there are probably better stories that could be written about both us and the industry/medium.
"No sharks, groupies or pounds of coke or anything fun at all. We read like angry dorks, which might be true, but is certainly not very exciting."
To balance all this talk of adult themed gaming we thought we'd include some brand new screens of a forthcoming title aimed squarely at the children's' market. Mary in the Woods is about a young girl discovering a Magic Forest and all the creatures that inhabit it. The title will be released exclusively on PC, towards Xmas. We're assured that there isn't a drive-by, gangland slaying or hit and run to be found.
Well today, legendary Rockstar boss Sam Houser has quite happily gone on the record to state that criticism from publications such as the Daily Mail - what he associates to 'reactionary creeps with strange agendas' is not an insult, but an honour.
In an interview with trade journal Develop, the GTA IV creator was keen to explain just how run of the mill Rockstar as a company really is - far removed from the tabloid image of a group of evil geniuses at work.
Houser states: "Most of the people who hate us are people it is truly an honour to be hated by - reactionary creeps with strange agendas - and the Daily Mail. Most people who know about modern pop culture know about GTA and like or dislike it on its own merits."
He added: "I think we are both depressed at how boring we really are and how unexciting even the worse fabrications and exaggerations are when you read about them.
"None of it seems very rock and roll, so we find it a little sad, when there are probably better stories that could be written about both us and the industry/medium.
"No sharks, groupies or pounds of coke or anything fun at all. We read like angry dorks, which might be true, but is certainly not very exciting."
To balance all this talk of adult themed gaming we thought we'd include some brand new screens of a forthcoming title aimed squarely at the children's' market. Mary in the Woods is about a young girl discovering a Magic Forest and all the creatures that inhabit it. The title will be released exclusively on PC, towards Xmas. We're assured that there isn't a drive-by, gangland slaying or hit and run to be found.
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