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It's, uh, The Mike Show.

Hi there.

[upbeat jazz music] All right, so we're, we're gonna talk video games.

We've got the, uh, new GTA VI.

Uh, and, and, and by the way, um, I don't know how I feel about this.

Uh, I, I ...

Because, well, I, I've never been a Grand Theft Auto, uh, player to begin with really.

Uh, but I don't know how I feel about, [smacks lips] um, it, you know, teaching real ish.

Maybe I do.

As, as a parent, maybe, maybe video games should.

I just, I just wanna play and have fun.

But anyway, the ...

An exec at Rockstar Games, uh, says the story within the game will address the economic decline and growing inequality in recent years.

You know, we've heard how the upcoming, uh, GTA VI will add refueling at gas stations, uh, and gas prices, but they'll, they'll also be adding, uh, realness to the narrative.

Uh, he explains the American dream is more modest now.

You think, uh, it's a, it's a house for your family and your loans paid off instead of wild success, but, uh, but maybe today even that's just as out of reach for the average person.

Do you think? Um, so the insanity in the game isn't about chasing success, wealth, and luxuries, it's about paying off your student loans and credit card debt.

I don't know how the average, uh, GTA player is gonna feel about VI, about this one.

I, I don't.

I couldn't tell you.

Um, trying to save, save for a house, uh, while paying an arm and a leg for groceries.

Uh, in the game, the main character, Jason, is mixed up in drug trafficking and robbing banks because of his material circumstances.

The exec says it's up to the player to decide whether he needs to do that or if it's a choice he makes because he's wired differently from other people.

All right.

Yeah, yeah.

It's, uh, The Mike Show.

Hi there.

[upbeat jazz music] All right, so we're, we're gonna talk video games.

We've got the, uh, new GTA VI.

Uh, and, and, and by the way, um, I don't know how I feel about this.

Uh, I, I ...

Because, well, I, I've never been a Grand Theft Auto, uh, player to begin with really.

Uh, but I don't know how I feel about, [smacks lips] um, it, you know, teaching real ish.

Maybe I do.

As, as a parent, maybe, maybe video games should.

I just, I just wanna play and have fun.

But anyway, the ...

An exec at Rockstar Games, uh, says the story within the game will address the economic decline and growing inequality in recent years.

You know, we've heard how the upcoming, uh, GTA VI will add refueling at gas stations, uh, and gas prices, but they'll, they'll also be adding, uh, realness to the narrative.

Uh, he explains the American dream is more modest now.

You think, uh, it's a, it's a house for your family and your loans paid off instead of wild success, but, uh, but maybe today even that's just as out of reach for the average person.

Do you think? Um, so the insanity in the game isn't about chasing success, wealth, and luxuries, it's about paying off your student loans and credit card debt.

I don't know how the average, uh, GTA player is gonna feel about VI, about this one.

I, I don't.

I couldn't tell you.

Um, trying to save, save for a house, uh, while paying an arm and a leg for groceries.

Uh, in the game, the main character, Jason, is mixed up in drug trafficking and robbing banks because of his material circumstances.

The exec says it's up to the player to decide whether he needs to do that or if it's a choice he makes because he's wired differently from other people.

All right.