1. If the choice of music in GTA helps the gamer to identify with his/her criminal avatar, does it not reduce the impact of the violent/sexual situations which the gamer must traverse? What is the significance of being able to hum a song you know while digitally recreating a drive-by shooting?
2. Inversely, do the gamers' strong associations with the crime and brutality in GTA and its soundtrack reinforce the social and cultural stereotypes of hip-hop and violence? Though Rockstar Games successfully recreate an historical setting in a digital realm, do the responses of gamers reflect anything more than a face-value reading of music associated with crime, violence, and negative stereotypes of American urban life?
3. [for the class] Think about your daily life, the music you listen to as you go about mundane activities. Think about music you use in different circumstances, music that triggers excitement, fear, aggression. If you yourself were "in" this game, what music would soundtrack your own GTA experience?
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