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You don’t become one of the biggest, most profitable media franchises in human history without stepping on a few toes, especially when there’s literally a violent felony in your name.
“Grand Theft Auto” was destined to collide with controversy. Lawsuits, international incidents, and full-on moral panics have followed in the wake of the series’ unparalleled success. And while there’s often a kernel of truth to some concerns raised over the violent, over-the-top nature of GTA, advocacy groups and opportunists have spent decades disingenuously trying to take one of gaming’s greatest series down before it warps the fragile little minds of our children.
Anything with as much cultural significance as GTA can have an influence on someone, maybe even a bad one, but study after study after study has failed to find any link between playing violent video games and antisocial behavior in the real world. That hasn’t stopped opponents from attacking the series since pretty much day one. These are Grand Theft Auto’s biggest controversies.
1. Top Down Trouble
Back in 1997, we were just emerging from the first real video game moral panic (it was mostly about Mortal Kombat). Violence and vulgarity was the cultural vibe, with transgressive content pitched against the
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