It's no secret that the media has often misrepresented video games in the past, however things have gotten much better in recent years. Mostly. Not every channel out there got beyond their conservative preconceptions and Australia's commercial Channel 7 decided that GTA 5 is a great scapegoat in 2017. Still.
The news piece recently aired showing off the extremely in-depth fan-made mod for GTA 5, Los Santos Police Department First Response. The mod, which we've covered extensively in the past, is a massive total conversion mod which entirely reworks GTA 5 into a police simulator with some RPG elements.
One of the biggest draws of the mod is it's modability - pretty meta, right? The community keeps churning out their own content to be used within the mod, such as realistic and accurate police uniforms from countless countries as well as their vehicles, new game mechanics, refinements, missions, activities and all kinds of props.
Among the many police uniforms available is the outfit worn by New South Wales' finest and their accompanying vehicles. Now, the goal in LSPDFR is to act like a proper cop, not a typical GTA character, so murderous rampages, killing sprees and wanton destruction is pretty much the opposite of what you should be doing.
Nonetheless, one particular channel operating in Australia decided to turn the mod into a witch hunt of a news story to satisfy their viewer base, which approximately consists of five hyper-conservatives in their late 70's. The reporters and individuals interviewed display such an inherent ignorance about the game, and pretty much everything else they wash into the topic, that it would be painful to watch if it weren't so bloody funny.
