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Rockstar Games, who can only be eclipsed in the news for a few days by bigger news, is in another battle over ads for Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories that appear on Boston subway cars.
Recently, sixty local community leaders in the Boston area signed a letter to the Massachusetss Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) requesting the GTA ads be removed from the cars. The letter, in part, read:
“At a time of escalating concerns about youth violence in the Boston area, it is unconscionable that the MBTA would feature advertising for a violent video game…
Advertising on the MBTA enables Rockstar Games to reach countless children – those who ride the trains and those whose neighborhoods the trains pass through…
It is both cynical and irresponsible for the MBTA to advertise a violent video game at a time of increased concerns about youth violence in Boston…”
The MBTA has responded to the concern by citing the First Amendment:
“As offensive as anyone may find the product being advertised, it’s not the MBTA’s role to regulate any products, whether they are movies, music, websites, books, or video games.”