Grand Theft Auto Five

Now I know video games don't technically fall under the category of "Television and Radio," but Grand Theft Auto Five is something worth talking about. If you've never played Grand Theft Auto I'll do my best to sum it up for you; you can do anything you want, as long as its violent...and its fun as hell. In GTA5 you can do everything from get eaten by a shark, to stealing a car, to taking on an entire police force single handedly.

With the standards video games are made at now, the line between video games and movies is becoming blurred. Often video games will feature long, in-depth, and extremely complicated plot lines, ones that often rival those of movies. Some video games, such as L.A. Noire used live actors for the cut scenes and game play, then using facial recognition and other software put them into the game. More about the process can be seen here:

The amount of work being put into video games is clearly paying off. Grand Theft Auto 5 reached $1 Billion dollars in sales in three days, a feat that took movies like Avatar, Harry Potter, and The Avengers, 17 days to do. This poses a question of which direction entertainment media will go, and what will be the future choice method of entertainment.

Here is a preview for Grand Theft Auto Five:

More VFX

A friend of mine showed this to me. I was astonished with some of the simplistic little details from this video game.



Watching the making of this truly inspired me to want to work more in a visual effects spectrum. A lot of people play video games these days and since the technology is advancing so quickly, more jobs are opening up in visual effects departments. Some them maybe freelancers or work for a company but it doesn't matter. If you find something you like, you want to chase it and achieve that status.

My favorite part of this whole thing would have to be when she jumps off the building and creates portal  for her to fall through the ground and back out the top of the building. It's just fascinating with what we can do today.