Dearbhail McDonald
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first heard Apr 2026
last heard 13 Sep
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I ask ask parents who are under pressure from their kids 'cause they want to get playing it, because you're right, this game was never intended for children and that's probably uh because of the controversy because it as I understand it, not being a gamer myself, Kier O'Brien, the the controversy is because o of this focus on the criminal underworld.
Yeah, and Rockstar games I I think the one they never intended for to be played by children and look I know there are v you know occasional moral panics about video games in general, but as a gamer and as a player of the game, what is the attraction?
Is it just living out a you know, kind of fantasy life?
Like I mean have you always channelled Kier O'Brien to be like a an an inner uh underworld figure?
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legal reasons we'll insist that you wouldn't do that, Kier O'Brien. 'Cause I talked to you about we've just had a big conversation with Roshin Kybert about, you know
The pressure on women and one of the again, one of the other criticisms or perhaps why Grand Theft Auto um has come under fire is its depiction of its female characters.
Did you feel conflicted as a female gamer playing that or have they started to raise their game from the earlier iterations of the game?
Yeah, and and thirteen years and a twenty-six minute trailer that was released um last week, which is incredible.
It's for a video game.
Um how do you think, just finally, Kira, um as a player but also somebody who, you know, watches the technology uh industry like a hawk, how do you think Grand Theft Auto the franchise has changed the broader um entertainment industry like it's it's spawned lots of cultural references, uh
non player was it mean player energy or non player uh characters, it's it's uh the acronyms alone.
The other character energy.
between life and uh online life and in real life uh blurs ever further.
But I think uh Ciara O'Brien it is truly a legacy game that has um that has just been passed down from generation to generation.
So that is Gamer, uh Ciara O'Brien, um and obviously uh tech and business journalist with the R Times.
Thank you for taking the time to walk us through the world of Grand Theft Otto and we'll take a quick break.
It is time now to check out what is hot and what is not on our screens, big and small.
I'm joined in studio by RTU Guide film editor Michael Doherty and pop culture journalist and podcaster Fionnuala Jones.
You're both very, very welcome.
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