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This paper problematizes the eff ect of one of the latest Rockstar Games’ productions, Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV). The alleged intention of this video game developers was to break up the stereotype of a video game character in terms of character complexity and moral dichotomy. They even endowed the main character with a name, Niko Bellic. A brief analysis of his psychological pro ile leaves doubts as to his originality, but not as to his ethnicity. The stereotype formed on wrong assumptions consequently does not seem to be broken at all, if indeed that was the original intention. Knowing the power of the entertainment industry to in luence young players, it seems that Rockstar Games reinforced an erroneous stereotypical image of Serbian nationals that should be corrected rather than reiterated. While lea ing through an old 2008 issue of Maisonneuve, a Canadian journal designed with the idea of satisfying eclectic curiosity, my eye was irst caught by a series of photographs and then by the title of the article they illustrated. The photographs were all perfect animations of scenes taken, I later realised, from diff erent video games. There were 23 of them and they were all gripping, especially to an unaccustomed eye, which I admit mine is. Apart from the game of Solitaire, played a few times many years ago, I have never ventured into the world of video games. Yet, the title of this article, Can a Video Game Make You Cry?, drew my attention and made me read the text. It was written by Jon Evans who investigated the genre of video games just as the technological sub-culture is nearing its iftieth birthday. The article was most informative because Mr. Evans brie ly outlined the history of video games from its beginnings with PacMan in the early eighties to the latest Rockstar Games’ production Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV), released in 2008. V. Lopičić: GTA IV: Breaking or Making a Stereotype? bells2009.indb 211 11/16/2009 4:58:40 PM

"GTA IV": Breaking or Making a Stereotype? Video Game as Propaganda