I have a problem with the GTA games, and I can pin it entirely on one emblematic aspect of GTA 5: Trevor Phillips. It's nothing to do with the performance of Trevor, well-performed by Steven Ogg, it's more that Rockstar took what players do in GTA-games and made it central to his character. He's a one-man wrecking crew focused on destruction and violence at all costs, unable to approach things in any other way. Unhinged, sexually violent, and just a drag to be around. I hate playing as Trevor, because it just feels dull – too much of anything becomes tedious, even GTA's wanton violence.
At the other end of this two-dimensional see-saw is Jimmy. Jimmy, Michael's son, is a little shit. He's a stupid, loud-mouthed moronic Gamer of the worst stripe. We've all known a Jimmy. The problem with Jimmy isn't these negative qualities. It's that he is used as a representation of people who play games. Rockstar holds up a funhouse mirror in front of us, as a collective, and says "see, this is who you people are!". But I'm not, am I, Rockstar? I'm just sitting here waiting for you to continue telling the story.
