Grand scheme
It’s not often that the arrival of a new videogame elevates my anxiety levels, but the release of the latest trailer for does fill me with a sense of unease that we’re about to embark on another era dominated by alpha-male gaming. My experience of having anything remotely critical to say about a decade ago on social media or online forums in terms of its depiction of minorities was not a positive one, and although things have changed since then, I do wonder to what extent. I get that Rockstar has made some progress in recent years, but it’s often only been in response to concerted pressure over a period of time. Queer leads are almost comically one-dimensional; trans characters portrayed as over-the-top stereotypes who work in ‘taboo’ professions such as the sex trade. And then there’s the optional violence against