For the last decade, Rockstar has wielded a sledgehammer over public perceptions of what video games are or can be now it has struck with merciless force. Unlike the vast swathe of wondrous entertainment the video game industry produces, this series cannot be safely pigeon-holed or ignored by non-players. Grand Theft Auto V, however, hints at a future in which that role is taken by games – or at the very least actively sought by them. It is the likes of Breaking Bad, The Wire and Homeland that are telling us about modern life now, rather than Hollywood's simplified three-act confections. There has been a particular theory going round for the last year or so, that "box set" TV has replaced movies as the preferred form of mass, culturally meaningful entertainment.
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