Red Dead Redemption, already considered a big hit, and well on the way to selling upwards of 4 million copies, is a mighty ambitious game for Rockstar.

So what makes the game so appealing? “It’s [pushing] a lot of boundaries to be able to make the art that that we believe we should be able to make,” says Lazlow Jones, voice of DJ Lazlow for the Grand Theft Auto series and producer for Rockstar Studios in an interview with the BBC. “If you tell a gritty crime drama with violence and profanity and call it The Sopranos you’re handed a load of awards to put up on the shelf. You do the same and call it a video game and you’ll have certain organizations up in arms.” Read more