I’ve recently come across a discussion thread about whether or not Red Dead Redemption was deserving of Game of the year title. The detractors ranted about a sensible fact found within the bulk of the game : if James Marston, our cowboy protagonist, was indeed on a quest for redemption, then why was he killing so many people? If he really was worried about his children and wife, then why was he losing so much time doing pointless side-quests, hunting, gambling and so forth? If he really was the good guy the cut-scenes depicted him being, then why would he tie up a damsel and bring her up to a railroad (and in my case, he kinda did it a few times)?
