April 2008
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“We’ve had such a beating over the past three years - by the American...”
– Grand Theft Auto producer is Godfather of gaming - Times Online
“Rockstar didn’t so much make a violent game as it made a game that lets...”
– Sexy Videogameland: Hyper-Realistic Cop-Killing Crime Simulator With Prostitutes And Sex And Murder
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The sad truth of GTA IV: You're the monster
Grand Theft Auto IV is actually a tragedy, said John Davison, president of parental unit videogame guide What They Like and (more famously known as) a veteran of Ziff Davis. Niko Bellic, the protagonist, is a really tragic figure full of self-loathing for the acts he commits, he explained. Last night he was filling in the gaping gaps in my GTA history. See, I’ve never actually played a Grand...
Free Tumbling
I’m somewhat ashamed to share a blogging platform with Jakob Lodwick (see Valleywag), but I’m smitten with Tumblr’s UI — and the fact you can easily embed the Tumblog into an existing site. See, I’ve got Wordpress (and a broken template) up and running on my site, but my PHP skills are non-existent. That means I have to both rely on a prefab design and live with the...
“Such deep immersion sometimes highlights the flaws in “Grand Theft Auto’s”...”
– Grand Theft Auto IV Movie Review - Read Variety’s Analysis Of The Film Grand Theft Auto IV
“It’s Not Just About Killing Hookers Anymore”
– The surprising narrative richness of Grand Theft Auto IV. - By Chris Baker - Slate Magazine
“Soon I would get bored, though, and carjack a luxury sedan.”
– Grand Theft Auto IV: Dystopian Liberty City - New York Times
