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Wednesday, June 11 2008

Jack Thompson Finds Rock Bottom

Jack Thompson has finally ticked off enough people to get disbarred. The final step on the way to that disbarment was just kind of sad.


Friday, May 30 2008

Grand Theft Auto IV

The insane brilliance on display is exemplified in the microcosm of the in-game television.


Grand Theft Auto IV

Niko is very interested throughout the game in killing for the sake of revenge but, perhaps, even more so for the opportunity of wiping out his own past and eradicating his previous life.


Friday, May 9 2008

Grand Theft Auto car-jacks pop culture


Friday, May 2 2008

Why We Can’t All Just Get Along

The parallels between those taking sides in the battle over the merit of Grand Theft Auto and the battle over the merit of blogs as journalistic devices are striking.


Wednesday, April 30 2008

Latest ‘Grand Theft Auto’ steps it up a level


Friday, March 28 2008

Grand Theft Auto Goes…Social?

Yesterday, Rockstar Games announced the Rockstar Social Club, which sounds like a good idea despite the fact that there's nothing "social", really, about it.


Friday, July 1 2005

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

The 'violence' seemingly promoted by this GTA is less a violence to be feared for its realism, and one more committed against the dirty realism of history itself.


Sunday, January 1 1995

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories

Occurring three years prior to GTA III, Liberty City Stories gives players the same sort of criminal storyline and felonious side missions of other GTA games.


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