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  • Cultural Divide: why a first person perspective still doesn’t make Grand Theft Auto V immersive

    For me Grand Theft Auto V‘s first-person mode is great.  But it’s not immersive. I’ve historically liked the Grand Theft Auto games.  Strangely though, while the internet hailed them as brilliant social commentaries and parodies on Western culture, that definition never quite gelled with me.  The faux advertisements and radio shows were funny, perhaps topical…

  • Calling ‘time’ on GTA V

    I really REALLY don’t like GTA V.  Before you go bananas and scream abuse, let me just get this straight: GTA V is a great game.  Everything about the production is absolutely top-notch.  The little details that the internet has collectively circle-jerked over are, admittedly, nothing short of jaw-dropping.  The voice acting for the most…

  • Gay Tony’s Ballad isn’t a chart topper

    Grand Theft Auto – The Ballad of Gay Tony – I never much liked Grand Theft Auto IV.  I bought it at launch, the ‘special’ edition I might add, played it for a few hours, thought it was a bit average and then put it on the shelf.  A year later I forced myself through it…