Friday, May 2, 2008
Uncategorized / Media / Pop Culture Grand Theft Auto IV has license to steal
Posted by Curt Holman @Curt_Holman on Fri, May 2, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Rumor has it that this week will break records in pop culture profits: Grand Theft Auto IV went on sale on Tuesday and could sell 9 million copies. If so, the console game could earn well over $400 million in its first week, and earn the highest "first week" gross of any entertainment product of all time.
I cannot claim to have much proficiency with games like Grand Theft Auto. In 2002 I wrote a feature story about console and computer games, and this is my experience with Grand Theft Auto III in a nutshell:
After two hours, my career as a criminal is not going well. My assignment is to pick up Misty, one of Luigi Goterelli's working girls. But en route to our meeting at the Liberty City clinic, I keep accidentally knocking down lampposts, driving over fire hydrants and hitting pedestrians. My car gets crumpled from every angle, steam billowing from the radiator, and before I can even find Misty, I get arrested. In one attempt, my burning auto explodes, killing me. Could a wannabe carjacker possibly come to a more shameful end?
Fortunately you don't need to be any good as a virtual car thief to enjoy this item from Cracked.com, "25 Rejected Ideas From Grand Theft Auto IV." The reader Photoshop contest received some highly amusing suggestions for "missions," such as "Promote literacy throughout the city" and "Nail this country duet with Dolly Parton." If you're not down with the games, reading it can at least give you the simulation of feeling hip.
(Image courtesy of Rockstar Games)
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