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Current Topic: Console Video Games

A Retrospective on Grand Theft Auto
Topic: Console Video Games 7:01 pm EST, Nov 18, 2002

Rattle wrote:
] ] Authorities say a teenager told them a video game about
] ] stealing cars inspired an auto theft spree involving
] ] about 100 vehicles.
] ]
] ] Nineteen-year-old Micah Zoerner of Somers, Wisconsin is
] ] charged with numerous counts of theft, burglary and auto
] ] theft. He's being held in lieu of a 15-thousand dollar
] ] cash bond.
] ]
] ] Detectives say he told them he'd been inspired by the
] ] video game "Grand Theft Auto."
]
] I love GTA4.

Actually, it's called "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City". At least, I think that's what you and Micah are referring to.

Surely he wasn't inspired by the very first Grand Theft Auto!

To refresh our collective memory, I've linked here to a retrospective on Grand Theft Auto. The ign.com web site is very slow for me right now, but the article is worth a read if you're into the GTA series. This article was published back in September in anticipation of the release of "Vice City."

Enjoy.

A Retrospective on Grand Theft Auto


Bigger, Bolder, Faster, Weirder
Topic: Console Video Games 6:21 am EST, Oct 27, 2002

When things got out of hand -- I mean out of hand -- was when Phillip Michael Thomas came into the picture and bodies started flying. ... He was jacking cars and menacing pedestrians.

I did what anybody would do under the circumstances. I jacked a fire engine.

Get ready for another round of Grand Theft Auto. And steer clear of Joe Lieberman.

Bigger, Bolder, Faster, Weirder


 
 
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