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The writer of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the movie Friday signed a deal to pen a new Hip-Hop massively multiplayer online game. DJ Pooh will be the game s senior executive writer. Word on the street is that 404 Gaming is also trying to land Scratchmaster Piglet and Eeyore the Pimp to round out the team.

The idea of creating a hip hop massively multiplayer game is pure genius, if it s done right. The franchise could pull together the best parts of the street and urban music scene with a Grand Theft Auto flare, creating what would likely be the first cool online world. The problem is that cool is a moving target, something that won't sit still while programmers code it. I think there is a much bigger chance that a bunch of Polo shirt-wearing suburbanite programmers could tip the game into something that is more UB40 than Snoop Dogg. Think tragically hip, without the hip.

Writer of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas joins 404 Gaming [404 Gaming]