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British Tab’s Bogus GTA Story Brings Bigtime Apology — and Damages
The idea that Rockstar Games was making “Grand Theft Auto: Rothbury” – whether or not a ghastly crime was committed there – was so sensationally ridiculous that when The Daily Star alleged such a plan, I ignored it. Rockstar didn’t. The studio has now extracted a remarkable apology from the U.K. tabloid, which last week…
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Grand Theft Auto Blamed For Failed Teen Firebombing
“They appear to have crossed the line from virtual reality to reality,” said Police Chief Lou Pachec of the two teens who allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at an apartment building in Raynham, Massachusetts over the weekend. Two teens, one 16 and one 12, claim to have been playing Grand Theft Auto on Saturday night when…
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Scientific America Looks at GTA, Calls for Non-Sexist, Non-Racist, Non-Violent Video Games
The problem of using science to determine whether or not violent video games like Grand Theft Auto do harm to our children is neatly summed up in one article on Scientific American – there’s always good news and bad news. In an article titled “Grand Theft Auto Is Good for You? Not So Fast…,” Scientific…
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Guru, Rapper Who Portrayed Grand Theft Auto III‘s 8-Ball, Dies at 43
Keith Elam, a hip-hop artist who performed under the name Guru, died Monday after ending a long battle with cancer. Elam voiced 8-Ball, the demolitions artist with whom the protagonist escapes at the very beginning of Grand Theft Auto III. Rockstar Games noted Elam’s passing in a brief obituary on its newswire today. “Guru was…
By Owen Good
