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Ok so I'm a bit of a fan of the Grand Theft Auto series of computer games and San Andreas consumed 80 hours of my life in the first couple of weeks that I owned it, which is a terrible amount of time to spend on a bloody console and is something I've never even come close to with any game before or since. With that in mind I've been very eagerly awaiting the release of number four, in fact the main reason I bought a PS3 last year was to be up and running ready for it's release in October.

Unfortunately as many of you will know it was delayed until yesterday and frankly I'd convinced myself that it wouldn't be a good idea to get it immediately. I've got a lot of stuff going on at the mo that needs my at least partial attention and is certainly more important than the latest virtual driving and shooting fest so I decided against preordering and let my better judgement prevail.

Imagine then my surprise when I walked past a shop yesterday that still had copies left for sale at 3pm! This anomaly had to be investigated so I went in and had a look on the shelves. Yes, there it was, not yet sold out. How peculiar. I took a box up to the counter and enquired with wrinkled brow how this could be the case, I was informed that they simply hadn't sold all their available units yet. Further perplexed I asked if in a hypothetical scenario I was to hand them money they would relinquish ownership of said game to me? Again the answer was positive but I was very unsure and thought the only way to test their claims would be to hand over some currency. This I did and sat back with the smug grin of one who has found his theory to be true only to be yet more astonished when said game was presented to me in a handy carrier bag.

Of course at this juncture my only option was to get swiftly home, shut the curtains, turn off my phone and bring tea making facilities into the lounge before turning my eyes square. I won't go into too much detail about the wonders of the game, I want those of you who've not yet got it to be pleasantly surprised. But I have to mention there's a magic show! Early on I got the phone number of a lady (you have your own in game cell phone) and gave her a buzz. We went out for some bowling and on the next date I whisked her to a cabaret club where a magician did a decidedly ropey levitation of his assistant, but it was still my favourite thing in my favourite game. Can't get any better really.

Also the game world is interlinked by media, I heard an interview with what sounded like Ricky Gervais on the in car radio but thought nothing of it. Later on back at my digs I flicked on the tv to see him doing five minutes of material on one of the channels! It then mentioned that he could be seen at a comedy club down the road, so I nipped up there. On the way I stopped at an internet cafe to check out a ringtone ad I'd seen on the same channel and logged on to the game's own internet to by a new tone for my virtual mobile. I reckon that's only the beginning too, here's to a few sleepless nights.....

very much looking forward to playing this.

Infuriating really, I turned down a game design job at rockstar in 2006! thick or what?

A colleague bought this last night.....true to prediction, he is yet to arrive this morning.

I went to see a friend at about 10 yesterday morning to find him sat playing this and just after I arrived he went into the aforementioned cabaret club. The dodgy levitation is absolutely hilarious.

Crikey! I've just (as in this morning) taken delivery of Gran Tourismo 4 for my frankly ageing PS2. I had a tootle round a track in an MX-5 and put it away for the weekend. I must be getting old...

Oh, no! It sounds like so much fun and I can't have it cos I don't have a Playstation 3. I'm not buying one just for the sake of a single game, so I'll just have to try not to think about it.

I used to play the San Andreas one a lot - it was about the only game I ever played because I'm not into video games but GTA is special.

If it comes out for the PC I might get it and buy one of those playstation controls that fits a PC or somefink...

Yeah, it does look like an amazing game, however I'm gonna get it after my A-levels are out the way (5 weeks), becuase GTA IV would look a lot more appealing than Physics revision.

Absolutely phenomenal!!

Took my cousin out to an Irish bar in the middle of the day and got wasted.. try driving home after celebrating St Patricks day!!

And when I petrol bombed some guy I caught beating my cousin up, watching him roll around in flames made me feel ever so slightly sorry for him, so I popped a bullet in his head and walked on my merry way with the biggest grin on my face!!

Long live violence in videogames!!

I have no idea what any of you are talking about.





Tetris rules

themagicwand wrote:Tetris rules

Very true!

However, I too am a big GTA fan, but just can't justify buying this game right now
Looks like I'll have to wait until I can swipe it off my mate

i made the mistake of not reading amazon properly, bleary eyed on sunday...didnt realise they'd run out of stock and im going to have to wait another week or so for mine...

same goes with part of an american magic order i placed at the same time too...

still got iron man coming on friday..that should keep me going til then...

Game have a HUGE amount of Stock left in Birmingham stil.. checked today,.. everywhere esle is out though

Sod's Law

My xbox360 RROD'ed, the day before the release of GTA IV!

grrrr

Jeb Ho wrote:Sod's Law

My xbox360 RROD'ed, the day before the release of GTA IV!

grrrr

Mine went last week =(

Jeb Ho wrote:Sod's Law

My xbox360 RROD'ed, the day before the release of GTA IV!

grrrr

I don't understand this. More evidence of my progressing age, diminishing coolness and iminent death.

Jeb Ho wrote:Sod's Law

My xbox360 RROD'ed, the day before the release of GTA IV!

grrrr

Another point right there to buy a PS3!!


BTW.. I heard that radio station with Ricky Gervais.. quaility!!