He must get lapdances from your mother.

I remember finding it unpleasant that you could become a drug dealer/pimp in Vice City Stories. I know the games were originally based on ludicrous ultraviolence, but since then it seems to have leant into the sort of people who just think general gangster wankery is cool. Unless this is Rockstar so leaning into their parody of America that they've fallen down a Mitt Rogney hole and are now living the parody.

Isn't that the American dream?

It is a massive ball drop that scotland doesn't properly claim GTA as a cultural export. Or maybe they want to avoid the stigma.

We claim everything.

Is there any of it still done in Scotland though?

All of it but the audio, I think. American DJs and voice actors.

For some reason I thought it was done elsewhere for the last few games.

No, the only move was Dundee to Edinburgh for GTA III and beyond. Still created in Scotland.

Nah, only the PSP games and ports have been outsourced and they're done in Rockstar Leeds.

Reviews are coming from IGN and Kotaku on Monday, if anyone is interested. I'm sure a lot of info will come from them.

Don't need anymore info.

There's a lot of places in the US selling it already it sounds like, people are snapping them up and selling them on for a premium since it's before launch.

Thankfully, you've gone dark and won't see it.

Why would I read paid ads anyway? We're all pretty set on getting this thing.

I can see people getting way too angry playing this. Like if you're the sniper or whatever in a mission and you miss or something...

V more days gents, V more days.

Just preordered on amazon

People getting angry over a video game? Come now. That's so unlikely.

I agree, who would get mad over a game.

Oh, what is this? Fangel and KK interacting? How is this shit going to go down!

Not actually a spoiler, I promise.

GIF time again

Police Squad Opening
 

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Had a quick play of it before I went out tonight. Fuck me, how they got those graphics out of a 360 is beyond me.

How?

You played it already?

How screwed am I that I will be playing on a 30 inch SD TV? Dreading I'll play the game after 2 years of hype and buying the CE only to find it's like Skyrim and the text and HUD is, literally, an unreadable miniature smear on the screen in SD.

Planning on picking up an HD TV before Christmas but want to play GTA V before then, of course.
On the topic of that, where would I find an HD TV suitable for gaming, at least the same size as my current tv and at a reasonable price?

I couldn't even read anything in GTA 4 on a TV like that.

Also, when GTA 4 came out, everyone was saying it was the best game since Ocarina of Time. Nobody seems to think that any more. I'm assuming the same thing will happen for this game.

Try Amazon Warehouse. I got a TV off there at less than half-price. Apparently it has a minor cosmetic defect somewhere (not on the screen obviously) but it's invisible.

I could play GTA IV and RDR perfectly when the Xbox was set to normal ratio rather than widescreen. Only issue was the phone in Gay Tony and Lost and Damned.
Judging by the gameplay video, the HUD and text is very small.

Hasney stole Doc Brown's DeLorean.

I've been watching a lot more streams of this than I thought I would be. Something about watching it keeps me hooked. Looking forward to Tuesday.

You wouldn't have to if Hasney would just SHARE.

There are people claiming to have gotten banned for playing the retail version of the game early. Probably a lie, but just a heads up.

There are people who preordered the game from Amazon just days ago and already have it in their hands.
Meanwhile my preorder hasn't even been dispatched yet.

Would this be a good tv for gaming?