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Somehow in my long checkered past I managed to miss playing a particular video game. Grand Theft Auto. I'd heard folks chatter about it, mention it was a good game. Yah, fine, Baldurs Gate was supposed to be amazing, and I found it dull as dirt. So I skipped it.

Recently I bought a Playstation with a bunch of games, and one of the games was indeed GTA. I didn't play it for a while, fine, then the other night Ben saw it and did the "WOW! The original version!" "Ah, I've never played it." "WHAT? Cmon, you've got you, you'll love it." "Fine, whatever."

An hour later, i was hooked. Now, 3-4 days later, I'm fascinated. This is a 7 year old game. The basic premise is you're a hot shot punk trying to make a name for yourself in the big city by stealing cars and basically being a hired thug for the underground. This game puts it together with humor, excellent gameplay, and a lot of great action, mixed in with a storyline that actually works - advancing isn't just "Kill the boss-dude each level!" - its doing your job well. There's enough ways to screw up that "doing well" can be intepreted a half dozen ways. Making money? Yup. Completling tasks? Sure. Finding secrets? Soitenly.

So apprently someone actually HAS been doing good games since Williams stopped making video games. Whodda thunkit?