grand theft auto

The quest for the perfect game face The quest for the perfect game face

Video game designers are racing to create characters that feel real. Now, if they could only turn digital figures into flesh and blood.
By Matt Shaer Feb 19, 2008

  • "Grand Theft Auto IV" delayed until 2008

    Game creators blame technical difficulties caused by a simultaneous release on both the XBox and the PS3.
    By Farhad Manjoo August 3, 2007

  • Hillary, player hater

    A hilariously graphic sex scene hidden in "Grand Theft Auto" has got Hillary Clinton all hot and bothered. That's no way to win the youth vote.
    By Farhad Manjoo July 22, 2005

  • The myth of media violence

    Contrary to the moralistic claims of Hillary Clinton and others, bloody video games and movies are not a major cause of crime. But they are a powerful drug we don't understand.
    By Andrew O'Hehir March 17, 2005

  • Grand Death Auto

    Two kids, 13 and 15, killed an innocent highway motorist. Was a violent computer game responsible -- or their sad lives?
    By David Kushner February 22, 2005

  • "Grand Theft Auto: Myst"

    In the most gorgeously conceived AND ultraviolent video game in history, you can open fire on passing cars with a bazooka while exploring universal archetypes!
    By Jason Roeder February 2, 2005

  • Learning to love mass murder

    I'm not a violent guy. But I just cheerfully burned an entire marching band to death, then kicked a woman's head downstairs. OK, it's all virtual slaughter, but I'm starting to scare myself.
    By Peter Olafson March 31, 2004

  • It's fun to kill guys wearing acid-wash and Members Only jackets!

    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City goes where no video game has gone before -- into the dark heart of the 1980s.
    By Wagner James Au November 11, 2002

  • Burn down the shopping malls!

    A new game for Sony's Playstation 2 invites you to run amok as an anti-globalization anarchist. Is State of Emergency a new low in cynical corporate exploitation -- or consciousness-raising in a box?
    By Wagner James Au February 22, 2002
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