http://dir.salon.com/topics/grand_theft_auto/?source=rss&aim=grand_theft_auto en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST By Matt Shaer Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/02/19/avatars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/02/19/avatars/index.html?source=rss Video game designers are racing to create characters that feel real. Now, if they could only turn digital figures into flesh and blood. By Wagner James Au Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/tech_insider/2009/01/02/10_potentially_game_changing_games_for_2009/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/giga_om/tech_insider/2009/01/02/10_potentially_game_changing_games_for_2009/index.html?source=rss By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/03/gta/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/03/gta/index.html?source=rss The latest Grand Theft Auto game lets players have sex with and then graphically kill hookers. By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/04/29/gta_reviews/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2008/04/29/gta_reviews/index.html?source=rss Video game reviewers just can't get enough of this game (with apologies to Zach Braff, the Shins, and Natalie Portman). By Andrew Leonard Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2005/11/22/csi_gamers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2005/11/22/csi_gamers/index.html?source=rss A violent crime TV show tries to skewer a violent crime video game, but only manages to assault its audience. By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/03/gta_delay/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/08/03/gta_delay/index.html?source=rss Game creators blame technical difficulties caused by a simultaneous release on both the XBox and the PS3. By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/07/22/grandtheft/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/07/22/grandtheft/index.html?source=rss 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 Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/03/17/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2005/03/17/media/index.html?source=rss 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 David Kushner Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/02/22/gta_killers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/02/22/gta_killers/index.html?source=rss Two kids, 13 and 15, killed an innocent highway motorist. Was a violent computer game responsible -- or their sad lives? By Jason Roeder Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/02/02/gta_myst/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/02/02/gta_myst/index.html?source=rss 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 Peter Olafson Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/03/31/game_violence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/03/31/game_violence/index.html?source=rss 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 Wagner James Au Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/11/vice_city/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/11/vice_city/index.html?source=rss Grand Theft Auto: Vice City goes where no video game has gone before -- into the dark heart of the 1980s. By Wagner James Au Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/22/state_of_emergency/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/22/state_of_emergency/index.html?source=rss 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?