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04.29.08
Mister Bat Says Hello
posted by Absinthe | 8:51 AM
It’s been a few years since the last iteration of Grand Theft Auto, the occasionally controversial game from Rockstar that lets you do … well, anything you want, though since it’s a video game most of your interactions with the game’s world are based on kicking, punching, shooting, or waling on random passersby with a bat, which was kind of the PS2 version of a stress ball for a while there. If what you really want is to do nothing, you can just get behind the wheel of a (hopefully unalarmed) car and drive for as long as you want, taking in crude parody ads and kicking soundtracks through the radio as you put a pictures to the dots on the map. (Given the price of gas, fake joyrides have a certain allure.)
Was on my way home from a screening last night around 10pm and noticed there was a line outside the local GameStop. Did not choose to join the crowd so I could be first-first-first to have the game in my sweaty, clutching hands; that way lay madness, a personal wormhole straight to hell that begins with watching the introductory cinematic and ends five hours later with the dawn leaking through the shutters and the cry of a baby who is - still! - more fun than any videogame ever invented, though I am positive there are dedicated men and women working on that problem around. the. clock.
I did the responsible thing and drove home. Picked up milk on the way; did not jack any cars or go on a massive rocket-launcher spree. And my reward for my restraint will be, I think, to go and get the damn game this morning instead. I held out for ten hours; I am not made of stone. I have an afternoon window to take a tour of my new virtual surroundings, but that requires that I navigate my real environment first; just so I don’t get any really bad ideas on the way, I’m going to walk.
At least, I’m going to walk there.
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April 29, 2008 at 9:50 AM
I was a parent before you and decided to finally buy GTA: San Andreas a few months ago. I just finished it yesterday after five months. This is because I have twins and a toddler, but also because I tend to be a little anal about doing every little tiny mission in the game. A lot of those side missions are more fun than the main game. Have fun with the new one…that and Halo 3 just might make me want to buy a new XBox
May 1, 2008 at 7:52 AM
Oh man, I am feeling you. So far I have managed to resist the urge. My new son turns 4 months on the 7th and I just don’t think I can get that purchase (and resulting time sink) past the wife or my own conscience. That is a great series though and I am sure you are enjoying it. Thanks for the great child proofing post the other day, I had to share it with my family. That is not too far down the road for me. Mobility will be here before we know it.
All the best with your carjacking and your baby.