Well, somebody thought so, one of my posts is included in a Wikibook for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I was nosing around my referer stats when I found this out. And my parents thought video games only led to trouble.

I still get lots of traffic due to the amount of GTA: San Andreas on this site. I haven't posted on Liberty City Stories, since, well I just don't have it. I've got a PSP sitting here sealed that I originally bought in order to sell, but The U.S. market was never clamoring for the device. So here it sits, with its lovely shrinkwrapped outer membrane.

But it does not surprise me that edisoncarter is up to his old tricks again, this time handheld style. He's developed "CheatDevice v0.4 for Liberty City Stories".

My son and I just gathered up cousins Miso and Twinkle as We Love Katamari continues to rule our PS2. I bought the original game originally (there's probably a word for that use of grammar, right there, I don't know what it is, but I'm pretty sure any style guide will tell you not to do it), so I'd have an alternative to games like GTA that I only play when the kids are asleep. Namco came out with a great game (and a great sequel) that anyone can enjoy, that just happens to be nonviolent.

Although the downside is that now my son, who's nearly five, asks me about playing daily, and it's kinda hard to say no, because (1) yeah I kinda would like to play, and (2) my gimpy back makes playing video games easier than pushing trucks across the hardwood and tile floors down on all four.

I grew up with video games, yes they are quite a bit different today than when I was a kid, but it should better prepare for raising kids in this era than those parents that never "got it".

Besides, at 35, I've got a really small window before he crushes me at every game.

Are these pictures of the first ever KatamariCon? Or just a bunch of otakus? or is it just otaku? or otaki? kinda like octopi?

And a Japanese Katamari commercial.

The nearby picture tells me that my son & I aren't the only two people who love the new Katamari game.

Who doesn't? My copy of We Love Katamari should arrive any day now, then I can go back to getting my fill of rolling over things with my stickyball. Me and Jake have prepared by taking his mom's Yoga balls and rolling them all over the house. Perhaps we could develop a live action Katamari Damacy, like those folks that play Pac-Man through the streets of Manhattan.

I'm a PS2 guy and not a PC gamer, but I hear good things about the Long Night mod for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on PC.

Zombies, lots of 'em. 20 new missions. Play as different characters. New radio stations. New storylines as well. A frend has been playing this since the weekend and gives it a big thumbs up.

GTA: Long Night from Hellfish Productions.

As I've got my hands full with the newborn these days, I've left the dirty work to Migs. He has confirmed that the Action Replay codes that have been floating around do indeed work on PS2 versions of GTA: San Andreas. You enter the house of your date and make with the festivities. Gamespot also confirms.

There was a post on Joystiq about the scapegoating of Rockstar Games, when apparently, God of War has much more violence. But the furor over this is blown out of proportion. To play the "Hot Coffee" mode, you need either an Action Replay, a Game Shark, or to download mods and patches. Then you need to find the codes necessary to make this thing work. Then you can play simulated sex games. And for a child to do this, it means the parents must have been blind to every news story about GTA: San Andreas when it was first released, and not really given a fuck about what games their kid played. Heck, those parents are probably getting their kids beer and cigarettes.

In this day and age, I think it's a lot easier to find porn on this little creation called the Internet. You may have heard of it. Al Gore invented it. But Tipper wouldn't have allowed that to happen, if she knew her hubby's creation was going to be used in such a way. Maybe we can place a warning sticker on the Internet. Then maybe Wal-Mart wil sell it. I hear they got the cheapest Internets at Wal-Mart. My buddy got one the other day, and its got the porn on it and everything.

As this post collapses into nothingness, at least I feel like I've done my job, I can't have all those other posts about GTA and not comment on "Hot Coffee". Although, to be honest, I am sick to death about reading about it.

So, Net-net. Rockstar basically says they didn't inhale, but put a Rumsfeldian spin on it. The game gets pulled from shelves, gets an AO (Adults-Only) sticker. Take-Two Interactive, the publisher that owns Rockstar, tells Wall Street the numbers will be lower. I hope to read more about games and less about this garbage in the near future.

Destroy All Humans Minigame

The truth is right here.

DAH Videos - Kotaku

A score of 94 impresses me greatly, especially when it's determined from a field of 61 reviews. I expect God of War to be in heavy rotation on my pS2 in the near future.

I hear good things about Destroy All Humans as well, even though the Meta-score was nothing special. (Stuff checked in with the highest review.)

Metacritic brings warehouse club convenience to the world of reviews.

I fondly recall the days of posting about edisoncarter and his cheat codes for GTA: San Andreas. The PC version is out now so here's a link to edisoncarter's cheat codes for PC.

The PS2 community owes a great deal to edisoncarter for his research endeavors in going where no one else was going to go. At least not as quickly, in delving into the unknown netherworlds within San Andreas. He has no booth at E3. There is no Hall of Fame for him. But he looks not for thanks and praise, just for more cheat codes.

It's official. Grand Theft Auto for Sony PSP. Fall 2005. Now maybe I'll think about keeping that unopened box that wasn't going to fund my retirement on eBay.

Any PC users looking for multi-plaer mods of GTA. Try this.

I guess this post may as well include all things Rockstar, so here's the official site for Bully. No info, much like the GTA:LCS site, but bookmark these things, it will come.

Rockstar is supporting the PS3, apparently a Red Dead Revolver demo was shown at E3. No announcements of GTA for PS3 yet, there are rumours floating on the Yahoo Finance messageboards about Microsoft buying TakeTwo (Rockstar's owner/publisher), but as a lot of rumours on finance messageboards, there's a good chance they're crap. They probably heard from the same two morons at a Gamestop that told me last year that Microsoft already had XBox exclusivity for the next version of GTA. Of course, I knew they were full of shit, because I was a TakeTwo shareholder at the time. But as they possessed the oft time ugly "clerk-snob/god" attitude, there was no telling them otherwise. But now if there is any truth to the new rumours, these tow will pat themselves on the back, with the only real gain being the 4 words, "I told you so". Meanwhile I've picked up 10 points on TTWO stock. Now I'm the one with the smug little smirk.

Just found this appearance in Tony Hawk Underground 2.

Hey! edisoncarter's back with Slut Magnet. It's there. Go ahead and scroll down a bit. Just when I thought I'd never make another GTA: San Andreas post. I'm having a bitch of a time with flying, although I really haven't had the time and/or made the time for the requisite level of immersion. (For all the cheats I've posted, I like to complete my missions boy scout style. Well sort of, I mean this is GTA , if there were merit badges for carjacking, mayhem, arson, murder, and fornication, well maybe he's reach Eagle Scout status.) I'll try to earn my wings cleanly, but we'll see how long that takes.

New cheat thanks to...yup...edisoncarter. Visit his site and scroll down a bit for cheat. (He should really put the new ones at the top. But I didn't discover these GTA cheats, so I'll just shut up and wait for the next one.) You could also visit this messageboard, where "ec" posts the cheats as well.

Everybody's a ninja wielding katanas, lots of black motorcycles, and black cop cars, too.

You know and after looking at the messageboard and scrolling down his site, perhaps I was hasty in announcing "recruit anyone" came from somewhere else. So if that's the case, consider this the retraction.

Thanks for the heads-up, Migglesworth.

And raptor, if you haven't found it already, hope you enjoy this cheat.

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Tiny Pac-Man for tiny attention spans. The latest in discreet non-productivity.

For those who want to flaunt their insubordination at work, try Rocket Bob instead.

And if you can't get enough of little tiny dots after playing guimp pacman, try The Incredible Zombie Machine. If anyone asks, you're constructing real-time corporate disaster scenarios to devise an undead containment strategy in order to prevent an inopportune infestation from affecting 2nd quarter earnings. Wall Street does not like to hear about zombie problems, clean-up expenses can really sabotage your ROI. You may even get a promotion. And if you can figure out a way to isolate the zombies and have them perform repetitive tasks...Hey! Wait a minute...asdjg;lqerwt3[jqerg,asfmdgm.sfqre;wkjafsnm,g.asfasfgargjkxc,x,
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Or franklinclinton or einsteinkennedy for that matter. It was starting to become inconceivable that someone else would come up with cheats. Legislators were ready to bring Sherman-Antitrust act charges upon edisoncarter. It's a good thing adamcs came along. Now edisoncarter can continue on with his research without big government rifling through his underwear drawer.

Wow! It's like finding out the truth about Santa Claus. Or learning that Michael Jordan is human.

Anyway, the first cheat for February is "Recruit Anyone". Here's the synopsis: "Pedestrians carry guns. Recruit anyone and build up a small army!"

I'm not sure how to type the sound of drool being wiped from my face. This cheat would best be used before leaving Los Santos during the turf wars. Supposedly the turf wars open up again when you return to Los Santos, but since I've just opened up the flight school, I can't speak from experience.

I know, pretty silly. Courtesy of the Official Blue Hell Exploration Team. For those of you looking to explore the Blue Hell in GTA: Vice City. There's a reason retro gamers exist, right?

Looking for an appropriate accompanying image to my title led me to this. The Back to the Future Tour.

And the BHET also has a collection of the Monkeyman/Bigfoot pics for your enjoyment. It looks like there's no Sasquatch in GTA: San Andreas after all. But I'm there are those who still believe.