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Grand Theft Auto V

Post by Audley Strange » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:54 am

Rockstar motherfuckers bin reuppin the series wit dis new motherfucker. Shit homies, it's the motherfuckin' bomb. Blood I been lightin' up nigga's asses along with spics and the one-time motherfuckers hardcore O.G. style. All that bullshit about people gettin robbed n stabbed n shit? Just marketin bitches, HTFU. An any one of you niggas say this motherfucker affects the way us gangstas roll is gonna get got.
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Re: Grand Theft Auto V

Post by JimC » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:46 am

Absenteeism at our school hit new heights this week.

The average IQ climbed considerably.
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Post by Audley Strange » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:11 am

JimC wrote:Absenteeism at our school hit new heights this week.

The average IQ climbed considerably.
Seriously? Or are you just having a laugh?
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Post by Audley Strange » Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:04 pm

Also it's scathingly funny...
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Post by Trinity » Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:04 pm

Wish I had a PS3 *sigh*

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Re: Grand Theft Auto V

Post by JimC » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:50 pm

Audley Strange wrote:
JimC wrote:Absenteeism at our school hit new heights this week.

The average IQ climbed considerably.
Seriously? Or are you just having a laugh?
A bit of both, I suppose...
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Post by Seabass » Fri Sep 20, 2013 8:55 pm

JimC wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:
JimC wrote:Absenteeism at our school hit new heights this week.

The average IQ climbed considerably.
Seriously? Or are you just having a laugh?
A bit of both, I suppose...
Did the release of this game actually have a substantial and noticeable affect on student attendance? If so, that's kinda funny.
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Re: Grand Theft Auto V

Post by JimC » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:02 pm

Seabass wrote:
JimC wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:
JimC wrote:Absenteeism at our school hit new heights this week.

The average IQ climbed considerably.
Seriously? Or are you just having a laugh?
A bit of both, I suppose...
Did the release of this game actually have a substantial and noticeable affect on student attendance? If so, that's kinda funny.
Well, that's what some of the teachers were saying, partly based on them hearing kids say things like "Johnnny wasn't here yesterday, he was too busy gaming"

So, not sure for certain, but could well be...
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Post by Audley Strange » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:13 pm

See if you can find out and if any of them were under 18 get the social services involved, if Abbot hasn't yet disbanded it in favour of nuns.
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Re: Grand Theft Auto V

Post by JimC » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:20 pm

Audley Strange wrote:See if you can find out and if any of them were under 18 get the social services involved, if Abbot hasn't yet disbanded it in favour of nuns.
:hehe:

Often, their idiot parents write 'em a sick note... :roll:
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Post by Audley Strange » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:25 pm

Well considering Aus' moral panic when it comes to games, I think it might be interesting to see if it is parental negligence causing it. I really like pointing out that shit parents are mostly always the cause of youth based social problems, not the games.
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Re: Grand Theft Auto V

Post by Animavore » Sat Sep 21, 2013 7:35 am

I love this game. My housemate has a chipped Playstation so had it 3 days before release. I'm not usually fond of piracy but I think a reasonable case can be made that as far as GTA is concerned it's actually moral to steal it. Gonna have to buy it next week anyway so I can play the multiplayer online when it opens.

I'm quite far into the game. I've committed a lot of crime and own a lot of stuff. Including a fighter jet I brazenly robbed from the army.
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Re: Grand Theft Auto V

Post by Ian » Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:11 pm

I'd like to play it, but I don't own an XBox or PS3. I have GTA IV for my PC, but that game just isn't meant to run on a desktop. Mine should be more than powerful enough for it to run, but it still goes slow at times. And I don't want to buy an XBox or PS3 just for this game, especially since they'll be obsolete before long. Maybe I'll get a PS4 at some point.

Just thinking out loud. I really loved GTA: San Andreas for the PS2.

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Re: Grand Theft Auto V

Post by Audley Strange » Sat Sep 21, 2013 6:39 pm

Yeah probably best you don't Ian, your bosses would probably consider you a security risk. :{D
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Re: Grand Theft Auto V

Post by Animavore » Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:46 am

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During GQ.com’s recent chat with the stars of Grand Theft Auto V, they all agreed on one thing: they’re actors and not “just voice actors.” For better or worse, Shawn “Solo” Fonteno, Ned Luke, and Steven Ogg are Franklin, Michael, and Trevor, the characters they play in this smash-hit installment. They didn’t just spend time sitting in a recording booth talking into a microphone. Rather, over a three-year period they became their characters, lived and breathed in their skin, and through extensive motion capture, real-life interaction, and lengthy voice acting sessions in that very booth, Fonteno, Luke, and Ogg crafted performances that bring little bits of data to stunningly realistic video game life.
http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2013/0 ... revor.html
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