I miss those days
I think the main reason I haven't gotten into Grand Theft Auto IV the way I have with past GTA games is because I'm only able to play while I'm at Adrian's place. I mean, I like sinking into his leather couch and playing on a massive flatscreen from a wireless controller, but much like a struggling relationship, I've had difficulty developing a connection with the game.
Back in the day, I'd play Vice City, and later San Andreas, for literally hours on end. I'd get up and first thing in the morning I'd turn on my playstation. I'd look out my window and see kids with their backpacks headed to school outside my window. Hours later, I'd look over and see those same kids coming home and walking in the opposite direction.
I started playing Vice City during one of the darkest times of my life, around late '02, early '03. I'd just lost my job, I wasn't in school, and my heart had recently been shattered into a million pieces. So it was a prime time to immerse myself in this sort of virtual reality. But then I became hooked onto Vice City's 80's era theme. I really got into the radio station soundtrack, and discovered songs that reminded me of growing up in L.A. I fell in love with the vivid colors and graphics that made up the game's imitation Miami, and I suddenly had a penchant for pastel architecture and dreamt of bumming around the Art Deco district of Miami Beach.
Then on Christmas of '04, I got GTA San Andreas. Nothing said Saturday night like setting myself up with a bag of microwave kettle corn and a 2 liter of vanilla coke and blastin' foo's to Cyprus Hill's 'Kill a man,' or driving people off of the edge of the Santa Monica pier where I used to ride the Merry go Round in real life as a kid.
So now that I'm moving into my new apartment, I can't wait to set myself up with my own XBox 360 and a copy of GTA IV. I'm excited because apparently the price of the XBOX is set to drop just in time for my birthday this spring. I can't wait to open the blinds, dig my hands into some salty snacks *or healthy fruit* and watch the sun move across the sky while I beat up hookers and practice headshots with my sawed off shotgun..
Back in the day, I'd play Vice City, and later San Andreas, for literally hours on end. I'd get up and first thing in the morning I'd turn on my playstation. I'd look out my window and see kids with their backpacks headed to school outside my window. Hours later, I'd look over and see those same kids coming home and walking in the opposite direction.
I started playing Vice City during one of the darkest times of my life, around late '02, early '03. I'd just lost my job, I wasn't in school, and my heart had recently been shattered into a million pieces. So it was a prime time to immerse myself in this sort of virtual reality. But then I became hooked onto Vice City's 80's era theme. I really got into the radio station soundtrack, and discovered songs that reminded me of growing up in L.A. I fell in love with the vivid colors and graphics that made up the game's imitation Miami, and I suddenly had a penchant for pastel architecture and dreamt of bumming around the Art Deco district of Miami Beach.
Then on Christmas of '04, I got GTA San Andreas. Nothing said Saturday night like setting myself up with a bag of microwave kettle corn and a 2 liter of vanilla coke and blastin' foo's to Cyprus Hill's 'Kill a man,' or driving people off of the edge of the Santa Monica pier where I used to ride the Merry go Round in real life as a kid.
So now that I'm moving into my new apartment, I can't wait to set myself up with my own XBox 360 and a copy of GTA IV. I'm excited because apparently the price of the XBOX is set to drop just in time for my birthday this spring. I can't wait to open the blinds, dig my hands into some salty snacks *or healthy fruit* and watch the sun move across the sky while I beat up hookers and practice headshots with my sawed off shotgun..