If you haven’t read Critical Hit: Why Don’t We Reuse Game Worlds? by Richard Cobbett then you really should. To summarise, though: game worlds shouldn’t be discarded after a single use. While it might be impossible to do because of the financials and licensing and what-have-yous, it would be great if people could take Liberty City, or Empire Bay, or Panau – and use them to create new things a bit like Liberty City Stories, but more drastic. Examples used are zombie overhauls, or superhero overhauls. I would like those things. Anyway, rather than barrage poor Richard with an endless…
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Liberty Shitty
November 24, 2010 – 11:00 am
As I stare at the montage of characters I’ve come to loath, I find myself wondering, has it really only been 639 days since I installed Grand Theft Auto IV on my PC? Why, it seems barely a year last February since I landed at the docks of Liberty City in my MC Hammer jogging pants, knock off Caterpillar boots, and shades of brown reminiscent of an out of date chocolate bar left on a windowsill in winter zip-up jacket. I think I’m no longer in love with the Grand Theft Auto series. We’ve been having issues for a while….