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"Tommy Vercetti (Voiced by )"
"Sonny Forelli (Voiced by )"
"Ken Rosenberg (voiced by )"
"Colonel Juan Garcia Cortez (voiced by )"
"GTA III was a showcase for the powerhouse PS2. Earlier games in the series were fun, prankishly rude ditties; you played a criminal, and observed the gridlike world from an omniscient, top-down perspective. GTA III created an entire three-dimensional world, setting you at ground level in a city that could be freely explored. It wasn’t the first game to combine different genres into one, but the component parts of GTA III‘s gameplay were well integrated: it was a driving game, a third-person shooter, an RPG-inflected adventure, a crime thriller. The Casual Gamer — a primordial notion, five years pre-Wii — probably thought that GTA III was less a single videogame than an entire entertainment system unto itself. GTA III kickstarted whole host of changes in the videogame industry. Along with Halo: Combat Evolved, released in November 2001 as an Xbox launch title, it’s a central to the paradigm shift in the early ’00s that transformed videogames either into “a legitimately cool and important cultural force” or “that annoyingly fashionable Hot New Thing that meant Lindsay Lohan attended the launch party of Saints Row The Third” — depending on your perspective. (I’ll never forget watching The O.C. and noticing that Seth Cohen had a Rockstar Games poster up in his bedroom.)"
"Most of the delay in releasing the game, which was only a couple of weeks, was a product of the fact that our office in New York was pretty close to Ground Zero and so any work that had to be done there was made impossible for a period," Houser added. "The mood in the office... It was very upsetting, very unnerving and overwhelming. It was the same for us as it was for anybody. But we also felt we'd come this close to making this great game and that despite these problems, just as despite the problems of Take Two, it was our duty to finish it."
"According to what we have termed an identity simulation account, these effects are a consequence of identification with deviant video game characters (e.g., Fischer, Kastenmüller, & Greitemeyer, 2010; Konijn et al., 2007) and self-perception of correspondent deviant personality characteristics and attitudes (e.g., Uhlmann & Swanson, 2004; Fischer et al., 2009; Hull et al., 2012). Although we do not have measures of the extent to which participants identify with game characters in the current research, we can distinguish protagonists in the games they report playing in terms of their motives and values. Specifically, in Grand Theft Auto III, the primary character is an underworld thug working his way up the criminal hierarchy, whereas in Spiderman II the primary character is a superhero using his powers to fight villains. Although these games are similar insofar as both lend themselves to unlimited aggressive behavior, in support of the proposition that the character and motives of the protagonist matters, 13 of 15 specific comparisons between these two games were statistically significant: Play of GTA III was associated with greater behavioral deviance than play of Spiderman II. These differences even extend to our primary measure of aggression."
"Before “Grand Theft Auto,” there wasn’t a lot of freedom in games. You might be able to choose the order of missions, but if you wanted to just explore the world, it wasn’t possible. “GTA” encouraged that and gives you lots of ways to do so. You can fly planes, drive tanks or ride jetpacks. You can steal an ambulance and respond to emergency calls. Carjack a taxi? Pick up fares to earn extra money. Rockstar dubbed its game a sandbox for players - a term that has stuck as other developers have copied the formula."
"Q: Okay, let’s get theoretical here. You’ve had the ’80s-era game, the ’90s-era game. Say you want to do a Grand Theft Auto that is set in 2001, when Grand Theft Auto III came out. How would the new game be different from GTA III? What kinds of stuff would you want to incorporate into it? What’s your vision of the early 2000s?"
"Attention concerned parents: Today’s episode features Grandad demonstrating responsible parenting, playing the controversial video game “Grand Theft Auto 3” to answer any questions he may have and to reinforce the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behavior. We suggest all those with young children take note. Thank you."
"Just because I think everybody hates me, doesn't mean they don't."
"I would rather eat the contents of my toilet bowl, after a fat man with hemorrhoids who ate curry, than eat the shit most Americans serve."
"At last, someone who isn't the missing link."
"Drop your pants and prepare to cry. I'm gonna give you a shotgun suppository."
"Why would I hire a dog, then bark myself?"
"ME BOSS, You Not ( when you are recruiting a gang member)"
"What does the American dream mean today? For Niko Bellic fresh off the boat from Europe, it is the hope he can escape his past. For his cousin, Roman, it is the vision that together they can find fortune in Liberty City, gateway to the land of opportunity. As they slip into debt and get dragged into a criminal underworld by a series of shysters, thieves and sociopaths, they discover that the reality is very different from the dream in a city that worships money and status, and is heaven for those who have them and a living nightmare for those who don't."
"You're gonna earn your keep girl! And you're gonna like it!"
"Me? Gimme a break, I'm your best buddy."
"Señor, I assure you they didn't feel a thing. Unfortunately, the same will not be said of you."
"Make sure Mary-Jo takes care of my baby..."
"¡Vete a la mierda!"
"You first."
"I think we have a deal, my friend."
"Make me, you prick!"
"I'll pay you double, Tommy! Double!"
"You American idiot! They followed you here!"
"Oh my god! Somebody help me!"
"You're on my turf, asshole! You're going down!"
"I trusted you, Tommy. I woulda had you made..."
"Hey guys! Get in! I got you covered!"
"I said I had enough of that at school!"
"You still don't get it do you! I OWN you, Tommy. Those fifteen years were mine to spend! Get him boys, he never understood a thing!"
"He's broken my heart! Get him, boys!"
"Chinga tu madre, pendejo!"
"Holy FUUUUUUUUUUCK!"
"Fuck you, Americansky! I'm gone! Doing business in America is dangerous!"
"Tenpenny set me up!"
"You wreckin' my ride!"
"I'm a motherfuckin' genius!"
"We're hit! We're going down! Brace for impact!"
"Enough! We settle this here!"
"It's fucking him! It's him! Oh, my God! Oh, God...it's him! Argh! My heart! My heart..."
"Yeah... can I fuck your sister?"
"I had no choice... I had to do it... I just see the opportunity. When I'm gone, everyone gonna remember my name... Big Smoke!"
"Come on, assholes. I'll take you all! You're mine! Mine! I run this town! Hey, over here! Hey! Officer down! Come on! HEY! (pauses) Assholes! You never understood what I did! Fifty of me, and this town would be okay! I took the trash out! I DID! And I'd do it all again..."
"Can't we be civilized about this, Toni?"
"Come on, tough guy!"
"Hey, someone dropped a dollar!"
"Hey, are we there? Where's Salvatore? Toni, the first drink's on me..."
"You son of a bitch! Why can't you just die already? You should have never come back, Toni. I worked my fingers to the bone for Salvatore, and you just come wandering back to town and he's all 'Toni this', and 'Toni that'! This is my town, Toni! MY TOWN! You ain't taking it away from me! I'm gonna enjoy this!"
"Hey Toni! Why don't you swim over here and kiss my ass?"
"My men dishonor me, but it is fitting that I kill you myself. You two! Leave us! I am going to enjoy thrusting my sword into you!"
"I don't think I'm ready for a beach holiday, Mister Toni. I've lost everything, and I have done so deliberately. I've been granted everything I asked for. Now, I just ask to be truly free. Goodbye, Toni-san."
"Here they are. Take them. I didn't get them processed yet."
"Salvatore, Sicily never wanted questo schifo di citta. But when tribute dried up, what could we do? It was nothing personal."
"Carl, hi! I, er, I need more time to get your money, but if you just step into my office..."
"Salvatore is becoming dangerous and paranoid. He suspects everybody and everything!"
"Please, amigo! Don't leave me with her, man, she's... she's psycho chica, man, please! Hey, hey amigo! AMIGO!"
"Now try the chilli oil."
"Get this thing airborne!!"
"I broke a nail and my hair is ruined! I mean, can you believe it!? This one cost me fifty dollars—"
"Shit, there he is! Keep on fatboy here, and I'll talk to him! Our problem's with your cousin!"
"I will beat you like I beat your cousin!"
"You broke my arm already, man!"
"Please! Vlad told you to kill me, right? I wasn't stealing nothing from your cousin's place! Vlad told me to go there! Let me go and I'll lay low! No one's going to know that I'm alive! Not even my mother! I'll stay out of Hove Beach! I'll be a ghost, I promise! Please!"
"Hove Beach is a small place. My friends will find you."
"He is...his cousin."
"Hey, let's mess this commie asshole up! He fucked with me, he fucked with all the Lost!"
"BETRAYED! Betrayed by Dimitri and by you! TOO KIND! That's what I was, too kind! I led the snakes into the nest, and they destroyed EVERYTHING! I gave them everything, and they took everything from me! Now they've sent YOU to take the only thing I have left! You have cut the corners! There's nowhere for me to go!"
"Brucie? I thought he was fuckin' joking! Shit!"
"I wouldn't fuck a scummy immigrant like you, anyway!"
"LCPD! Freeze, motherfucker! I said freeze!"
"Rolling! Rolling!"
"Yo Niko, what are you doing here?"
"Shit, they're on my desk! I never hurt anyone!"
"Yo, it's that rat cop McReary. Ain't it? He don't like a younger brother with ambition. Tell you what, I'll reform. I'll get out of the game. Get a GED or some shit. Make something of my life. McReary is going to think I'm dead. Word. Come on, boss. Don't kill me, boss. I'm too young to die. Please. Please!"
"I may be a dick, but you's a bitch!"
"Peace out, cousins!"
"Don't kill me! I know I fucked Dwayne over real bad but he wouldn't want me dead. He too much of a gentleman for that. He ain't like that Playboy X punk, he's only chasing paper. You do right by Dwayne, he gonna stick to you for life. I didn't mean it. Girl get lonely when her man's inside for a long time. I thought Playboy was gonna look out for me but he didn't answer my calls. Punk didn't wanna know me. I did what I did to survive. Please. I don't wanna die. Come on! Dwayne wouldn't ever hurt no one he loved, even if they screwed him like I did. Please. I'm only human! Come on!"
"Mira, I'm trying to count back here! There ain't no refunds on lap dances! I got a piece back here! It ain't worth it!"
"I won't have no bitches calling me bitch, bitch!"
"Fuck you, man! You a fucking snake like the rest of them!"
"People respected me! I made a difference!"
"Argh. I was someone, you know. I made it. I changed the game."
"I took shit to the next level, cats like you just can't accept that."
"I was an example to all the kids, man. You can't take that away from me."
"You cold, man, you cold. Taking a cat down in his prime. I was an innovator."
"Please don't kill me! I did not mean what I was saying. They were just ideas. It was not meant to be taken literally. I meant no harm to this great country, nor to Russia if that is who sent you. Please!"
"I should never have thought I could beat you people! At least I am not being sent back to the homeland. I do not wish to think what they would do to me. Be staying away from me! This democracy you people speak of is all illusion! This country is not free, your constitution is all lies! The government is all powerful, there is no beating you!"
"None of you's is gonna get a medal for playing hero! All you's gonna get is a bullet to the heart!"
"Motherfucker!"
"Oh, I just did...a little jogger down by the water. But you know what, handsome? I've got a hunger tonight that can't be sated. Come here!"
"Goddamn you! You're just like all the rest!"
"Hey, big Tone. Did you kick some ass or what?"
"The Albanians know they got us over a barrel, Sal. At least it's better than dealing with those fucking drunken Irish bastards, though. Forget about it."
"Fucking sneaky scumbag! Tony Black didn't do nothing to nobody who didn't deserve it! What the fuck? We're going to the mattresses for sure!"
"Hey buddy! We're gonna need you to move this thing!"
"Why? Why? Why, in God's name, why? Shit, I thought I was out. I thought I was liberated. He's a rat, Derrick Mcreary. Always has been, always will be. Derrick fucking set me up in the first place. Fucking Derrick Mc-fucking-Reary! I don't want to die, I've been rotting in prison for years! I don't want to die. Please, I just want to be free!"
"Those putos too old! They finished, fool! This city don't belong to them no more. I wouldn't pay them shit! Fuck off, maricon!"
"Ray ain't gonna give you shit for helping him out, Nicky! You gotta make a play for yourself! Jesus! You can have Tuna and Johnny's cut! Come on! We'll split the ice! You'll be a rich man, Nicky! You and me can go to Venturas, no one's ever gonna find us!"
"Isaac, these are great!"
"You ain't never gonna outride the Lost biker gang!"
"This was Isaac's deal! he should pay for the screw up! Not I. Show mercy. Is that not what your life has taught you? Let me leave here alive. Don't you kill me, you bastard. Don't you dare. You shmuck, you harbinger of death, don't you kill me. I told Isaac not to trouble you crazy scumbags. He wouldn't listen. Always the same. Kill the others, spare me! Let an old man live out his last years. Isaac's life is enough. Take that and the debt should be paid. You don't need me, too. I have seen your face! I know what it is to look evil in the eye. Let me live!"
"You piece of shit! First you kill Mori and now me. This was all Mori's doing, he wanted those diamonds so bad! Veh is mir! Those diamonds were fucking beautiful! I'm screwed. We should never have done business with you scum. This is a matter of principle, I will not be done over by a bunch of nebishes! How do you murdering scum sleep at night? I wasn't going to let you take the diamonds and the money and get away with it!"
"This heroin is cursed! You don't fucking want it!"
"Everyone on the Commission is gonna want Jimmy P. clipped after this!"
"Tell Peg I'm sorry..."
"Weren't you the one who helped me get into this country?"
"Thank you."
"Alright! Yes! Thank you! Thank you all for coming! Yes! Okay!"
"A gift from Dimitri Rascalov."
"Hey, Dimitri, what's the problem? You and me is partners now! We're back on top!"
"Fuck you, you dick..."
"Think about Pegorino, he's got nothing without this deal. Niko, it's not too late, we can work this out! Go easy on me. We were friends, remember? Hey, come on, we got history. You're fucking a lot of people over by killing me. Don't do it! It was a long time ago that I pissed you off. Forget about it. I didn't mean nothing. Please. It was never my idea to set you up. You don't need to do this."
"I'm gonna check around back."
"Hold on a second. I think someone's trying to dock with me. Hello-?"
"I didn't mean nothing by it, man. I just...(Trevor: I know. I know, cowboy.) I messed up."
"This better be bullshit!"
"Well, it's your call..."
"You're all so literal. Okay, scrap that. Let's pick it up. According to my insider sources, Poppy has been spotted here, at The Generic Hotel. The question is: why? Is she really attending a charity fundraiser for starving children, or is she getting tag-teamed by the cast of Medicate Me? There's only one man you can trust for the answers, and that's why I'm risking life and liberty to bring you the truth!"
"I... could give a fuck what your fucking name is! I'm not afraid to use this. I'm not. Bob taught me."
"Out of my way!"
"Move! A mad man's coming!"
"Saying something don't make it true!"
"[Steve Haines: Who the fuck are you with?] With me!"
"Michael! Ah, fuck! I thought I was with the one Judas! I'm surronded by them! You fake motherfuckers! You wanna piece of me? Fuckin' come get me! You wanna kill me? Take a fucking shot!"
"You don't understand nothing! I'm all you got! You made the wrong call."
"Where's that girl, man? Where's that hot little girl with the clipboard? I just saw her down there somewhere. What? Hold on...I don't care that she's an intern! Now just get this thing going, alright? I wanna get out of here! Boom! Vinewood!"
"Enough talk! I will take care of this private business in a private place."
"Uh-huh. Yeah, boom!"
"Wait, wait, hear me out!"
"You two motherfuckers terrify me of that middle age."
"GTA is an action-adventure video game situated in a fictional highly violent game world in which players are rewarded for their use of violence as a means to advance in the game. The single-player story follows three criminals and their efforts to commit heists while under pressure from a government agency. The gameplay focuses on an open world (sandbox game) where the player can choose between different behaviours. The game also allows the player to engage in various side activities, such as action-adventure, driving, third-person shooting, occasional role-playing, stealth and racing elements. The open world design lets players freely roam around the fictional world so that gamers could in principle decide not to commit violent acts."
"Within the scope of the present study we tested the potential effects of playing the violent video game GTA V for 2 months against an active control group that played the non-violent, rather pro-social life simulation game Sims 3 and a passive control group. Participants were tested before and after the long-term intervention and at a follow-up appointment 2 months later. Although we used a comprehensive test battery consisting of questionnaires and computerised behavioural tests assessing aggression, impulsivity-related constructs, mood, anxiety, empathy, interpersonal competencies and executive control functions, we did not find relevant negative effects in response to violent video game playing. In fact, only three tests of the 208 statistical tests performed showed a significant interaction pattern that would be in line with this hypothesis. Since at least ten significant effects would be expected purely by chance, we conclude that there were no detrimental effects of violent video gameplay. This finding stands in contrast to some experimental studies, in which short-term effects of violent video game exposure have been investigated and where increases in aggressive thoughts and affect as well as decreases in helping behaviour have been observed. However, these effects of violent video gaming on aggressiveness—if present at all (see above)—seem to be rather short-lived, potentially lasting <15 min. In addition, these short-term effects of video gaming are far from consistent as multiple studies fail to demonstrate or replicate them."
"The only way we're gonna get through this is by sticking together. Being a team. Trust?"