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GTA IV Angers NYC Politicians
By: Avinash Bali   |   Apr 02, 2007
It hasn't even been a week since the GTA IV trailer rocked the internet and we now have reports of New York politicians being pretty pissed off at Rockstar for basing their ultra violent next gen crime sim in "the safest city in America" (yeah I LOLed when I heard that too).


Here's a small excerpt from the NY Daily News:

The latest version of an ultraviolent video game will unleash its murderous mayhem on the streets of New York. And outraged political leaders say the rampant brutality of the game, Grand Theft Auto IV, has little in common with reality.

"Setting Grand Theft Auto in the safest big city in America would be like setting Halo in Disneyland," said City Councilman Peter Vallone, chairman of the Council's Public Safety Committee...

..."It's despicable to glamorize violence in games like these, regardless of how far-fetched the setting may be," said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.

And you thought this game would start courting controversy only after it was released.

 
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Since when did Thompson get his clones to NY ?

SAFEST CITY IN US!!! LMAO!
Reetesh @ Apr 02, 2007
So it begins...

and what abt selling p*rn* to kids in previous incarnations??? I didint play any GTA where I had to sell p*rn*.
Praveen @ Apr 02, 2007
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