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My name is Sean McLoughlin and I've been sent from the futurepast to march with my fellow robots to victory. For Niero!

My favorite games can be numerous (as I'm sure is true of most here at Dtoid), but my all time favorites are Final Fantasy VI, Diablo II, Bioshock, Braid, Demon's Souls and Metal Gear Solid. I never rent games and I rarely trade in or sell the games I buy so I have a pretty massive game collection. For the sake of space I'll just list the consoles and portables that I own: NES, SNES, Genesis, Game Gear, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Advance, Playstation, N64, Playstation 2 (one original which is broken and a Slim), Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox, Neo Geo Pocket, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi, PSP 2000, Xbox 360 (red-ringed once), a fully backwards compatible Playstation 3 and a Wii.

I'm a video game designer and an RPI graduate with a degree in Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences. When I'm not working with my development group Darkroom Games or gaming you can probably find me reading a science fiction/fantasy novel or something on Cracked.com. My favorite authors are George RR Martin, Terry Brooks, Garth Nix and Terry Goodkind. I'm also a big fan of movies, my favorites right now are The Departed, Smoking Aces and Crank, although my all time favorite movie/director is Reservoir Dogs/Tarantino. I don't watch much TV and if I do its usually Discovery channel or Science Channel. I love Professional Wrestling, Y2J SAVE US! My favorite band is obviously The Grateful Dead although my musical tastes are quite varied. I listen to everything from T.I. to Metallica to Toby Keith. Also, MC Chris FTMFW!

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Things You Should Know About Forbes' GTA Article DaedHead8 | 6:43 PM on 05.03.2008 5 comments

I’m not at all familiar with Forbes magazine or their writer Mary Jane Irwin. In fact I’d say I’m about as familiar with them as they are with video games. Har Har Har. Anyways, she wrote an article about GTA 4 recently that I have a couple of things to say about. Scott Steinberg, vice president of product marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, predicts we're about to see the "GTA Effect"--box office sales, television ratings, Internet traffic will all dip as everyone "hunkers down" to play through "Grand Theft Auto IV" on game consoles. Of course, he gets paid to say things like that. Just because he is paid to say it doesn’t make it untrue. It’s not just the phenomenal games that are keeping gamers out of theatres though, it is also ticket prices. If I wait 3-4 months I can pay 6 dollars and my girlfriend and I can watch Iron Man on PPV from the comfort of our living room. Compare that to 11 dollars per ticket at the box office and you’ll see why I almost never go to theatres. …those sneaky kids at Rockstar hid a really nasty Easter egg inside "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." Only the most die-hard fans who were willing to hack or patch their game could find it. You acknowledgment that you had to hack and patch your PC copy of San Andreas to find Hot Coffee means it is in fact, not an Easter Egg. Next! Like what Hillary Clinton doesn't? In that case, "GTA IV" will be right up your alley. If you grow tired of running around town executing fellow crooks, you can spend some much needed R&R bashing cars into pedestrians. "Grand Theft Auto IV" is all about doing whatever you want, whenever you want. Some commentators call the game a satire of American culture. Others, who have asked it be removed from retailers, just call it wacko. Well, bashing into peds with my car gets old kinda quick, as does using them for target practice. If I ever find myself bored in the game, I usually turn it off. Really though, Mary Jane (if that is your real name) you should recognize that you can also go bowling, play darts, race cars, play an arcade game, do crazy stunts with sports cars and motorcycles and play pool, among other things. GTA has a whole world of non violent activities for the player, it’s just a shame so many journalists only want to focus on the hooker killing, which is something the game never forces you to do. Do these guys just hate women? Why would any girl want to play this game? My girlfriend loves this game just as much as I do. And I very much doubt that Rockstar hates women. Do you think Arnold Schwarzenegger will buy a copy? Why would he need to? He's already had his chance to do this stuff, at least in the movies. wtf ...if your teen hasn't mail-ordered a chain gun after watching Rambo 50 times, he can probably handle a little “Grand Theft Auto” My jaw nearly hit the floor when I read this. Thank god for you Mary Jane and for once, I’m saying that about a person. At least you understand that for all its violence and depravity, GTA is no worse than an R rated movie. Attached photos: