I have been awarded a dubious title among my friends. This title is well deserved and hilarious, but not entirely true. This title is "King of Stupid Death in GTA", earned for dying in the most amusing and painful ways imagined. There have been a lot of 150km/h forehead skids, Ferarri nosegrind to great balls of fire, rotorless helicopter flight at 200 feet, etc etc. Its probably the most fun I've ever had dying in a videogame ever.

Hilights from last night's session:

Using a firetruck to mow down pedestrians and summarily causing it to explode after a little while.

Picking off a dude on a motorbike at 50 paces with the pistol, stealing his bike and running him over.

Shotgunning multiple cops, and setting them on fire with a Molotov cocktail. This itself is not inherently awesome, but it was kinda odd because my roommate was cooking ground beef at the time which made for a very strange ambiance.

75 foot flight after crashing a motorbike into a car, and being impaled on a pointy fence.

After playing this for the first time, i feel like i did the first time i plugged into Halo 3 Multiplayer, without all of the suck that came directly after the first match. The other modes may not be superawesome, but Free Mode (henceforth dubbed "Fuckaround Mode") is a great way to have a blast with some buddies. And die hilariously.