Comments on: NYC vs. Grand Theft Auto IV's Liberty City http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 22:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bazilisk http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186118 Bazilisk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186118 Oh my god, I can shoot people in front of the building I have eaten and shopped in many times? I wonder if I can go across the street and shoot up the office building my dad works in...LOL Oh my god, I can shoot people in front of the building I have eaten and shopped in many times? I wonder if I can go across the street and shoot up the office building my dad works in…LOL

]]> By: soupisfood http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186376 soupisfood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186376 GTA4 owns reality. GTA4 owns reality.

]]> By: Piet Stoaling http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186659 Piet Stoaling Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186659 It's pretty damn good. I wonder if the guy who took them knew what real life buildings they games ones were based on and deliberatly went out to take the pics, or if he just started noticing them and looked for similarities... It’s pretty damn good. I wonder if the guy who took them knew what real life buildings they games ones were based on and deliberatly went out to take the pics, or if he just started noticing them and looked for similarities…

]]> By: Landowner http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186172 Landowner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186172 The in game shots actually look better than the real photos. I need to get this game. The in game shots actually look better than the real photos. I need to get this game.

]]> By: davingreenwell http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-201541 davingreenwell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-201541 Surprised I have to ask this, but do you have a link to the original person's flickr page who figured this out? Surprised I have to ask this, but do you have a link to the original person’s flickr page who figured this out?

]]> By: arkizzle http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186185 arkizzle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186185 This is just weird! I played GTA4 for the first time about an hour ago, and was thinking exactly this: "I wish someone would do a shot for shot comparison of the landmarks.." * wish granted * Yay! <i>Thanks BB</i> This is just weird!

I played GTA4 for the first time about an hour ago, and was thinking exactly this: “I wish someone would do a shot for shot comparison of the landmarks..”

* wish granted *

Yay!

Thanks BB

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186503 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186503 B-B-B-But, but, but, those views are OWNED by the owners of those private buildings! Intellectual property lawyers and artists are all sitting down and crying right now! How dare you make them cry! (B&*++ <-- this is the sarcasm marker for those not having the sarcasm gene) B-B-B-But, but, but, those views are OWNED by the owners of those private buildings! Intellectual property lawyers and artists are all sitting down and crying right now! How dare you make them cry! (B&*++ <– this is the sarcasm marker for those not having the sarcasm gene)

]]> By: Robert http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186510 Robert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186510 Oops, my ASCII art arrow got mistaken for HTML. I meant to say the B&*++ was the sarcasm marker for those born without the sarcasm detection gene. Oops, my ASCII art arrow got mistaken for HTML. I meant to say the B&*++ was the sarcasm marker for those born without the sarcasm detection gene.

]]> By: Clay http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186261 Clay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186261 One of the later comparisons in the series is a terrific example of Rockstar's "geographic sketch" of the city -- there's a row of adjacent high-rises in NYC that is reinterpreted with lookalikes of just the most recognizable ones. In <i>San Andreas</i>, I remember one of the strangest experiences I had was recognizing Rockstar's version of a particular park in Los Angeles that I'd never so much as seen a photo of before -- I recognized it because I'd tricked all over a skate-ified version of it in one of the Tony Hawk games! One of the later comparisons in the series is a terrific example of Rockstar’s “geographic sketch” of the city — there’s a row of adjacent high-rises in NYC that is reinterpreted with lookalikes of just the most recognizable ones.

In San Andreas, I remember one of the strangest experiences I had was recognizing Rockstar’s version of a particular park in Los Angeles that I’d never so much as seen a photo of before — I recognized it because I’d tricked all over a skate-ified version of it in one of the Tony Hawk games!

]]> By: Jon Adair http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-187816 Jon Adair Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-187816 So do you go right to six stars if you shoot photos of the buildings? So do you go right to six stars if you shoot photos of the buildings?

]]> By: cda http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186537 cda Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186537 Is Lady Liberty holding a can of beer?! Is Lady Liberty holding a can of beer?!

]]> By: Enochrewt http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186823 Enochrewt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186823 #11: I've flown around her in a helicopter, and it appears that it's a cup of coffee, the lid is just the right shape for a Starbucks lid. That's my take on it anyway. It most definitely not a torch. #11: I’ve flown around her in a helicopter, and it appears that it’s a cup of coffee, the lid is just the right shape for a Starbucks lid. That’s my take on it anyway. It most definitely not a torch.

]]> By: MiceHead http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186071 MiceHead Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186071 Yanno, in the top two pics, I wasn't able to tell which building was the photo, and which was the render. Yanno, in the top two pics, I wasn’t able to tell which building was the photo, and which was the render.

]]> By: Joel Johnson http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186082 Joel Johnson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186082 Top one is the Hearst building. I've eaten lunch there! Rockstar really did just nail the atmosphere of this game. What a great job. Top one is the Hearst building. I’ve eaten lunch there!

Rockstar really did just nail the atmosphere of this game. What a great job.

]]> By: Comstock http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186864 Comstock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186864 GTA IV definitely has a surprising number of true-to-life details. The above pics and those at flickr are very Manhattan centric, but I've even found landmarks from my little Queens neighborhood in the game. GTA IV definitely has a surprising number of true-to-life details. The above pics and those at flickr are very Manhattan centric, but I’ve even found landmarks from my little Queens neighborhood in the game.

]]> By: Santa's Knee http://boingboing.net/2008/05/13/nyc-vs-grand-theft-a.html#comment-186099 Santa's Knee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186099 St. John the Divine, right? St. John the Divine, right?

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