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Taking The Pixelated Flag
Ten Greatest Video Game Cars
In honor of the vehicular hoonage video games allow us to safely perpetrate, we've selected these, the ten greatest cars from the annals of video game history. They have challenged the deftness of our readers thumbs, the quickness of their eyes and the flexibility of their notions of how gravity works. Whether in a racing sim, an action title or crime-ridden universe, these ten vehicles represent generations of rubber-burning enjoyment. Hit the jump to see them all.
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3:00 PM on Thu Sep 25 2008
By Matt Hardigree
69,760 views, 154 commentsMost discussed cgarison: I would have said the Toyota Supra from the original PC version of Need for Speed. more »
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video games
Georgia Teens Firebomb Three Cars, Blame Grand Theft Auto
One of three teenagers arrested in Milton, Georgia after firebombing two Mercedes and a Honda Accord mentioned learning how to make Molotov Cocktails from the video game Grand Theft Auto. Obviously, the local police chief then went on the expected blustering, red-faced tirade on violent video games. Makes sense, because the information on how to make a Molotov cocktail can't be found anywhere else. Though we don't imagine that violent video games help, nor do we support firebombing cars, we think that blame more than likely rests primarily with the parents. Also, whatever store sold teenage boys rags, lantern fuel and glass bottles of Sprite. [WSBTV via Kotaku] -
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question of the day
What Is Your Favorite 90's Racing Game?
In honor of today's release of GT5 Prologue we've been holding on to a few video game QOTD's. Yesterday, we asked you about your favorite racing video game from the 1980's and today we're zooming ahead chronologically to the 1990's. This is a decade that saw us go from Virtua Racing, a game so advanced it required a special processor in the cartridge, to the original Gran Turismo. You had games with performance and style as varied as Lotus Turbo Challenge and the original Twisted Metal. For good or ill we also got the original Grand Theft Auto top-down games. More » -
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Real Life Grand Theft Auto - Portland, Maine Edition
We didn't actually know Portland, Maine had crime or even roads, we always just assumed it was an idyllic beach town where Bostonians drove for long weekends to eat big lobsters. Apparently it's actually Maine's largest city and the location of a seriously impressive crime spree straight out of Grand Theft Auto. Thomas Cassidy, 19, apparently went off the deep end and randomly began burgling and vandalizing and then starting cars on fire. He managed to get through ten cars in a little over two hours before police caught up to him by accident while canvasing for witnesses. More » -
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New GTA IV Trailer Hits The Web Like A Molotov Cocktail
Our video game obsessed brothers just let us know the new trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV just hit XBOX Live yesterday afternoon and figured y'all might enjoy it. So — here's the GTA IV trailer entitled ""Move up, Ladies." And oh yes, if we were, we would. [via Kotaku] -
novelties
King of the Ghetto: GTA San Andreas Fanfilm
Overeducated white dudes attempting to roll gangsta always bring to mind the implicit indictment of such behavior in Mike Judge's brilliant Office Space, but this vid's pretty funny anyway. Culled from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas clips, King of the Ghetto reminds us a bit of the days in suburbia when young boys would do things like hooking up a Colecovision to a VCR in order to critique their baseball performance. Still, lots of stuff blows up and there are a few choice lines, so it's worth checking out. Oh and by the way, while in San Francisco, we saw a grab 'n' go frankfurter stand called "What's Up, Dog?" Apparently, our mileage must be varying considerably. [Thanks to Mojito for the tip.] [Update: They changed the links. Find the new one here.] More »
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