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Grand Theft Auto Released For Free

Snover writes "It's already incredibly difficult to actually get to the site due to its extreme popularity, and can only get worse after the inevitable slashdotting, but Rockstar Games has updated their original hit, Grand Theft Auto, to run on 'modern' computers and released it for free to the public. It'd be nice if more gaming companies did this! Unfortunately, it (of course) is Windows-only and utilises the propietary DirectX API, but hey, free game for anyone that's paid the Microsoft tax! (The download speed, once you actually manage to connect to the site, is quite excellent -- it's maxing out my 2Mbps connection.)" Ah, what a classic game.

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  1. GTA free - thats great but... by AtomicX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can anyone afford the OS to run it on?

  2. Don't you know you'll rot in hell? by numbski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Free software is evil.

    Cop killing video games are evil! You have to repent to the lord Gates and be forgiven of your sins, washed away by the blood of the lame (Jobs). :P

    Actually, never played the game myself. I remember ALL of the churches and law enforcement agencies in my area pitched a raving hissy fit though.

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  3. In the News Today! by nounderscores · · Score: 5, Funny

    An unknown suspect, or suspects, rammed the Rockstar Games server, waited for the admin to get out and then reversed over them several times.

    police suspect slashdotting...

  4. Re:Put it on Kazaa! by fredrikj · · Score: 4, Funny

    No. It's not fun anymore when it's legal.

  5. "Concidering" by Trurl's+Machine · · Score: 5, Funny

    But then concidering wine(x) is crap, most probably not.

    I'm not a native speaker, so I am always happy to learn new idioms. Does "concidering" mean "drink some cider together"? Please concider this with me!

  6. Re:Society loves violence by Francis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then how come the most popular games in the world are "The Sims" and "Myst"?

    *cough* *cough* counter-strike *cough* *cough*

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  7. Re:already been done... by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do they call it 'freeloader' when it requires a subscription?

  8. Bastards!! by Gorimek · · Score: 4, Funny

    I will boycott his until they release a Mac version!

    That'll show'em...