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Editorial: Great Timing for Gay Tony, But Does the Mainstream Care?

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Sinan Kubba of TheGameReviews considers the release of The Ballad of Gay Tony in relation to recent controversy in the UK surrounding homosexuality, and whether or not the game's stance on homosexuality will have any bearing or not on how the mainstream press covers it.
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shoinan - contributor
Published: 49 days 2 hours ago | Article | Xbox 360
 
 

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midi - 49 days 3 hours ago
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I was one of the fools who bought GTA4 for PS3. So glad I will be able to play the two DLC packs via the standalone 360 disc.

Anyway, IW may want to have a read of this article after the embarrassing Friends Against Grenade Spam viral which was kicking around a couple of days back...
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shoinan - 49 days 2 hours ago
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1.1 - Right...
One step forward, two steps back...
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cain141 - 49 days 2 hours ago
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Is that video still up somewhere? I missed it...
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cain141 - 49 days 2 hours ago
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It's interesting how I'm seeing a lot more ads for Episodes from than for Gay Tony itself...
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Troll_Police - 49 days 1 hour ago
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GTA4 was a disappointment. I'm waiting for Agent. This time Rockstar won't be held back by weak hardware and DVD9 because it's a PS3 exclusive.
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StanLee - 49 days 1 hour ago
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Name the last great game Rockstar made that didn't have Grand Theft Auto in the title?
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wxer - 48 days 23 hours ago
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360 fan boys
"GTA IV IS TEH BETTERS AGENT IS TEH SUCKS"

PS3 fanboys
"AGENT IS TEH BETTERS GTA IV IS TEH SUCKS"

lol
and by the way stanlee
all what R* north did was GTA and manhunt
now we all know about GTA
and manhunt was a good game too
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
"Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (PS2, PC, Xbox)
Manhunt (2003) (PS2, PC, Xbox)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (PS2, PC, Xbox)
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005) (PSP, PS2) (with Rockstar Leeds)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (2006) (PSP, PS2) (with Rockstar Leeds)
Manhunt 2 (2007) (PS2, PSP, Wii) (with Rockstar London, Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar Toronto)
Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (PS3, Xbox 360, PC[6]) (With Rockstar Toronto for the PC)
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (2009) (Xbox 360)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (2009) (iPhone, iPod Touch, DS, PSP) (with Rockstar Leeds)
Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009) (Xbox 360)
Agent (2010) (PS3) "

but the older games i really dont know anything about
and by the way they already did good games
what makes you think that they cant do another good game ??
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IronFistChinMi - 49 days 1 hour ago
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4 - Good article
I also felt Rockstar did a great job not turning Tony into a typical Gay stereotype.
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DigitalAnalog - 49 days 1 hour ago
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5 - Contrary to the belief, Gay Tony looks pretty slick....
I enjoyed the gameplay trailers and I believed GTAIV should've been like that from the start instead of collecting dust in my shelf.
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SlamVanderhuge - 49 days ago
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Crazy how--in 2009--there still aren't many realistic gay characters in games. Great article.
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timestoby - 48 days 22 hours ago
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the only gay characters youll ever see in games is the typical stereo type,for now that is.

but dc universe is coming up lol
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Blow Out Your Brains - 48 days 18 hours ago
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Ballad of Gay Tony is awesome. Any fan of GTA would enjoy it, period.
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mr durand pierre - 48 days 16 hours ago
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Anyone else surprised when they heard that you don't actually play as Gay Tony? Color me disappointed. Still a step in the right direction, though.
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shoinan - 48 days 7 hours ago
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8.1 - Way harsh
Just be happy that they did such a good job of handling a gay character, that's a huge step for gaming in general.
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MGL_Gamer - 48 days 14 hours ago
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i got GTA4 on PS3 and bought Episodes from LC yesterday.
missions and other stuffs are great it was fun i just wish GTA4 was included all missions guns cars and both 3 story line by just switching character from wardrobe hehe. anyway i like it both GTA4 & Episodes from LC (included both TL&TD and BoGT) but comparing to San Andreas it was graphically one step forward sadly gameplay was two step backward.....
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gidzilla - 46 days 20 hours ago
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I love the trailer. Quite a ballsy title if you ask me. I heart Rockstar
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