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Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:45 PM

Published 11/03/2009 by Wired News


Timely Jokes in 'Gay Tony' Justify Episodic Gaming

There?s a surprising moment in the opening scenes of : , as you?re driving the title character to one of his struggling Liberty City nightclubs. ?Forget the banks,? Gay Tony says. ?We?re the ones who needed a bailout!? Shortly after, during an altercation...

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The retail release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City is a weird beast. A standalone disc ... - [11/03/2009 - Ars Technica]
Gay Tony is a good step for gays in games
Earlier this year I wrote a post for this blog about how gays arent often featured in games, and how the few homosexual characters that have appeared have been shallow ... - [11/03/2009 - Globe and Mail]

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