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Car Crash

After ‘Grand Theft Auto III,’ Open-World Games Were Never (and Always) the Same

Twenty years ago, ‘Grand Theft Auto III’ set a new standard for open-world video games. The titles it inspired have grown bigger and busier, but it takes more than massive maps to give gamers the freedom they felt on their first trip to 3-D Liberty City.

Jeremy Gordon The Ringer Oct 2021 25min Permalink

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A man tries to rebuild his life after killing four people in a car crash.

Robert Sanchez 5280 May 2011 25min Permalink