In 2001, Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto 3, blowing up the standard rules of making video games in the process. The ’80s were now simply a memory, called to mind by the lyrics of a Flock of Seagulls track an echo of a time long since passed. The neon lit era had giving way to a more sanitised world. GTA: Vice City captured the decadence & greed of the ’80s How GTA: Vice City Bottled A Decadeīy the time 2002 rolled around, the world had change significantly in twelve years. Still, when I think of that decade, I think primarily of the United States New York, LA, & Miami-the city which would become the template for one of the best video games of the 21st century. The USSR was crumbling Margaret Thatcher’s neo-Liberal economics enriched some, while hurting others & South America suffered from several horrendous dictatorial regimes. This upheaval was a world-wide phenomenon. Economic, political & social upheaval was rampant the war on drugs was at its zenith & many felt abandoned in this new world based on greed, power & status. There is a kind of haze that surrounds this time, created by the media that spawned from it, but the ’80s were a turbulent decade for many. In a short ten-year period, some of the best movies, music, TV & video games were created. The decade in which GTA: Vice City is set, is often remembered by those who lived through it (and even those who didn’t) as the best decade.

5) CONCLUSION GTA: Vice City – Inspiration from a different time

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