Deus Ex Machina

Well, according to an article at Kotaku - not much!

The pre-launch days of Grand Theft Auto IV were interesting to say the least. Even more so for Australians and Kiwis who, much to their chagrin, discovered they’d be receiving a censored version of the game. NZ recently earned the right to make use of its R rating and sell the unmodified game, but Australia is still living with the consequences of its silly classification system.

We heard all sorts of stories about what was removed from our version - everything from guns and anuses, to stuff not involving guns and anuses. Regardless of what was real or not, Rockstar couldn’t be bothered telling us exactly what to expect.

That’s why we have people like reader Mick, who went to the trouble of comparing the Oz GTA IV with an uncut copy to find the differences. I can tell you, they’ll definitely come as a surprise.

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Here is the complete walkthrough for Grand Theft Auto IV - Liverty City. Please note that it contains many spoilers!

Roman’s Missions

The Cousins Bellic

A nice easy introduction to GTA’s driving. Drive to Roman’s place with your drunk cousin in tow. If you fail this, you’ve got a long road ahead.

It’s your Call

Another simple mission, and your first chance to use your mobile phone. Just watch out for the loan sharks and phone Roman when they arrive. Get back to the depot. Easy.

Three’s A Crowd

Another mission with the loan sharks. Pick up Mallory at the subway. Then go pick up Michelle, then take her back to her apartment. Call Roman and he’ll tell you to buy some clothes - just don’t spend too much, because money’s tight at the moment.

First Date

Here you need to take Michelle bowling. We’re not sure if you need to win, but she’s so hopeless at bowling that you probably will anyway. Then just take her home. After this, you can call her anytime to set up another date.

Bleed Out

Go and find Roman on the basketball court. You’re going to have to fight the people beating him up, but try to only take on one at a time, or you’ll get surrounded. Use the disarm on Darden to take his knife away and then stab him.

Easy Fare

This is your first cab mission for Roman. Pick up Jermaine, take him where he wants, then lose the cops. After this you’ll be able to take on taxi missions to earn extra money.

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As Jumpgate Evolution nears it’s beta phase, a lot of people who have been, up until now, lurking in the background are starting to take a deep interest in Net Devil’s upcoming Space MMO which promises to mix “Eve Online with X3″.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun recently posted the following interview with Jumpgate Evolution’s Producer, Hermann Peterscheck (copied below).

etDevil have had an interesting journey. They’re a privately owned, Colorado-based company that started out by making a niche space-combat MMO, Jumpgate, in 2001. They then went on to create the disastrous post-apocalyptic vehicle combat MMO Auto Assault in 2006 - a game so unpopular that it was switched off just over a year after release by owners NCSoft. Now NetDevil are back on track and working on two projects: a remake of their original MMO, JumpGate Evolution, and the LEGO Universe MMO. Both are looking extremely promising, but in this interview with executive producer Hermann Peterscheck we focus on lessons learned from the failure of Auto Assault, and what we can expect from this second attempt at Jumpgate.

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Grand Theft Auto IV draws closer and closer and the really exciting screenshots and vidoes are spreading through the net.

The eagerly awaited fourth installment of the Grand Theft Auto franchise hits Australian stores on 29th April, 2008 with many of the country’s leading game retailers such as EB Games urging fans and customers to preorder their copy due to strictly limited stock availability.

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I asked her to stay but she wouldn’t listen
She left before I had the chance to say
Oh
The words that would mend the things that were broken
But now it’s far too late, she’s gone away

Every night you cry yourself to sleep
Thinking: “Why does this happen to me?
Why does every moment have to be so hard?”
Hard to believe it

It’s not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won’t go home without you,

The taste of your breath, I’ll never get over
The noises that you made kept me awake
Oh
The weight of things that remained unspoken
Built up so much it crushed us everyday

Every night you cry yourself to sleep
Thinking: “Why does this happen to me?
Why does every moment have to be so hard?”
Hard to believe it

It’s not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won’t go home without you, oh, oh, oh

It’s not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won’t go home without you, oh, oh, oh

Of all the things I felt but never really shown
Perhaps the worst is that I ever let you go
I should not ever let you go, oh oh oh

It’s not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won’t go home without you

It’s not over tonight
Just give me one more chance to make it right
I may not make it through the night
I won’t go home without you
And I won’t go home without you
And I won’t go home without you
And I won’t go home without you

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