Welcome to the Jungle.

Cock-a-doodle-do, we’re a huge corporation. Cock-a-doodle-do, we can’t be stopped…” Rockstar continues its tantalizingly slow rollout of GTA: San Andreas with an interactive map of San Fierro (a.k.a. the Bay Area) and a spiffy new trailer (which reveals that G’n’R, at least, is on the game soundtrack.) As with Los Santos, the map is ripe for exploration. It already seems pretty clear this game is going to eat my life for a few weeks.

Paranoid Eyes.

In the trailer bin, Robin Williams edits memories for a living in the sci-fi thriller The Final Cut, while you (a.k.a. Carl Johnson) build a criminal empire in a first look at the much-awaited Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (and specifically the peril-filled city of Los Santos.) If you’re a GTA enthusiast, the interactive map is worth playing with.

Greetings from Vice City.

As I suspected, ever since last Tuesday GTA: VC has been seriously undermining my attempts to get anything of purpose done. But I just finished the main narrative arc of the game, leaving only the side missions, rampages, and such, so I might now be able to wrench my life back. Fortunately, Columbia students get the Monday and Tuesday of Election Week off, so I still have time to catch up on all the research I should’ve been doing over the weekend. At any rate, if you love GTA 3, you’ll love GTA: VC. It’s the same…but different.