Sam: It was certainly a teaser and not a trailer. We learned that GTA 4 again takes place in Liberty City, but a more New York-ized version of it. People surely will say that a game like this is inappropriate in a post-9/11 world. Though the setting is present day, which rules out the option of flying a Dodo into the World Trade Center.

[upload:1163745:small:Look out virtual hookers, here comes this guy!.]Jeff: You will, however, still be able to run over cops in a tank. New York's Mayor Bloomberg already made a statement that setting a game like GTA in New York is inappropriate.

Sam: Apparently Mayor Bloomberg only ever plays Bubble Bobble.

Jeff: It's so frustrating to me when movies and video games are judged on two different standards. Every year dozens of movies about killers and worse are  filmed in New York. Does the interactivity of a game make it a different art form, or is Bloomberg being a pussy?

Sam: I think the fear is that playing a game in which you're a terrorist somehow encourages terrorism. Which makes sense. After playing Rampage all day, I promptly ate the Empire State Building.

Jeff: Even though the preview showed no gameplay, it definitely got the nerds wet. The last generation's Grand Theft Auto was a graphical achievement, but only because of the scope of the game. Close up shots of people and places looked awful. If the GTA IV  itself looks as good as these movies, and Rockstar claims they were all in-game, it might do for the 360/PS3 what porno did for VCRs.