I have Grand Theft Auto IV in my hands!!

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I have Grand Theft Auto IV in my hands!!

Posted by Sheylara

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So, here’s the saddest irony in the world.

I have in my hands a full-build copy of Grand Theft Auto IV, five days before official release.

But I have no time to play it.

And not just for one reason. Not even two reasons. But three reasons.

I have so much work to do I don’t even have enough time to sleep. I hardly even have time to blog, missing a day yesterday and almost missing today.
Our projector has just been sold so we have no TV right now. (Our new plasma TV will be delivered to our new place on Saturday.)
Our Xbox 360 (together with half our stuff) is now sitting in our new home. We just haven’t officially moved in.

So…

I HAVE THE MOST HAPPENING HYPED UP GAME IN THE WHOLE WORLD BUT NO TV AND NO CONSOLE TO PLAY IT ON!

Talk about agony.

I can’t play till official moving day on Saturday. And even then, I’ll be busy unpacking and setting up all my Internet and gaming connections all day.

So I decided to play a little at the office before going home.

I’m horrible at console games, I’ve decided. The controller has too many buttons and toggles and they are not all nicely labelled like keys on the keyboard.

I couldn’t get Niko Bellic to run properly. I couldn’t shoot the damn gun so I had to suffer this dumb NPC continuously stabbing me in the face. I couldn’t run down the stairs properly, so I got Swordplay to help me get out of the damn building and jump into a car so I could put my driving skills to the test.

He got Niko into a car for me, and the first thing I did when I took over the controller was to make Niko get out of the car again.

What. I was stress testing the car doors okay. You guys ever see the stress test machines at Ikea, where they have the machines open and close closet doors 200 million times a day?

Fine. GTA IV is totally, like, wasted on me.

Hehe.

But I swear I will master console gaming if its the last thing I do. Once I have time to start playing games again, that is.

But someone has to first tell my new boss that he’s working me too hard.

Oh, wait. My boss reads my blog.

OMG.

Hi, boss! =)

Nothing to see here! Kthxbye.

Categories: Gaming

20 Responses to “I have Grand Theft Auto IV in my hands!!”

Jiexun says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 12:21 am

Lend me your GTAIV, I play for you!!
aig says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 1:07 am

wow you got an advanced copy of one of the most awaited game in the planet and u got no time, TV nor console to play it, such an irony…. btw, so how’d you get your promotional copy? Is it part of your new editorial job? If you find time, kindly give us some first impression on the game, graphics, gameplay, multiplayer mode?? Kthxbye Shey…. ;p
Pingping says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 3:46 am

OMG GTA! I’m so jealous of you! Why not you lend it to us readers first and we can er, play it for you first. =x

Haha, just kidding!
Mike M says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 4:09 am

I need a gig like you got!!!
Firenze says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 4:47 am

Let’s play!
Jesta says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 8:24 am

I know where you are working, I know where you are working!
The Goonfather says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 9:33 am

Is that a poster or life-size figure of Lara Croft? Does Swordplay do funny stuff with it when he stays late at work? I know my boodoo boodoo colleague would if we have 1 at our office.
Swordplay says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 2:56 pm

Boodooboodooboodooboodooboodooboodooboodooboodoo…
JayWalk says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 3:29 pm

Wait till you get your boss to join CowBoyBar.
The Goonfather says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 4:09 pm

Swordplay: Hahaha….. Ok. I understand. lol!!
modchip says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 4:52 pm

Cool! Is that your new house/room?
modchip says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 4:56 pm

aYt! Sorry, it ain’t, I commented before even reading (just looked at the pics)… :)) You mean your office contains a solid entertainment room full of those gaming goodies??? *lucky* :-o
Kenny says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 7:41 pm

WTFZOR! Hand over your GTA now!
Jacky Choo says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 11:21 pm

yes i read your post…. hahahaha
anodize says:

Fri, 25 April 2008 at 11:51 pm

fwah! i want that GTA copy!
Ashtar83 says:

Sat, 26 April 2008 at 12:31 am

lucky you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111

hahahaha

more coverage plz? show more pics?
rob that auntie please,
kick that uncle!!!!
Run over police pics!!!
kill some people and show us pics??!!!

i only hope pc version comes too
hmbs says:

Sat, 26 April 2008 at 1:14 am

u shld love ur job leh! sound like so much fun loh!!
-=}{oT~dEv1L 666=- says:

Mon, 28 April 2008 at 5:39 pm

I envy you! But as a GTA and R* fan, I’d still like to stick to the April 29 release date, which is tomorrow! Have fun with it! What’s your GamerTag? I would like to play with you on Xbox LIVE!
Wang Wang says:

Mon, 28 April 2008 at 6:31 pm

Wa!!!!! I like your job!!! Free games, can play game.. like shifu… damn shiok leh!! Heavenly fun job!!!
moralis says:

Fri, 2 May 2008 at 11:12 am

Shey! Forget GTA IV. Go get your hands of Age of Conan!! Launching soon!!

If the censors choked on Mass Effect and GTA IV, I think they’ll completely flip out with AoC.

Says volumes doesn’t it? :D

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Me: What time do we have to leave home?

Piers: No earlier than an hour before the time we have to be there – which is an hour before we sail (6 am).

Took me 11 minutes of questioning, during which time I got more riddles, before I received the answer: 4 am.
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I also found this awesome lemongrass-flavoured prawn crackers at Tesco. From Netherlands, but makers were Indoneisan settlers. Tastes so great when you dip into hoisin sauce (sparingly)!
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Nanny Wen (aka Buggy Wen aka Davienne) says it reminds her of Harry Potter’s moving picture people.

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IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER!

Crazy or not.
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Was playing on my iPad before bed last night when I suddenly couldn’t feel plastic in my mouth and for one horrifying moment, thought that I had forgotten to put my aligners back on after dinner, which was ages ago.

Turned out it’s just my mouth has started to adapt.
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Me: I want a pet duckling!

Piers: LOL why!!!

Me: Cos they’re so cute.

Piers: All baby things are cute! Except babies.
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So I go there and answer two questions (age and last time I used the service) and they say:

“Thank you for your time. Unfortunately, you do not qualify for the survey as this time around we are looking to survey our more senior customers (over 60) only.”

WTF fail.
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“The difference between the biscuit and the cookie is the Atlantic.

Plus, American biscuit more like a savory scone

Plus English biscuit is an American cookie.

Plus English or American cookie is in your computer to do stuff that no one really understands.”
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England has the most beautiful flowers. Tulips and roses in white with pale pink. Gerberas in strawberry milk pink. Makes me happy!
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But, no! They wait till the girl is 4-7 years old, then break her toes and arch bones so that the toes can curl under the sole. Without anaesthesia.

After wrapping the monstrous creation tightly, the girl is then forced to walk on her broken feet so her weight can help crush them into shape. The feet are crushed and rebound daily for like two years! WTF is wrong with people?!

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