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Article: Sequel to 'Grand Theft Auto' Stirs Concerns about Video Games.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2002
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Byline: Raoul V. Mowatt
Oct. 29--Sixteen-year-old Armando Bulnes Jr. has no idea exactly how many punks he has gunned down or prostitutes he has picked up over the past year.
The junior at Chicago's Walter Payton College Prep High School isn't a criminal. He's a video game player. And he's talking about "Grand Theft Auto 3."
"It's not a great thing to do," Bulnes said of the game's content, "but it's fun playing video games and you can't get in trouble for it."
On Tuesday, the game's sequel, "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City," will be released.
The game, along with others to follow suit, almost certainly will revive long-running ...