Top 10 GTA Songs

Yo, wazz upppppppp!?

So I have been tasked to come up with a list of my fave top 10 songs which have featured in GTA a la thanks to James Davie.

So I will be listing songs from all GTA's and my fave ones at that and explaining the meaning of them. Songs will be primarily featured from GTA VICE CITY, SAN ANDREAS & GTA 5. (Mainly these as they are my faves in the series) 

10: Whitey Shafer - All My Ex's Live In Texas - Toss up between this and I love a rainy night from GTA San Andreas really both songs always use to play whenever it rained funny enough and I loved the songs too. Song meaning is pretty obvious no? 

9: America - A Horse With No Name - The band said they wrote this while on tour in Europe and the singer was potching about with chords and then came up with lyrics and fantasied about the desert to escape from a rainy and depressing weather that they had while on tour in England. Another from San Andreas of course. 

8: The Bugles - Video Killed The Radio Star - Classic even before i played Vice same for a couple of the songs on the list i had heard prior to the game but you know ended up loving them more i guess? Long before TV, there were shows on the radio. Radio stars were like TV stars are today. The concept of the "Radio Star" actually existed well into the 50s. Video (TV) killed the Radio Star because as TV got more popular, there were fewer and fewer radio shows until there were none. 

7: Gary Numan - Cars - This is about how people use technology and material goods to isolate themselves from human contact so similar to how i played vice for hours inside my house rather than go outside and be social haha. 

6: Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms - What did i tell you so many classics here in this list! This is a song about a dude who got involved in a relationship for a quick bit of fun or on the heat of the moment. However, it has gotten deep and he must've told lies about himself and now he has gotten too far in. However, she must be a player of some sort 'cos she has broken hearts before and he is just a name on her list so to speak. 

Before we get to number 5 let's take a quick DANCE BREAK!

5: Bryan Adams - Run to You - It's about an affair that this guy is having with another woman. He knows it's wrong because his girlfriend looks after him, is good to him and loves him unconditionally, but he doesn't get the satisfaction from her and it's a good song. 

4: Kim Wilde - Kids In America - Utter guilty fave of mine not gonna lie well why should i feel guilty for liking it,  tis damn good. The song recognises the difficulties of adolescence, struggling with life, both physically and philosophically. Like a typically tough young punk rocker, she is ready for the challenge, she is tough, and she warns the world to get ready for them.

3:  Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight) - Going a bit more modern now with this early 00s classic. The lyrics are about a guy who meets a girl at a disco. The words are very simple, which the group claims is because this was their first effort and neither of them are good at writing lyrics.

2: Stardust - Music Sounds Better with You - Late 90s classic which also featured in GTA not a lot to say about the meaning of it but i enjoyed driving through los santos with this playing.

1: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean - I'll be fully honest, Vice got me into Jacko. What a song! The song's lyrics refer to a real-life experience, in which a mentally ill female fan claimed that Jackson fathered one of her twins which is of course crazy but hey it gave us this iconic hit. 

Right oh, that's all i have for you today, stay shiny and don't commit GTA!

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WANTED

When Will We Get GTA 6? Theory!

With the massive success of GTA 5 Online when will we see another Gta spinoff or Gta 6? I think it's safe to assume that Rockstar has plans for a next gen release of GTA 6 however spin off or remaster wise, I think a remastered 4 may come out before the end of the ps4 or a possible new spin off but I'm just guessing. 

Rockstar is still taking cash and pumping out new content for gta online besides that they are working on Rdr 2 so they are quite busy with things as they stand right now but will they stop releasing gta online content when red dead is out? I don't think so. I think we will see a drop in gta online players but Rockstar will still give them something to hogtie the gtao community to their game. 

GTA 6 has some big boots to fill. Not only was GTA 5 a critical and commercial success on its release, but it has now become the most profitable entertainment product of all time. According to Money Watch, GTA 5 has raked in $6 billion since its release in 2013, selling a whopping 90 million units. That money out sell's any film, book, music record or other video game. To put it in perspective, one of the highest grossing films ever Avatar only made half of that figure. 

 I'm thinking we won't be hearing anything regarding a brand new gta until 2020 with a release coming a year or two after that possibly. 

I'd love to go back to one Gta location the most and that is Vice City but i'd also love another GTA London game. I'd love to have another spin off besides a GTA 6, maybe a game set in another decade in some other new city. We need another breath of fresh air delivered into the gta series I feel. 

If we get a spinoff game in another decade I'd like it to be solely single player because I'm not a fan of the chaotic madness that is gta online and it wouldn't even matter if a gta game had online or not. The gta franchise always does amazingly well in the games industry, so they wouldn't be losing on much besides the dreaded micro-transactions but who cares for them anyway. 

Would I like gta 6 or a spin off to focus on one character or more? I'd say one character, don't get me wrong 5's main characters were amazing, I loved them all but let's go back to basics on the next one as they could branch out a lot more and with the focus being on one character maybe people will feel more connected to he or she. 

Speaking of which in our current climate of political correctness should the next gta main character be male or female? Should we the player get a choice? I would not mind either gender to be the main character in the next game.

I know no matter the choice there's going to be an outcry among some people out there, against the typical kind of thing happening where the game will be too violent and parents will want it banned for that or for being so sexual or for this or that. Every gta always gets shouted at for this or that with every release because you have to think of the children when it comes to playing 18 games. I mean what if a three year old walked in and seen someone paying for a lap dance while shooting the cops and robbing a car? I mean come on, think of the children here. Children should not be playing 18 games but hey I'm saying that even though when I was a child, I played 18 games for years from mortal kombat to gta to God of war etc etc its a long list of awesomeness and I turned out fine. 

So what ever Rockstar is planning you can certainly bet on GTA 6 being released on next gen consoles and you can also bet it's gonna be an even bigger map as the disc space will no doubt be expanding in the future allowing more code, more data to accompany a big technological advancement in the games industry with GTA 6. 

Thanks for reading!

All photo creds to their owners at rockstar and deviant artists on Deviant Art and special thanks to money watch for the information also. 

Where The Cheat Codes At?!

Some people like to think that Cheats have vanished from video games...I don't think that's true but then again what was the last game i played with cheats?

It was most likely....GRAND THEFT AUTO 5! 

Yes i believe that was the last game i played which had cheats in. This game came out back in 2013 originally but then came out once more on the current gen consoles a year later. 

Also the last code i used that worked was for a secret item in Rocket League but i am unsure to class it as a cheat or not but hey here it is - At the starting screen, before the title screen appears and without skipping any previous splash screens, press Up(2), Down(2), Left, Right, Left, Right, Circle, X, Options. When the title screen appears, the text will read "Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars", which was an older title from the game's developer. 

I love Rocket League and i felt like i had to share the code to any of my friends reading this, incase they did not know already but here is the code to unlock a cool item and Easter egg so enjoy everyone!

Originally cheat codes started for the testers as a way of debugging games, they were basically codes in the games themselves. Back in the days of early 90's gaming and before that if these cheat codes were removed by the developers it would cause the game some game breaking bugs and glitches. Back then only a select amount were allowed to stay in games only to simply test the game out and make sure everything works. Games these days are made so differently and with more tech so it makes it easier to remove these codes and just glue up most bugs in the games coding but of course this "gluing process" does not make the games stable and fully debugged at all since as time has progressed things have become quite complex and thus is why most games come out buggy on release specifically Ubisoft games. 

Cheat codes were thought of to be a taboo matter back with last gen as if you used them, the trophies and achievements would get disabled which sucks. If you loved using cheats on ps2 or xbox etc it felt as if using cheats was punishment in a way, because jumping from ps2 to ps3 and to play a gta title was a slap in the face it felt like. Cheats on GTA in the PS2 days "go nuts kid" and then in PS3 days it was "Sorry kid we have to turn trophies off if you wish to use cheats." and my response was "why?!" why do this to us gamers? Your most reliable fans? Why slap us for using codes you guys supplied the general public with? Was it really the publisher's fault or was it the maker of the consoles we have fault for the disablement of trophies or achievements on the console we used these codes on? 

Cheats have existed for years and even though people may say they have faded least we forget they have and will always exist under their alternative name known as, Mods. 

I suppose the Konami code will still work on Konami games for well ever because it's the longest most reliable cheat code in history but time will tell if that get's erased or not down the line, in this dark age of loot boxes and vr gaming. 

Don't worry too much though, we still have fond memories of cheats we used and we can only hope cheats return to full form in the next gen of gaming and that our fave sandbox games like GTA and Saints Row will have cheats because without cheats those games would not be the same. 

Thanks for reading!

Stay Shiny!

GAME ON!

Top 10 Video Game Tracks

1UP yourself because you have a new life from a new list that i have just made for you all. 

The list of my top 10 favourite video game tracks!

This list is compiled from original sound track songs and others. To hear the songs do click on the titles of said song as they will bring you to the song page on youtube for your viewing/listening pleasure. 

Added bonus i will either also include a fact about the song or game it is in. 

RULES: 1 SONG PER GAME FRANCHISE! No this and this from gta vice city and san andreas. You know? This will make it more challenging.  

10: 19/2000 Soulchild remix - Gorillaz - Fifa 2002

It's the music that we choose, that kicks off this list. Weird to kick this off with a remixed song and a old football game but it was this song that made this game so memorable for me and i had such fun times tackling everyone and anyone even the freakin goalie haha. I was a liverpool football fan for many a years and this one was my fave and the last footie i played until Fifa 13 madly enough. This was probably the first game i played with another player that's a fun fact for you all because i have not been able to pick up any fun facts from this game online as of writing so my own facts will have to do. 

9: Before I Forget - Slipknot - Guitar Hero 3

Might have been the first song i ever played on a guitar hero game. My good friend Lewis Griffiths first introduced me to this band and game. Hell of a game. Never played anything like it before and i remember begging my parents for the game for ages until i finally had it for my birthday haha. According to Activision, Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock is the best-selling video game of 2007, both in terms of units sold and revenue earned, and that it is the first single retail video game to exceed one billion dollars in sales. Recognising the game's popularity, Guinness World Records created a category for the Highest Score for a Single Song on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock in its Gamer's Edition, using the song "Through the Fire and Flames", noted as the most difficult song in the game. The record has been traded back and forth between Chris Chike, who also won the 2008 Play N Trade National Guitar Hero III Tournament, and Danny Johnson, the present holder of the record.

8: Monster - Skillet - WWE SmackDown Vs Raw 2010

Do you guys feel like a monster? You will upon hearing this classic! For the first time in the series, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 implements the Havok game engine. The software was used in the game to improve collision detection. It is also the last game to feature ECW in its title. The soundtrack is more memorable than the game for me but the game at the time was pretty neat but looking back on it and replaying it, it was ok. The menu being in a ring able to play about was really cool to figure out all controls to before getting it on in the ring. The soundtrack featured another Skillet song which was Hero another fave of mine. The game introduced me to one of my fave all time bands Skillet of course. What else was on the soundtrack? Oh well CLICK HERE to hear it! Man the road to wrestlemania original stories produced for the game were amazing too!

7: My patch - Jim Noir - LittleBigPlanet

Such a catchy up beat song. Always makes me happy and manages to get me to sing along with my hand displaying a peace sign and with my tongue sticking out i rock my sack out....no not that sack. Dirty minded fools of a took! The series follows the adventures of Sackboy and has a large emphasis on gameplay rather than being story-driven. All of the games in the series put a strong emphasis on user-generated content and are based on the series' tagline "Play, Create, Share". The tagline represents the three core elements of the series; Playing alone or with others online or on the same console, creating new content using the in-game creation tools and sharing creations and discoveries online with other players. Most of the games in the series have been well received by critics with the LittleBigPlanet on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable gaining Metacritic scores of 95/100 and 87/100 respectively. LittleBigPlanet 2 garnered nearly as much acclaim as the first game with an average score of 91/100. LittleBigPlanet PS Vita also received very positive reviews and was the highest-ranked PS Vita game at the time of its release with an average score of 88/100. However, the release of LittleBigPlanet 3, the first game not by Media Molecule, did not receive critical acclaim, garnering a mostly positive average of 79/100.[28] Critically, LittleBigPlanet Karting is the worst-performing major game in the series so far but still gained a "mixed or average" Metacritic score of 74/100. However, the mobile game Run Sackboy! Run! performed worse, with a Metacritic score of 65/100.

6: Dragonborn - Skyrim

HO AH HUH! Spanish Steve, Spanish Steve, Si is here. Or something or other that goes the lyrics. The song is sung by 30 people 3 times, so that 90 voices are heard on the final track. The voice of Paarthanax also voices Mario weird as hell fact for you. On February 18th 2011, Bethesda opened a challenge to deliver a baby on Skyrim's release date, November 11th 2011, and name the child "Dovahkiin". The winners, Megan and Eric Kellermeyer, named their newborn son Dovahkiin Tom Kellermeyer when he was delivered on that date. In return they were given a Steam key that granted them access to every Bethesda Softworks game made, including all future releases. Skyrim received critical acclaim upon release. The removal of the character class system, present in previous The Elder Scrolls entries, was well received. Billy Shibley of Machinima's Inside Gaming and Charles Onyett of IGN praised its removal because it allowed players to experiment with different skills without having to make decisions about a class early in the game. The art style of the game world drew acclaim from many reviewers, who welcomed the departure from Oblivion's Cyrodiil. Jason Schreier of Wired described the land of Skyrim as a "Viking-inspired treasure trove of flavor and charm", noting its contrast to Cyrodiil, which he considered generic by comparison. Reviewers welcomed the ability to dual-wield weapons and magic. Within two days of the game's launch, 3.4 million physical copies were sold. Of those sales, 59% were for the Xbox 360, 27% for the PS3, and 14% for the PC. I only played skyrim for just a week and i did not end up completing the main story but i did enjoy the game and this theme is a modern classic everyone knows. 

5: Halo main theme

Oh oh oh woah oh oh woah oh......hell of a number 5 don't you think Spartans? The song features a wide range of musical styles, including chanting, string orchestra, and percussion. For Halo 2, the song was remixed into the MJOLNIR Mix. The basics of the song remained the same, but it featured electric guitar overlays by guitarist Steve Vai. On its release Halo broke sales records; by April 8, 2002, a little under five months after its release, one million units had been sold: this pace was faster than that of any previous sixth-generation console game. The game received numerous Game of the Year awards, including those of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Edge, and IGN.The British Academy of Film and Television Arts awarded Halo "Best Console Game," and Rolling Stone presented it with their "Best Original Soundtrack" award. According to Xbox.com, the game received a total of 48 awards. Halo had never been planned as a trilogy, but with the critical and commercial success of Combat Evolved, a sequel was expected. First halo game i played was Halo 3 and my my my what a delightahh. First-day sales of Halo 3 reached $170 million in the U.S., setting a record for highest gross of an entertainment product within 24 hours of its release.

4: Billy Jean - Michael Jackson - GTA Vice City

SHAMOAN AH! HE HE! If it was not for this game i would not have gotten into so many classic songs and bands and artist's. First time i heard a Jacko song was from this game. Tommy Vercetti is heavily based on Tony Montana from the film Scarface. They both end up in exile, both rise to power in Miami using great amounts of violence, both build an empire from a large estate and mansion, both have short tempers and are prone to violence, both work as contract killers, and both killed their collaborators and took their ex-bosses' empires, and both engage in a battle with large groups of assassins at the end of their stories. However, Tommy survives his final gunfight with his enemies, while Tony is killed. Even the mansions in the games are similar.

3: Ore Wa Tokoton Tomaranai!!! - Dragonball Z Budokai 3

OHHH YEAAAH BOIII THIS IS MAH JAM! Budokai 3 was given much higher reviews than its predecessors Budokai and Budokai 2 according to Metacritic. This was often due to how critics felt that the game did more to improve its gameplay rather than just its graphics and presentation. Its fighting and graphics have also been praised, with IGN stating that Budokai 3 was "One of the few instances of cel-shading done right", and that it "also offers a healthy amount of special effects and pyrotechnics and they all look great." The game's story mode yet again plays through the events of the Dragon Ball Z timeline, and the game includes several characters and events from the Dragon Ball Z movies (like Cooler, Broly and Bardock), Dragon Ball GT (like Super Saiyan 4 and Omega Shenron), and the original Dragon Ball series itself (Kid Goku). Other features the game includes are a versus mode, an items shop, a tournament, and a battle ranking stage where the player has to challenge the AI in a hundred fighter challenge. Moving a spot above after beating who ever is next in the ranking. The fighting mechanics have also been enhanced from the preceding 2 games making the game closer to its anime counterpart in terms of combat (which was well received by fans of the series and gamers alike). Budokai 3 has a roster of 42 playable characters. I had this game day 1 of release and skipped school to play it all day and that's what i did and i played this religiously for days,weeks,months, years frankly. I had also suffered a gaming injury playing this game i had blistered my whole hands due to wiggling the analogue sticks so much. 

2: Wild Pokemon Battle - Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow

WOAH A BATTLE HAS JUST OPENED UP IN HERE! MAKE SOME ROOM! The first time hearing this music i was like "wah?! what is happening? you doing me a frighten m8! Oh pokemon wants a fight me eh? Bring it!" haha. This game is at the center of countless Creepypasta stories is the already surprisingly dark Lavender Town. One myth, in particular, that frightened the internet as a whole is the tale behind numerous reported child suicides taking place in 1996, aka the same year that Pokémon Red and Green (as it was initially titled in its home country) were released in Japan. There are several different variations of this story floating around, but generally, it involves the musical theme of Lavender Town containing harmful frequencies that specifically target adolescents, and, according to the legend, drove a number of children to take their own lives. While the story is, of course, fictitious, it is certainly creepy. As alluded to earlier, Pokémon is an inspiration for countless stories like this, all documented and just a few clicks away. Lavender Town is a perfect inspiration for many of these stories, considering the fact that it is an already dark setting within an otherwise lighthearted children’s game.

1: Super Mario Bros theme

So many classic songs i could have picked from this era of games but Mario just stuck to mind. Super mario bros theme is just an instant classic. This theme took the longest of the six tracks of Super Mario Bros. to compose, according to its composer Koji Kondo. He stated that he would write one piece, and the team would put it in the game. If it did not accentuate the action, did not time up with Mario running and jumping, or did not harmonise with the sound effects well enough, he would scrap it. The first theme he made for Super Mario Bros. was based on an early prototype of the game, which simply showed Mario running around a big empty area. Kondo described this early theme as a bit lazier, slower tempo, and more laid back. As the game underwent changes, he realised that his theme no longer fit, so he increased the pace and changed it around to fit better. The first handheld game i ever played was mario it was so simple so fun and also real annoying at times but this song is so cheery and hyper i love it, such a classic as i said.

Ok that will be all for today, i thank you for visiting my blog page as ever and for reading this list.

Comment your top 10 fave video game tracks!

For now that's it and i will catch you on the next level see ya!