True Crime: New York City claims to have modelled the most realistic Manhattan ever, based on over 11,000 photographs taken by 6 location scouts. Putting that claim to the test, The New Yorker Magazine sat two professional New York City tour guides down with the game. They were overall impressed with the level of detail, but along the way they had the most fun “doing the things they couldn’t do in real life”, like hailing a cab by firing a gun into the air, and beating the crap out of the Naked Cowboy. You know, the stuff M-rated games were designed for; letting adults have fun doing things they know they can’t do in real life. At no point in the article are any of them apalled at the violence, or worried about the effect it might have on children; they know that they’re the target audience, and they have fun with it. The article also includes the unintentionally risque exchange:

“Wouldn’t you love to see Beaver Street that empty?”

“And that wide!”

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