Comments on: Grand Theft Auto IV: Ballardian atrocities

By: J.G. Ballard « Spectacular Attractions

J.G. Ballard « Spectacular Attractions — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:17:12 +0000

[...] who died yesterday, I came across something suitably striking, full credit for which must go to Simon Sellars and his excellent site Ballardian. Sellers remarks on Martin Pichlmair’s cunning comparison of Grand Theft Auto IV with [...]

By: el organismo humano es una exhibición de atrocidades « Horas químicas

el organismo humano es una exhibición de atrocidades « Horas químicas — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:08:50 +0000

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By: Nigel Croysdale

Nigel Croysdale — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:39:03 +0000

Spent a luckless Xmas day trying to make GTA IV work on my son’s PC !! I felt like I was going potty and entering a parallel universe all of my own making .

By Boxing day I went and bought a PS3 .

By: Simon Sellars

Simon Sellars — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:19:23 +0000

That’s right, BJ — which is why Matt says ““CRASH” is what happens when you play too much Burnout while reading JG Ballard’s stories”

By: Bj

Bj — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:25:38 +0000

By the by, the above images are from a game series called Burnout (and not from GTA4). Most of the games in the series have had a mode dedicated completely to crashing your car into as many other cars as possible and getting the biggest score.

The latest Burnout, with the subtitle Paradise, sadly did away with that game-mode.

A Burnout game with a Ballard subtitle would be a wonderful thing, I reckon.

By: Bj

Bj — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:28:26 +0000

Interesting idea, for sure. The next time I play through GTA4, I will keep the article in mind. Thanks!