Salford Lads Club reference in "Grand Theft Auto 4"? Well, Sort Of
posted by davidt on Thursday July 17 2008, @10:00AM

MrTheEdge writes:
Recently while taking a walk trough the mean streets of Liberty City I (a long time Morrissey and Smiths fan) suddenly discovered a landmark that kind of reminded me of a certain famous stoop of sorts. As soon as I saw this location in GTA 4 I was reminded of The Salford Lads Club. But what made this find even more interesting was that next to the door way was a business sign with the word "smith" printed on it. Interesting and awesome. Who knows, maybe the creators of the infamous video game series aren't fans of the mozzer and this is just a strange coincidence but either way, this was a very cool experience for me. (Pardon My Camera)

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I'm fairly sure somebody at Rockstar North is a Moz/Smiths fan. On the PC version of GTA1, I believe one of the cheats was 'HANGTHEDJ'.
Anonymous -- Thursday July 17 2008, @12:39PM (#307834)
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  • Re:Well by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday July 28 2008, @05:02AM
    Re: gta (Score:1)
    A very nice find. Thanks for sharing. Could you also perhaps tell us where this is located in the gameworld?

    Nice to see that the HANGTHEDJ cheat code for GTA1 the above poster mentioned activates *GOD MODE* this companies employees know who's boss :P

    Incidentally, if anybody here plays or knows of the game Counter Strike Source, the map on that game named cs_assault also has blatant smiths references, the streets are named Rourke st, Joyce st and Steven st (whether this is a sly removal of Morrissey and an adding of the producer is doubtful, but possible) And the main building has MARR in huge letters on the front. :)
    bm20950 -- Thursday July 17 2008, @06:31PM (#307871)
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    • Re: gta by MrTheEdge (Score:1) Thursday July 17 2008, @07:42PM
      • Re: gta by bm20950 (Score:1) Sunday July 20 2008, @03:56PM
      Awesome!! (Score:0)
      Thanks for sharing!
      Anonymous -- Friday July 18 2008, @05:14PM (#307957)
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        smith font (Score:0)
        its even in the same font used on the PANIC sincle which had SMITHS vertically too
        Anonymous -- Saturday July 19 2008, @03:48AM (#307982)
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          Who cares? (Score:0)
          Video games are mental masturbation for men who won't grow up.
          Anonymous -- Monday July 21 2008, @04:15PM (#308144)
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          • Re:Who cares? by Modest Mouse (Score:1) Tuesday July 22 2008, @11:45PM
            • Re:Who cares? by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday July 23 2008, @12:07PM
              • Re:Who cares? by MrTheEdge (Score:1) Wednesday July 23 2008, @01:07PM


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