On a slightly different note: Liminal Spaces across the GTA series
We have all lingered in those random, uncelebrated corners of a virtual world, spots stripped of action or purpose where the sheer emptiness carries an odd, magnetic gravity. Thinking back to earlier eras, certain places managed to nail that strange, hollow atmosphere effortlessly. In GTA III , the surroundings of Aspatria carry that raw, early 2000s industrial isolation. Moving on to Vice City , making the pilgrimage to the North Point Mall or the Washington Mall was already a ritual, and stepping inside those buildings while that melancholic track drifted through the speakers felt entirely s