JANUARY SPAWNED A MONSTER

Putting aside my obsession for Everquest and Xbox Live, I decided to throw GTA back in the console for a while. First of all, these games took way too long to get to Xbox, but this is where they belong - if only for one reason: custom player soundtracks.



I hop into (or often carjack) an automobile, 'put in my mix tape,' and tear through Vice City with wreckless abandon. My sountrack of choice? Linkin Park? Rob Zombie? No. It's The Smiths. That's right. I pumped a ridiculously large Morrissey/Smiths playlist into my Xbox and accidently mow down innocent pedestrians to This Charming Man. And, when the lights go down on the city there's nothing quite like being chased by 1,500 police cars while listening to There Is a Light That Will Never Go Out or Shoplifters of the World Unite. Ahhh....sweet relief.