Amazing irony: Daily Mail gives GTA IV 5/5

The Daily Mail is one of the last and most volatile bastions of anti-videogames ignorance in the UK. Demonizing games at every opportunity, this "newspaper" is responsible for the infamous "BAN THIS SICK FILTH" headline that ran following the murder of Stephen Pakeerah, in which the rag called for the banning of games that hadn’t even been released at the time.
Yet, while still insisting that Grand Theft Auto IV is "a sickening glorification of gangland savagery," (it claims that’s an understatement) The Daily Mail has actually given the game a 5/5 review, stating that "There’s no denying, however that this latest version of the Grand Theft franchise is a phenomenal technological and creative achievement that is set to generate more money for its British designers than any Hollywood release in years."
In a way, it’s no surprise that The Daily Mail would perform such a stark 180 degree turn […]

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