


Not a whole lot more than that, I’m afraid.

Ī smattering of memories from 2001, the year I turned 13: the death of my paternal grandmother, following several years of declining health the Italian exchange student who emailed me a computer virus, following several weeks of uneasy cohabitation at my parents’ apartment the high-level online Pokémon tournament I was forced to quit because of my duties hosting that exchange student 9/11, of course. Twenty years later, we’re taking a look at its legacy while we wait for the upcoming GTA trilogy remaster, prepare to purchase yet another version of GTA V, and read rumors about the still-unannounced GTA VI. GTA III became a bestselling sensation that defined the open-world genre, spawning several sequels, inspiring countless imitators, and causing a cultural uproar. On October 22, 2001, Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto III, a game that transported the publisher’s trademark criminal mayhem to an unimaginably immersive 3-D Liberty City.
