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[quote name="Mr. Kool"][quote name="Mischief Maker"][quote name="Creexul :("][quote name="McMoo the Anti-Drug Cow"]<a href="http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/121104_local_videogame.html">Home invaders hear GTA, flip out</a>[/quote] It says they were playing GTA, <b><i>but they were probably playing GTA San Andreas!</b></i> But really, I wonder what is with the thing of reporters always shying away from accurately naming video games in (most) game related stories.[/quote] 1. Video Game names are getting so much longer and sillier and full of olde english or made up words, or fantasiquely intentionally misspelled wordes and coloned secondary titles that you MUST remember to differentiate it from other games in the series, that it's impossible for someone with only a passing interest in them to remember such tongue-twisters as Kohan: Ahmriham's gift or Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines, or La Pucelle: Tactics. 2. They know the goddamn name, but don't want to sound like a huge <B><I>NERD</I></B> by saying it correctly. Much like people who don't watch TV making a big deal about not knowing about TV shows they don't watch.[/quote] If it's possible, you're both wrong and right. When I worked at a newpaper I had to edit the police notes section from time to time. Basically, if the police report said "Grand Theft Auto was stolen with a Playstation 2" from some guy, I couldn't correct it with GTA III because we just report what the cop wrote. Anything else other than what the cop writes is bad journalism. Other than that, #2 is pretty much right. Journalism Bonus: While computer game titles get capitalized, software titles don't, according to the AP Stylebook.[/quote]