Comments on: Second GTA IV DLC announced, named The Ballad of Gay Tony

By: TheTwelve

TheTwelve — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:43:31 +0000

“this will confuse the homophobic xbl gay regular”…LOL! Nice one Pyscho

By: The_Deleted

The_Deleted — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:08:26 +0000

…Or a duck with a cold?

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:32:31 +0000

The box at the top of the site has this as the “Ballard of…” – is it a homage to J.G.?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:25:14 +0000

By: mart

mart — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:19:53 +0000

Hehe fair play Mike.

By: The_Deleted

The_Deleted — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:03:56 +0000

Here you go.

http://gta.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Prince

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:40:36 +0000

Says the man who has completed it 3 times…:P

By: mart

mart — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:22:40 +0000

Ah there we go. Guess all the ‘confusion’ really goes to show how much attention people pay to the storyline

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:20:25 +0000

Luis's write-up in the Wikipedia article shows both himself and Gay Tony as being recurring characters in TLAD.

By: mart

mart — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:15:47 +0000

Pretty sure Gay Tony is already an established character in the storyline, much like what that chap from The Lost was. And I don’t think he’s a stereotypical flamboyant gay male either iirc. Tried to find something on YouTube to back this up but came up with nada, so I’m half guessing.

By: nico belic

nico belic — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:12:22 +0000

WTF?

By: The_Deleted

The_Deleted — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:07:26 +0000

“If you had two friends in your social circle called Tony and one of them was gay, you’d probably all refer to him as ‘Gay Tony’. Not controversial.”

We also know full well that it’s takes he sum total of fuck all to get the PC (politically correct) brigade up in arms where R* are involved. I just hope they do the gay thing without resorting to the offensive stereotype they’ve used in the past. Otherwise it’ll be the PC brigade in the right. And we can’t have that.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:19:58 +0000

Actually, here’s a question – Microsoft signed a deal for these two episodes to be ‘exclusive DLC’.

If the games are on disc and standalone, do they still count as DLC? Is this where the rumours of the PS3 versions are coming from? No DLC, but a disc-based version?

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:18:05 +0000

lol! Count me in, if only for the pure message board glod this is going to provide today!

I think I’ll wait and pick up the disc version too, given that I’ve not bought TLAD yet. Should be able to get that for cheaper than the downloadable versions.

By: Tiger Walts

Tiger Walts — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:35:31 +0000

If you had two friends in your social circle called Tony and one of them was gay, you’d probably all refer to him as ‘Gay Tony’. Not controversial.

By: probertgoon

probertgoon — Wed, 27 May 2009 03:09:24 +0000

SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:55:25 +0000

Yeah, this is going to be interesting sales wise…

Lets see if the term ‘gay’ sells anything.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:34:20 +0000

It’s what makes Rockstar so great.

By: Cort

Cort — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:30:46 +0000

But, the term “gay” is banned from XBox Live ….. isn’t it? How ironic.

By: Balbarian

Balbarian — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:18:05 +0000

With you on Brucie 100% anasui!

By: anasui

anasui — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:13:45 +0000

rofl

the only GTAIV DLC I’d buy would be The story of Brucie, by far the most hilarious character in the game

By: ShiroGamer

ShiroGamer — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:10:01 +0000

man!
i would love to hear Keighley says: stay tuned coz we’ve got some exclusive footage from the upcoming GTA IV DLC The Ballad of Gay Tony

that would be priceless

By: Balbarian

Balbarian — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:49:12 +0000

Fucking retards at Epic Games: How to price DLC with style by Rockstar Games.

Probably kinda’ dumb but I thought they were just playing around with the gay moniker but it’s just hit they must be referring to the commonly used sense of gay as in homosexual.

I suppose you only have to look at the fruitily coloured font in the game title and add Rockstar’s penchant for stirring up controversy to work that one out I guess…or just not be an innocent idiot like I was when I read the story initially

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:32:52 +0000

Also, pretty cool that you can buy the disc including the DLC.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:29:08 +0000

lol… that’s going to confuse the homophobic XBL regulars.

By: crippledhooba

crippledhooba — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:26:03 +0000

haha i really did laugh out loud when I read that. I honestly thought someone was taking the piss.

By: Razor

Razor — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:12:04 +0000

This will get some buzz…for all the wrong reasons.

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:11:48 +0000

WHAT THE FUCK!?