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Today I picked up Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (note: The Rockstar Games site seems to not be responding). It’s pretty awesome. I first got into the GTA series on GTA:III and purposely skipped GTA: Vice City because I didn’t want to give up that much of my life again. I’ve recently come into some free time since I have no friends, so I decided to give this one a spin.

San Andreas puts you in the role of CJ, a gang banger, during the early 90’s. This leads to an excellent sound track featuring Dr. Dre, Tupac, Easy E, and Ice Cube. For those not into hip-hop, there are also tracks from Alice In Chains, Helmet, Danzig, Heart, Guns ‘n Roses, etc. And the best part, you get to choose which genre you listen to by changing the radio station in whatever car you are driving.

So far the missions have consisted of beating people up, stealing some weapons, doing a drive-by, etc. Basically, the goal is to get your gang back on top of the city. An interesting new addition to this entry in the GTA series is that you have to workout and eat or your character will become overweight and slow. Plus you get to pick hairstyles and change clothing. My guy looks like Tupac with a bandana (my gang’s colors, of course) and a black tanktop. You can really see a difference in the character model when you workout a lot. Pretty cool.

As the review on Gamespot says, ‘…there’s a whole lot more to San Andreas than just set tripping’. Even though I don’t know what ’set tripping’ means, I totally agree.