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GTA: The Trilogy Definitive Edition

was on the agenda for the last

issue, and I’m sure I won’t be the

first to say that it was a letdown.

Not only for fans who were excited

for this nostalgia hit, but for

Rockstar games, too. You’d have

thought that it would have gone

over the release with a fine-tooth

comb. But with so many glitches,

this feels like a filler project.

These titles paved the way for

open-world games, so the appeal

of reliving these in a remastered

fashion was huge. As a fan of the

GTA catalog, I would have rather

waited until these bugs had been

fixed. It seems as though GTA 5

is raking in the cash and other

projects have been put on the

back burner. Saying that, I loved

Red Dead Redemption 2, the

level of detail in that game was

superb and is part of what makes

Rockstar games so good. Every

corner of the map is there to

be explored with lots of hidden

easter eggs and side quests.

To find issues such as

a vanishing bridge in the

remastered San Andreas was

a disappointment. It could have

been a huge success for Rockstar

and while updates will come out

with patches, the initial damage

has been done. In the meantime,

I have hopped back on GTA 4 and

am replaying the whole story. I’ll

come back to the trilogy when

some major patches are available.

GOOGLE ACCOUNT PERMISSIONS

Privacy is one of the most important things to keep on top of

when using a PC. With your photos, contacts, financial details,

and much of your life held on there, your PC could be a goldmine

for those pesky hackers. If you have a google account, there is

a page where you can quickly check to see which apps have

access to your account. Type the following into your search bar

to have a look: myaccount.google.com/u/0/permissions

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