Rockstar Lets Dying Fan Play ‘Grand Theft Auto III’
NEW YORK—Touched by his dedication and realizing his time was running tragically short, Rockstar Games allowed a dying fan to visit its office Wednesday and play Grand Theft Auto III from the comfort of a hospital bed. “When we heard about this poor kid and how urgent his situation was, we flew him out here right away to give him a one-of-a-kind opportunity to tear it up in Liberty City,” Rockstar president Sam Houser said of terminally ill Noah Cutler, adding that the 12-year-old was able to spend all day on a PlayStation 2 in the very place where the game was published. “Obviously, this kind of access is exceedingly rare, but sometimes you have to make an exception, and we couldn’t imagine anything a GTA diehard would want more right now than to take a crack at this title. I mean, it’s GTA III. Who else can say they’ve played that?” Houser added that Cutler’s day at Rockstar Games also included a sneak peek at some concept art for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, the details of which the boy could not discuss under the terms of the strict nondisclosure agreement he was forced to sign.
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