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Coolboarders 2 (SCEE) £34.99
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Jersey Devil (Ocean) £39.99
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Myth: The Fallen Lords (Erdos) £39.99
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REVIEWERS THIS ISSUE Afttll't“.‘. Burnet, lo”) Hentrerso", Peter Ross
‘ «as» Win a Playstation and Grand Theft Auto
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Grand Theft Auto is the most controversial video game of all time. You’re a small-time crook building a rep in the underworld through drug deals, car theft, cop killing and assorted anti-social mayhem. Sounds like fun? You betcha.
Sadly, The Man and hrs evrl trght-assecl establrshment henchmen are tryrng to ban GTA on the " grounds that rt'll make you rude to old ladies Or somethrng. Luckrly we have ten copres to grve away, M so you've a chance to clutch the game rn your strclcy paws before rt's too late. You can even specrly whether you want the game rn Playstatron or PC format. What's more, we've even got a Sony Playstatron for one lucky blrghter who lancres thernself as a top
All you have to do to bag a Playstatron and GTA or a copy of the game on rts own rs name the
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Answers on a bloodstained hubcap or a postcard by Fri 20 Feb. Mark them: Grand Theft Auto, The List, 14 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1TE.
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The only complete gurde to gettrng hrtthet: tr‘.'l‘s-‘)Ty'(‘ .n the tasteful nt-oe- soarced, moneyobsessed, poker-t raxy surrour‘tts of Las Vegas A ‘.‘.'hrte segurned ;\rrr‘r)strrt rs probably adyrsable, and that's ,ru‘st for the groom
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Pretty depressrhg reauy, pat rt does lrnk to ‘Funny D'yort e Quotes by Funny Peopre' .‘.l=rth 'htludes this gem frorn ‘y'loody A len 'For a '~.‘.'nrre we pondered *.'.'hetner to talce a yacatror: or get a (ll‘-.’()T( e ‘.".r'e det rded that a trrp to Berrvtada .s oter tn t.'.vo unreeks, but a (ll.’().’((‘ s sorrreth ng you al'.'.ays irtaxe '
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Anti-Valentine's Day Page
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