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{{Infobox Restaurant
{{Infobox Restaurant
|Name         = TW@ Internet Café
|Name= TW@ Internet Café
|image         = [[Image:TW@ (GTA4) (Broker interior).jpg|330px|]]
|image= [[File:TW@-GTAIV-Broker-interior.jpg|330px|]]
|comment_image = The interior of TW@'s Broker branch in GTA IV, where [[Alejandra]] works. All three TW@ branches in the game use the exact interior.
|comment_image= The interior of TW@'s Broker branch in GTA IV, where [[Alejandra]] works. All three TW@ branches in the game use the exact interior.
|featured     = [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA: LCS]], [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]]
|featured= [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]]<br />[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA Liberty City Stories]]<br />[[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]]<br />[[The Lost and Damned]]<br />[[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]<br />[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]]
|locations     = [[Torrington]] (III, LCS), [[Outlook]] (IV), [[North Holland]] (IV), [[Berchem]] (IV).
|locations= [[Torrington]] (GTA III, GTA Liberty City Stories)<br />[[Outlook]] (GTA IV)<br />[[North Holland]] (GTA IV)<br />[[Berchem]] (GTA IV)
|menu          = n/a
|price= [[Money|$]]1 per session (GTA IV)
|price        = $1 per session (IV)
}}
}}
'''TW@''' (pronounced ''[[Wikipedia:Twat|twat]]'') is an [[Internet in GTA IV|internet]] café that appears in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] and is interactive in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. The "TW", in "TW@", stands for "Totally Wireless", the phrase "Totally Wireless" can be seen outside some TW@ Internet Cafés. This phrase is a take on "Totally where it's at." TW@ Also appears in [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]] but it cannot be entered.
'''TW@''' (pronounced ''[[wp:Twat|twat]]'') is an [[Internet in GTA IV|internet]] café that appears in [[Grand Theft Auto III]], [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]], and is interactive in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and its [[GTA IV Episodes|episodes]]. The "TW", in "TW@", stands for "Totally Wireless", as can be seen outside some TW@ Internet Cafés. This phrase is a take on "Totally where it's at."


''"TW@" ''is a reference to ''twat'', which is a British slang term meaning "idiot". It is also a slang term for "vagina".
''"TW@" ''is a reference to ''twat'', which is a British slang term meaning "idiot". It is also a slang term for "vagina".


==Descriptions==
== Descriptions ==
In [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]], the TW@ café (in [[Torrington]]) is accessible, but not interactive. Two monitors inside the café show screenshots from [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]], respectively. A [[Unique Stunt Jumps#GTA_III|stunt jump]] can be completed inside the café through the staircase.
In [[Grand Theft Auto III|GTA III]], the TW@ café (in [[Torrington]]) is accessible, but not interactive. Two monitors inside the café show screenshots from [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]], respectively. A [[Unique Stunt Jumps#GTA III|stunt jump]] can be completed inside the café through the staircase.


In [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA Liberty City Stories]], due to the earlier setting than GTA III, the TW@ café is only just being constructed. Its posters state - ''"Come and see the grand opening of TW@"''.
In [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories|GTA Liberty City Stories]], due to the earlier setting than GTA III, the TW@ café is only just being constructed. Its posters state - ''"Come and see the grand opening of TW@"''.


In the [[GTA IV Era]], the TW@ Internet Cafés can be used to browse the in-game [[Websites in GTA IV|websites]]. They are accessible from the start of the game. The internet is introduced to the player in the mission [[Logging On]] where the player has to set up an [[Eyefind.info|Eyefind]] e-mail account. It costs $1 to use the computer. The stores can be robbed by simply opening the cash register and taking from $10 to $170, but doing so will usually result in a one star [[Wanted Level in GTA IV|wanted level]]. But this can be avoided, if the player crouches behind the counter of the Snack Shop, out of sight and then opens the cash register, no one will notice and will act as if nothing has happened
In the [[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]], TW@ internet cafés can be used to browse the in-game [[Websites in GTA IV|websites]] from the start of the game. The Internet is formally introduced to the player in the mission [[Logging On]] where the player has to set up an [[Eyefind.info|Eyefind]] e-mail account. It costs $1 to use the computer. The stores can be [[Store Robbery|robbed]] by simply opening the cash register and taking from $10 to $170, but doing so will usually result in a one star [[Wanted Level in GTA IV|wanted level]]. But this can be avoided, if the player crouches behind the counter of the Snack Shop, out of sight and then opens the cash register, no one will notice and will act as if nothing has happened. In the introductory cutscene to the Logging On mission, Roman actually speaks the name of the establishment, confirming that it is indeed pronounced "twat".


==Locations==
== Locations ==
=== GTA III Era ===
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left" widths="180">
File:TW@-GTAIII-StauntonIsland-exterior.jpg|TW@ at the border between [[Belleville Park]] and [[Bedford Point]], [[Staunton Island]], [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in [[Grand Theft Auto III]].
File:TW@-GTALCS.jpg|The same outlet in [[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]], circa 1998, under contruction.
</gallery>


<center>
=== GTA IV Era ===
<gallery width="auto" perrow="3" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left" widths="180">
File:TW@-GTAIV-Broker-exterior.jpg|The Onieda Ave, [[Outlook]], [[Broker]], [[Liberty City in GTA IV|Liberty City]] TW@ in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]].
File:TW@-GTAIV-Algonquin-exterior.jpg|The [[Frankfort Ave]], [[North Holland]], [[Algonquin]], Liberty City TW@ in Grand Theft Auto IV.
File:TW@-GTAIV-Alderney-exterior.jpg|The Vitullo Ave, [[Berchem]], [[Alderney]], Liberty City TW@ in Grand Theft Auto IV.
</gallery>


== Trivia ==
* In [[wp:Saints Row (video game)|Saints Row]] , there is a moving company called "TW@", also spelt with the "@" symbol.
* Because the TW@ in GTA III has no actual entrance, the player has to smash one of its windows in order to get in.
* TW@ in the GTA III rendition is filled with random pedestrians that will walk around aimlessly, bumping into the windows trying to get out.
* In [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]] as well as the [[Episodes From Liberty City]] version of [[The Lost and Damned]], the computers have a new wallpaper: a dark background with a silhouette of the Liberty City skyline and the phrase "I ♥ LC". This may be a reference to the "[[wp:I Love New York|I Love New York]]" logo, which the name of the mission "[[I Luv LC]]" also references.


{|class="wikitable"
=== Easter eggs ===
!'''Location'''
!'''Game(s)'''
!'''Image'''
|-
|Border between<br />[[Belleville Park]] and<br />[[Bedford Point]],<br />[[Staunton Island]],<br />[[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]]
|[[Grand Theft Auto III]],<br />[[Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories]]
|[[Image:TW@ (GTA3) (Staunton exterior).jpg|220px|]]
|-
|
Onieda Ave,
 
[[Outlook]],<br />[[Broker]],<br />[[Liberty City in GTA IV|Liberty City]]
|[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]
|[[Image:TW@ (GTA4) (Broker exterior).jpg|220px|]]
|-
|
 
[[Frankfort Ave]],
 
[[North Holland]],<br />[[Algonquin]],<br />Liberty City
|Grand Theft Auto IV
|[[Image:TW@ (GTA4) (Algonquin exterior).jpg|220px|]]
|-
|
Vitullo Ave,
 
[[Berchem]],<br />[[Alderney|Alderney,]]
 
 
Liberty City
|Grand Theft Auto IV
|[[Image:TW@ (GTA4) (Alderney exterior).jpg|220px|]]
|}
</center>
 
==Easter eggs==
* The GTA III rendition of TW@ features two computer monitors, beside the staircase to the second floor, depicting screenshots of [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]].
* The GTA III rendition of TW@ features two computer monitors, beside the staircase to the second floor, depicting screenshots of [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2]].
* At all TW@ internet cafes in GTA IV, the photocopier behind the cashier's desk is a [[Kakagawa]] Power Ultra 3000 Pro. The screen of the photocopier also has an easter egg as the screen reads: ''ERROR Unleash ninja guru lol''.
* At all TW@ internet cafes in GTA IV, the photocopier behind the cashier's desk is a [[Kakagawa]] Power Ultra 3000 Pro. The screen of the photocopier also has an easter egg as the screen reads: ''ERROR Unleash ninja guru lol''.
== Trivia ==
* In [[wp:Saints Row (video game)|Saints Row]] (a 'GTA clone'), there is a moving company called "TW@", also spelt with the "@" symbol.
* Because the TW@ in GTA III has no actual entrance, the player has to smash one of its windows in order to get in.
* TW@ in the GTA III rendition is filled will random pedestrians that will walk around aimlessly, bumping into the windows trying to get out.
* In [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], the computers have a new wallpaper: a dark background with a silhouette of the Liberty City skyline and the phrase "I (heart) LC".


== Additional images ==
== Additional images ==
 
<gallery width="auto" perrow="4" style="font-size:95%; padding:0; text-align:left" widths="180">
<center><gallery>
TW@-GTAIII-logo.png|The old logo as depicted in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories (as of 2001 and 1998).
Image:Internet Cafe logo.png|The old logo as depicted in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories (as of 2001 and 1998).
TW@-GTAIII.png|Interior of the TW@ in GTA III.
Image:Tw@_Internet_Cafe_(2008).png|TW@ logo in GTA IV (as of 2008).
TW@-GTAIII-GTA1&2.jpg|Screenshots of [[Grand Theft Auto 1|GTA 1]] and [[Grand Theft Auto 2|GTA 2]] on TW@ two computer screens, GTA III.
</gallery></center>
TW@-GTAIII-advert.jpg|A GTA III advertising of TW@ in Torrington in GTA III.
TW@-GTAIV-logo.png|TW@ logo in GTA IV (as of 2008).
TW@-GTAIV-wallpaper.jpg|The TW@ wallpaper seen on computers at TW@ in GTA IV.
TW@-EFLC-wallpaper.jpg|The "I ♥ L.C" version of the TW@ wallpaper seen on TW@ computers in the DLC version of [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]], or the [[Episodes from Liberty City]] versions of [[The Lost and Damned]] and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
</gallery>


== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Internet in GTA IV]]
* [[Internet in GTA IV]]
*[[Websites in GTA IV]]
* [[Websites in GTA IV]]


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Revision as of 03:13, 15 July 2013

TW@
The interior of TW@'s Broker branch in GTA IV, where Alejandra works. All three TW@ branches in the game use the exact interior.
Featured in GTA III
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA IV
The Lost and Damned
The Ballad of Gay Tony
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Locations Torrington (GTA III, GTA Liberty City Stories)
Outlook (GTA IV)
North Holland (GTA IV)
Berchem (GTA IV)
Price range $1 per session (GTA IV)

TW@ (pronounced twat) is an internet café that appears in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, and is interactive in Grand Theft Auto IV and its episodes. The "TW", in "TW@", stands for "Totally Wireless", as can be seen outside some TW@ Internet Cafés. This phrase is a take on "Totally where it's at."

"TW@" is a reference to twat, which is a British slang term meaning "idiot". It is also a slang term for "vagina".

Descriptions

In GTA III, the TW@ café (in Torrington) is accessible, but not interactive. Two monitors inside the café show screenshots from Grand Theft Auto 1 and Grand Theft Auto 2, respectively. A stunt jump can be completed inside the café through the staircase.

In GTA Liberty City Stories, due to the earlier setting than GTA III, the TW@ café is only just being constructed. Its posters state - "Come and see the grand opening of TW@".

In the GTA IV, TW@ internet cafés can be used to browse the in-game websites from the start of the game. The Internet is formally introduced to the player in the mission Logging On where the player has to set up an Eyefind e-mail account. It costs $1 to use the computer. The stores can be robbed by simply opening the cash register and taking from $10 to $170, but doing so will usually result in a one star wanted level. But this can be avoided, if the player crouches behind the counter of the Snack Shop, out of sight and then opens the cash register, no one will notice and will act as if nothing has happened. In the introductory cutscene to the Logging On mission, Roman actually speaks the name of the establishment, confirming that it is indeed pronounced "twat".

Locations

GTA III Era

GTA IV Era

Trivia

  • In Saints Row , there is a moving company called "TW@", also spelt with the "@" symbol.
  • Because the TW@ in GTA III has no actual entrance, the player has to smash one of its windows in order to get in.
  • TW@ in the GTA III rendition is filled with random pedestrians that will walk around aimlessly, bumping into the windows trying to get out.
  • In The Ballad of Gay Tony as well as the Episodes From Liberty City version of The Lost and Damned, the computers have a new wallpaper: a dark background with a silhouette of the Liberty City skyline and the phrase "I ♥ LC". This may be a reference to the "I Love New York" logo, which the name of the mission "I Luv LC" also references.

Easter eggs

  • The GTA III rendition of TW@ features two computer monitors, beside the staircase to the second floor, depicting screenshots of Grand Theft Auto 1 and Grand Theft Auto 2.
  • At all TW@ internet cafes in GTA IV, the photocopier behind the cashier's desk is a Kakagawa Power Ultra 3000 Pro. The screen of the photocopier also has an easter egg as the screen reads: ERROR Unleash ninja guru lol.

Additional images

  • The old logo as depicted in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories (as of 2001 and 1998).

    The old logo as depicted in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories (as of 2001 and 1998).

  • Interior of the TW@ in GTA III.

    Interior of the TW@ in GTA III.

  • Screenshots of GTA 1 and GTA 2 on TW@ two computer screens, GTA III.

    Screenshots of GTA 1 and GTA 2 on TW@ two computer screens, GTA III.

  • A GTA III advertising of TW@ in Torrington in GTA III.

    A GTA III advertising of TW@ in Torrington in GTA III.

  • TW@ logo in GTA IV (as of 2008).

    TW@ logo in GTA IV (as of 2008).

  • The TW@ wallpaper seen on computers at TW@ in GTA IV.

    The TW@ wallpaper seen on computers at TW@ in GTA IV.

  • The "I ♥ L.C" version of the TW@ wallpaper seen on TW@ computers in the DLC version of The Ballad of Gay Tony, or the Episodes from Liberty City versions of The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.

    The "I ♥ L.C" version of the TW@ wallpaper seen on TW@ computers in the DLC version of The Ballad of Gay Tony, or the Episodes from Liberty City versions of The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.

See also

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