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'''Liberty City Survivor''' was a reality show about "20 recently paroled guys...equipped with grenade launchers and flamethrowers". They have to hunt each other down until only one man is left standing. The idea parodies reality television, especially the very early 2000's trend towards more degrading formulas such as ''[[WP:Fear Factor|Fear Factor]]''. Liberty City Survivor is also a reference to a promised-but-cancelled multiplayer mode in GTA III. However, "Liberty City Survivor" would come to | '''Liberty City Survivor''' was a reality show about "20 recently paroled guys...equipped with grenade launchers and flamethrowers". They have to hunt each other down until only one man is left standing. The idea parodies reality television, especially the very early 2000's trend towards more degrading formulas such as ''[[WP:Fear Factor|Fear Factor]]''. Liberty City Survivor is also a reference to a promised-but-cancelled multiplayer mode in GTA III. However, "Liberty City Survivor" would come to fruitition as the multiplayer mode in Liberty City Stories. The voiceover is from Jeff Berlin. The show bears strong resamblance to the novel Battle Royale, where a group of kids are given assault weapons and forced to hunt each other down until only one is left alive. The television show is advertised over Chatterbox FM. | ||
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Revision as of 17:09, 24 December 2009
Liberty City Survivor was a reality show about "20 recently paroled guys...equipped with grenade launchers and flamethrowers". They have to hunt each other down until only one man is left standing. The idea parodies reality television, especially the very early 2000's trend towards more degrading formulas such as Fear Factor. Liberty City Survivor is also a reference to a promised-but-cancelled multiplayer mode in GTA III. However, "Liberty City Survivor" would come to fruitition as the multiplayer mode in Liberty City Stories. The voiceover is from Jeff Berlin. The show bears strong resamblance to the novel Battle Royale, where a group of kids are given assault weapons and forced to hunt each other down until only one is left alive. The television show is advertised over Chatterbox FM.