As you can see above, I had a little trouble getting though security. Of course – my DVD player is going through a hard time it just caught my Playstation fucking its wife.Īnyway, in GTA the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum magically becomes the Maze Bank Arena down in South Los Santos. This movie is so grizzled that when I put the DVD in, my player developed a drinking problem. While there’s like a balls-bunch of other films and shows that were shot here – no better film matches the fuck-it attitude of GTA like the Bruce Willis symphony The Last Boy Scout. The LA Coliseum From The Last Boy Scout (And Like 50 Other Films) The spitting image of its real life counterpart, the church was the location for the film’s funeral scene and surprisingly harder to set on fire than one would think.Ħ. I lost my bike, grabbed my gas canister and headed for the oldest church in Beverly Hills, The Church of the Good Shepherd. Time for some old Hollywood, and nothing’s more classic than a 1954 musical starring Judy Garland. That’s one of many maps you’ll be seeing on this trip, so feel free to follow along. Located just south of Santa Monica Blvd – in the game it’s location in the luxurious Rockford Hills. Naturally my first stop was to see where the Beverly Hills Police keep their scum, which coincidentally is city hall in real life. The Police Station From Beverly Hills Cop The answer is yes, and now I will take you through my experience.

You see, GTA’s map is so akin to LA that I wondered if it would be possible to do the same kind of film nerd sightseeing one might to in the real life city. Today is my day, for I have not only justified the purchase of this ultra-violent, ultra-fun game but also spent an entire afternoon screwing around on it while being able to technically call it work. There comes a time in every freelance writer’s career when he wonders if there’s some way he can write off the new Grand Theft Auto as a business expense.

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