GTA 3 Crossed A Line With Dad - My Retro Life
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- In 2001, Grand Theft Auto III for PS2 became the only game my Dad ever BANNED me from playing. This is our story.
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In 2001, Grand Theft Auto III for PS2 became the only game my Dad ever BANNED me from playing. This is our story. Hope you enjoyed it!
Your father was a good man and I agree with that take. I've been a gamer since I was 2....literally. I remember the 1st game I played and the many that followed. To this day, the only game that is popular that I found myself not being drawn to for moral reasons is GTA. The parallels between those games and reality is uncanny and more importantly, kind of depressing. How people enjoy enacting the behaviors in those games and romancing the idea of living out those fantasies is beyond me.
@@biggoards2772Thats the entire mentality behind media censorship in general. Moral preaching and "how can anyone else like that"
@@biggoards2772What you said summarizes censorship
@@legacytv2453 How is an opinion censorship? Just because I don't necessarily like a games features, I'm not telling the company to stop or anyone else. I'm stating that the game is just unsavory imo.....it has nothing to do with censorship.
So what your saying is…vice city was fine then 🤣
Your dad's intentions shows he had a good heart.
Seems like he couldn’t differentiate real life from video games and real life.
@@jilalcocaineur comment says neither can you
@@jilalcocainesounds like a dumb comment.
Are you on drugs?
Then why buy your minor something violent, and M rated for mature, then get mad at them playing it? I don’t wanna hear any excuses about “oh well he didn’t know” , that’s BS. His dad doesn’t or didn’t sound like the brightest bulb on the tree 🎄.
My first experiences with GTA were watching the son of one of my dads friends playing III, and then me playing San Andreas. I remember being 13 when GTA IV came out and my dad being annoyed he had to go inside the GameStop to get the game for me. The employee was reading off all the ESRB tags to him and I remember him basically saying “he knows right from wrong, just give him the damn game”. A funny memory of him.
I did the same for my son.. the guy knew straight up I was buying it for him.. ran the routine. At the car I said, better enjoy yourself son.. now he's a skilled gamer because of gta5
Had the same experience at Walmart when gta san andres came out lol except my dad couldn't speak English only Spanish and when the employee was telling him all that stuff my dad would just say "okay okay" 😂
Cool dad..my dad hates games even today. Im 40 and he have 68
@@arcanjopixel my dad's not really a gamer either.. he's too old-school like that.. but at the same time.. maybe look for a parallel interest into gaming and he might get sparked as I've known older people enjoy gaming just as much as the next person..
@@rrivera497benefits of Latin Parents 😉
My old man passed away in '97, but, my dad liked that I played video games because our neighborhood wasn't the best environment for kids with all the gang banging and everyone that was a teen in the 90s knew how gang culture was like a wildfire back in the day, but, I had a cool comic book and video game collection and some of my friends went down that bad road and they never tried to pressure me into doing bad things, I'm still friends with my bros in our early mid 40s. I don't agree with their lifestyles but they was always cool with me and had my back against bullies, plus they respected my parents.
cool story bro
Your dad was your moral compass, I wish I would have had a dad like that. I did however have my brother who was that role for me, it just sucks we both lost them way too soon.
❤️🙏🏿
Agree, not everyone has the luxury of having a moral, caring, and firm father.
My parents were totally against GTA III after seeing a PBS special about violent video games. I remember a CompUSA employee convincing my dad that it was okay for me to play this as long as I was a good kid and got good grades. Respect to that guy.
yeah i think that what really demonized the game and made alot of parents not let their kids play the game. fuckin PBS
Yeah, I didn't play any GTA until I was 17
My parents let me play Halo, though
I lost my dad in 2005 and my mom in 2010.
You did a really great job of making me feel that imposing, almost villainous(as we'd see it in youth) parental presence with this vid.
Haven't felt that in forever.
Dont credit gta for your upbringing
@@user-qb6lb9bo7g lol what?
He lost his Dad in 2007.
@@mariokart8715 I know, I've been subbed for a while.
Sorry you lost your parents, my man. Me too. :)
You had a great dad, Tyler. What your dad did was so healthy..
💯
Yeah right! You're a human, Tyler! I hate these ESRB ratings, except for extremely mature games, and GTA III is not one of them. Maybe SA with that deleted mission, but definitely not III. Hopefully, you and your father could make amends.
GTA is brutal, but you should never forget that it's a game
Yeah
Yeah. Parents who do this over a game are projecting an incredible volume about themselves and their faith in themselves with being competent parents. Kids are easily influenced but you should know your child inside & out and be observant of their personality to know if they are susceptible to mirroring toxic behavior. Kids only go as far with bad behavior as you allow them to.
Also, if I'm being brutally honest, being abused by your parents or witnessing abuse or verbal abuse will do more damage than playing this game or any GTA game as a kid.
@@60wwediva if you let your kids play 18+ games you are mentally ill
@@60wwedivayou must not have kids
Did the same as a kid even before finishing the story. Just ran around and caused chaos listening to the music and having fun 😂 Sandbox like games were new to us then, so it was so captivating. Parents should always be concerned at what their children are being influenced by, especially today, so can't blame your dad for having some concerns.
Insane how new it was at the time. Or rather, that was my exact experience with Vice City. Absurd how fun it was to just rack up the wanted level and run around like a madman.
GTA is a game that is really difficult to complete the story, at least for me. But I think that the experience that everyone has is eventually you are going to play to cause chaos, sooner or later
I'm sure I completed it. But I don't remember the end of GTA3. I 100% remember the difficulty getting it though. I purchased it at 15 before even had a PC and ended up getting it on the PS2 years later because I couldn't afford the PC hardware.
I'm sure I completed it though. I don't remember the end of the OG GTA or GTA London or GTA2 (not even sure they had an end, didn't really have a story to be honest).
I do remember Vice city, San Andreas and of course GTA 5 though. Either my memory is failing, or the previous stories weren't worth remembering. Possibly both, but definitely fun in my youth. GTA is a franchise that grew perfectly with me. I'm 37, so not outrageously old.
@@gggumballI didn’t have a memory card it took me 3 days one summer not turning my ps2 off playing alllllll day 😂
Your childern are only as influenced as you allow them to be and raise them to be. I played this as a kid and I turned out fine.
Your dad did what many responsible and compassionate parents did at the time. It doesn't look like much now, but the sheer unscripted chaos you could cause in GTA3 was unprecedented for 2001. I was also in high school and it was THE game everyone was talking about. Fortunately my parents rarely watched me play video games or they might have banned it as well lol.
Not to mention in light of 9/11 just a couple months later. The ability to kill cops and authorities was reprehensible in light of that, and probably should've been removed so as to show respect to all the first liners who lost their lives in NYC, the city on which this game was based.
@@karmicchameleon5816 Yeah…but the game wouldn’t have had the success it did without its unrestricted sandbox violence. Its biggest selling point was that you could do whatever you wanted, and the police system made the gameplay so much more interesting.
@@karmicchameleon5816hey man, they already removed the missions where you committed domestic terrorism for a homeless dude, they can have cop killing, as a treat. Lmaoo
Idk man music was pretty heavy way before that
I remember picking up a copy of gta 3 and being blown away, think I was 15, playing it in the living room and my dad taking the controls off me to show me how to play it properly, he’d abide by the speed limits, stop at the lights haha good times
These games are actually pretty uncanny if you play them that way. Many things work out, a lot of the streets, intersections, etc are "functional" in the way that they would be in reality, but then there is one huge thing: GTAIII has no road signs, as far as I recall. No stop signs, nothing like that. When you try to play these games in a realistic way you will run into little funny things like that.
The story reminds me of myself and my father back then. I saw GTA 3 on the PS2 for the first time at a friend's house in 2001. I was only 11 years old then. I've never seen a game like this - with such realistic graphics, an open game world and seemingly limitless freedom of action, what game has allowed you to go on a killing spree like this before?! 😂 He had borrowed it from his neighbor and so I was only able to play for a few minutes. Unfortunately, I didn't have any consoles at home, just a PC that was also used for work. My parents didn't believe in gaming. When GTA 3 was released for Windows about a year later, I, as a 12-year-old, begged my father to rent it for me. He was even in a video rental store. They had the game for PC, but just the back of it, a man with a baseball bat and guns, and especially the red mark that said "for ages 18 and up" stopped my father from taking it with him. About a year later, when I was 13, they became less strict and bought it for me. Since our PC wasn't the newest and the game had high graphics requirements, it looked very bad and lagged very badly - it was practically unplayable. GTA Vice City had been new on the market for a few months and of course I was excited. I begged my dad so hard to buy me a PS2, which he did in 2003. PS2 along with GTA Vice City. This was my first console ever and I will never forget it.
This game was mind blowing to me when it released.
Game changer for sure
I went to my friends house in early 2000's just to play GTA3. Begged for a ps2 soon after
@@ghouls101 I brought my PS2 over to a buddy of mine and picked up the game on the way there. Little did we know what we were in for lol
This was the best still love it
This game,Mario 64,Mortal Kombat Original, Goldeneye took games into a whole new level
Man, this made me miss my dad and tear up. So touching. I'm happy you had such a tight relationship with your dad.
I was about 7 years old in 2004 and my dad finally bought a ps2 slim. He let me rent Vice City and I ended up loving it not knowing how to do too much. A year later he bought me San Andreas and I brought my girlfriend home in the game and of course its censored but you can still hear moaning and sex talk and I had never heard anything like this from him but he said "if I see that again im taking it away from you". A lesson was learned that day because I feel like my dad had a reason for saying that and cared about me. Its good to hear that you and your dad had a similar story and lesson with GTA.
My dad did something similar with San Andres when it launched. Threw down a newspaper that had a multi page article on the violence and crime in the game and said no way was I getting it for my bday. I then promptly went downstairs and grabbed my copies of GTA 3 and Vice city. Needless to say I got a copy of San Andreas for my bday and we had a blast getting Grove Street kings of the city lol.
When he hears the n word:
“Back to the store”
A lot of people won't understand how revolutionary GTA 3 was when it came out. There was nothing else like this game and the ability to just roam the map and do what you wanted alongside the story was absolutely incredible and left a big imprint in me when I played it back in the day as a kid.
The closest thing had been Shenmue in 1999. But it only had martial arts fighting.
It's literally the reason why I always stuck to free roam/open world games (for the most part). So many non-open world games make me feel wildly restricted and I never liked that once it's over, it's over. Nothing else to do but start again
Aye, I quantum lept into this from logging countless hours into Driver 1 & 2
My grandma bought gta vice city but the store clerk almost didn't sell it to us because i was like 8 but even at that age i knew right from wrong i knew what's in movies and video games are just entertainment i was a shy kid i was not a angry violent out of control kid great memories my grandma's still going strong at 72 years old
“First game that raised caution” Rockstar would be proud to hear that line. I played games starting around 93 and will say GTA3 was the first game I was truly in awe over. We played it all weekend just to beat it and replay it again top tier game of all time.
Vice City was my first GTA experience.
One of the greatest video game soundtracks of all time. I doubt GTA 6 will even match it, but if it does I would be pleasantly surprised!
Same
Mine was the original GTA and GTA 2. I have never played San Andreas, Chinatown Wars and GTA V. Not counting the expansions/episodes and GTA Advance, who are also on the non-played list.
I’m sorry
I remember when I purchased Grand Theft Auto: Vice City or San Andreas back in 2004-2005, I basically hid the game from my grandparents every time I played it after school, great memories
I remember being in elementary school bragging to my "friend" that I had vice city, took it to school to prove it to him. Went home and couldn't find the game in my backpack. That sob stole it and transferred schools.
Weirdly enough my grandfather got curious about VC and SA from me and other relatives. He would just fly around the maps in both games... SA especially since my save was pretty much complete I would have it set to the airport just for him to fly around the map all he wanted... Even perfected the flight school while I just struggled on those as a kid. Seeing GTA VI is gonna be his last GTA game he'll see... Since he did play V just to cruse around and explore while doing the jet cheat at times to fly around the map.
@@Killersnake432that's awesome man. I was really close with my grandparents growing up myself. My great grandpa used to love watching me.play san Andreas
My dad had a similar reaction while watching me play this game. He used to sit with me in my bedroom and watch me play while he used our family computer. Your video reminded me of what he said to me. I was doing the same thing you did in the game and he told me “if you’re just gonna run around and kill people then I think you need to turn that off and go outside and do something else”. I was like you blown away as I had played video games all my life. Looking back it makes total sense. Thank you for sharing this.
I think I was 17 and had just saved enough money to buy a PS2 and GTA 3. My stepdad saw me down in the dumps (highschool heartbreak). He took me to get this and we sat there and played together for a couple of hours. He never got into games much at all, but he was all for making me feel better that day.
Your dad was a great loving person, and I really appreciate all that he has done for you and your community of followers.
Thanks again for sharing another story.
Watch him not being able to play GTA 6 2025 😅
Man, this takes me back. The golden years of gaming in the early 2000s. Rocking that PS2 on the CRT TV. Good times.
I can't argue with you. I wanna go with Super Nintendo and Genesis because that era was my early teenage years and it is my personal but I do think 1998-2004 as a whole gave us the greatest games ever on the PC, PS2, PS1, N64, GBA, Wonderswan, Dreamcast, Gamecube, X-Box. It was a wonderful time. Of course the late 70s and early 80's will forever be the golden age of arcades and then Street Fighter 2 helped ignite a landscape shift in all gaming and the 16 bit wars are legendary but yeah 1998-2004 to me will always be the peak of overall gaming. Nothing since comes close. Nothing will. It's just taking what made that great and adding higher resolution today
My dad saw me do free roam stuff one time and said “ when i was your age this stuff was all 2D”
One of the only good memories i had with my lowlife dad.
you sound like a spoilt khunt
I play it with my son and we sit side by side. He knows it’s all make believe and a good way to relieve stress.
Then we turn on the news and see stories of the same nature or worse.
I always find it fascinating that my parents never had an issue with me playing GTA: San Andreas as a 6-7 year old kid. My uncle even gifted me GTA IV on my 9th birthday which is so wild to me looking back on it.
lucky
That's wassup
Same lol mine never gave af My kids aint playing that shit lol
Yeah my parents had an issue with it. I remember playing vice city when I was a little kid at a friends house and I wanted to get the game and my mom was like absolutely note. I remember somehow getting San Andreas but it was like two years after the game came out so I think I was like 11. And then when GTA 4 came out. She didn’t let me play until I was a freshman in high school.
But it was strictly just to like the Grandtheft auto series. She didn’t really have a problem with video games like silent hill and I think it’s because those games you know are known for their story so it would be like telling a teenager not to watch a horror movie.
GTA IV was the goat bro most realistic as well till this day
Dude this hits home for me 😂 I remember I went to visit my grandma and brought my ps2 with me and was playing gta 3 and she was instantly like “Nope” and took the disk from me and wouldn’t give it back 😂
My grandfather had a ps2 with red faction need for speed underground soul calibur 2 and 3 was our favorite game to play with him still is back when we had a ps2 and we slept over we would bring our own games remember losing a copy of smackdown vs raw 2006 I had over there never found out what happened to it 😂😂
Your grandpa straight stole yo shit. Right after the day you left it he was like “ aha, this is my smack down now” 😂😂 jk but that was a good game smack down vs raw was dope to play as a kid.😈
@@MozzyMichh my grandmother is a computer gamer not a console gamer but I wouldn't be surprised if it's long gone by now my grandfather probably got rid of it my accident who knows it was years ago
*I remember getting my PlayStation 2 for Christmas. It was sold out everywhere and the hype was huge. I already lost hope and was getting ready to wake up to something else. But there it was! Under our Christmas tree. Spent thousands of hours on it.*
Your videos always take me right back to the times you’re discussing. I look at your videos as short films and you’re an amazing filmmaker my friend. Thank you for everything you do for History of gaming and giving people a first hand dive into this amazing time period.
That’s good parenting. Your dad seemed like a good dude. May he rest in peace sir
I have so much nostalgia for this game, it's one of my favourite games of all time. It was 18 rated in the UK and I managed to pick up a copy at 17. For me this is the best GTA game because of the impact it made at the time. I recently platinumed the PS2 rerelease on PS4 and still had a blast.
Do you have to be of age to pick up certain games in the UK?
@@Nathan93Bakeryes, and it's the same for DVDs, Blu ray releases etc. We have two ratings systems over here - PEGI and BBFC
i love your channel so much. partly because i grew up a little younger than you, in a very different household. this is the childhood i wished i had. and instead of sadness im honestly just happy this is an actual family dynamic that happened.
Man, I love your videos.. they always make me emotional. The relationship you and your dad had is special and reminds me of my dad and I. Keep up the good vids man.
Little did your dad know he would be such an influence on a generation of gaming dads. Thanks for sharing his legacy and inspiring us all. (And I totally get his reaction to GTA 3 back then!)
I agree, I can relate to how frustrating this must've been for you at the time, and now that most of us are parents ourselves, it's so easy to understand your dad's dilemma.
It was banned in my house too. I remember sneaking to play it for the few hours I had after school before my mom got home from work. Your dad's approach to this is an example of good parenting and how to handle the situation. And it's always cool to realize things like that as time passes. Well done video man. It reminded me of so many memories I had myself with the game and that era of gaming as a whole.
These moments with your dad, you really know how to make a grown man cry! I'll be having my first kid this month and I can't wait to have video game memories with him like this! That's only if he's into them. But love the video's man!
Wow man, i'm lliterally only 10 seconds in, and have another reason to respect your dad. From the title, I just assumed he banned you from it because it honestly was pretty radical for the time, but he actually would let you play, you just needed to play the story and not going on joyrides killing/robbing/destroying xD. Best dad man.
GTA 3 and Goldeneye were the only games ever get taken away from my brother & I. After a few months though we were able to convince our parents to give them back
great video man, I had a similar situation but with my mom years back… when she took it from me I was literally heartbroken, i’ll always remember I had “spy hunter” as a replacement & it just wasn’t the same at all
I love your videos about your life and your dad. You and I had the same life when it comes to video games. My dad never interacted with me with. It was always dragging me to his work.
This is my favourite GTA even now, one of my fav games of all time. It was mind blowing back then, and I have so much nostalgia for it. My mother was chill, until she saw me sniping baddies from a high rise. I told her I'd turn the blood off as compromise. Love my mother to bits, always appreciated she trusted me. Good memories!
Good stuff Tyler. My parents were strict with stuff like this as well, but just like you, I totally get it in retrospect. I’m the same way with my kids. Speaks to your Dad’s character.
Your dad was a G. Also, you were a nice kid. He did well.
Yeah, similar story. I was 17 and bought this game for myself, as i was working at the time. My Dad came home from work and sat down, to watch me play. I laughed as i mowed down hookers and shot at the police.. I remember him saying 'this is bad', and responded 'its just a game!'. We argued a bit for a few minutes and i remember feeling like HE didn't understand it was just a game. Now, looking back he was absolutely right to feel that way, as I wont let my 15 year old play that shit either... Thanks for the video and the shared memory.
Tyler, your father's awesomeness never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for the story, always looking🎉 to more.
your dad was something really special that not many ppl got to experience in there own life your father is looking down right now smiling knowing he raised such a amazing kid and he happy knowing you grew up into a amazing adult my mother was also didnt want me playing gta 3 and vice city because she thought i was going to copy it in real life but lucky i didnt lmao
love listening to your stories about the early days of gaming it relaxing and awesome
This is probably the best video ever first time seeing your channel wholesome and just plain perfect thank you for sharing
I used to watch your channel a lot loved the footage of you as a child and your dad. Haven't been watching a lot recently but man this video really showed me how good of a storyteller you are. Awesome stuff man keep it up I'll be on the lookout for your videos again.
My mother and sister felt the same way about this game back in 2001 and I had the game taken away. Now, years later they do not mind Grand Theft Auto as a series now lol. It comes to show you how times have changed and now my Sister is ok with my niece and nephews playing the series now hahaha.
I'm happy you had a real FATHER. I live a bit vicariously though your stories. Broken home was all I knew. This makes me happy as it did seeing my friends having normal home lives. I was always in utter awe at normalcy. The lack of chaos and pain and beatings and mental torture made me understand once I was an adult, I had the power to end it as a routine for myself and my family. The fact you thought about and learned what he was getting at because he explained it was really cool. There was never such a level playing field of sharing ideas and reasoning to an end / compromise, etc. It took me a long time to get to that point for myself and even in my 40s, it's still a struggle at times not to revert to anger and fear first. I'm glad my experience isn't the norm.
This is the exact same experience that I had.
My parents sitting me down and having an intervention with me about it- very theatrical.
Needless to say I still played it- one of my all time favourite games. Great video
Such an amazing story! Amazing dad, I really understand the caution he implied and it was so amazing to see that he gifted you Vice City afterwards. It really brought me back to those years. Thank you for making this video!
I can't tell you how much I appreciate your videos. When you live through the creation of video games like I did😢, you take it for granted. You bringing us back makes me appreciate those times. Thank you!
My nephew got a PS2 & GTA 3 for Christmas 2001 I was blown away. It was the 1st game I got when I bought my PS2 in April 2002.
Thank you for constantly sharing your stories with us. Your dad may be gone but thanks to you, he will live on forever.. Cheers Bro
Bs he was delusional and a basic sheep
We had this also with my parents. I think I was 13.
I feel really bad nowadays, because my big brother got hold of GTA 3 AND Vice City anyway, and my parents had no idea what games we were actually playing. Just what they could see on the shelf (or what they would buy FOR us).
Regardless, today I am a law-abiding person with a standard good career, who occasionally goes 3mph over the speed limit. So.
Really love your stories about you and your dad. Hopefully, my son will gain such great (gaming) memories as well.
I'm an old fart, so I was 29 and married when GTA 3 came out but it was at the forefront of the American consciousness. Incredible, revolutionary game!
the most revolutionary, IMO.
Your dad would be so proud of you, honoring his legacy!
Wow Man.
This video touched my heart. My dad was similar, though in my teen years I didn’t live with him. He kind of had the same reactions when he saw Mortal Kombat when it hit consoles in the 90s. Being a dad myself now, I can say that here and there I may have had very brief situations when it came to content or games I didn’t want my children to encounter. I bet your dad was an amazing guy too.
great story as always. My mum bought me Vice City on release day using money I'd saved up from the paper round. I think I got GTA 1,2,London and 3 for various Christmas' but my parents had no idea what they were buying me haha! I also don't remember playing the story much on the first 3 GTA games, mainly to unlock the different sections of the map.
Starting my day watching your videos always makes me have a better day.
Thank you so much
Happy to hear that!
Your dad was a good man. Also, I think we are the same age. I was born in July 1986 and so many of the games you talk about and where you were at in your life when you experienced them really resonate with me.
I love your Retro life memories and really appreciate you sharing them. Here's wishing you and your family a Happy Holiday Season!
Surprising hard hitting video. Tyler, if more dads were like your dad was we might be living in a nicer world now
Big time! My parents are the exact same way. They respect my choices as an adult but growing up didn't want me playing those titles.
It’s amazing how much footage you have from back in the days!
My dad 100% was the same way. Every GTA was an enemy to him. Yet. He was only a part of my life on rare occasions my mom had plans and was desperate enough to let me see him. He would have been your dad of my parents got along. I grew up listening to his left over ps1 games on CD player trying to absorb as much of him as I could with what I had. Miss the fat man. He’s not dead. He’s just alone
I really enjoyed this video. Its obvious from listening that your Dad really cared about you and loved you, and I'm glad you have those memories.
My mom bought me the 3 GTAs on PS2 while I was still in my early to mid teen years as she actually thought the games looked really cool, and so I was able to play them around her. My dad and stepmom however banned all GTAs in their house until I was 16, which interestingly enough was the age I was when I moved out of my dad's and in with my mom. I understood my dad's ban on the games, but wow did I ever have fun with them at my mom's, especially Vice City!😅
Your dad really cared about you, that's awesome!
my mom made my brother and I return Max Payne the same day of purchase after watching us play through the opening lol. Took some extra convincing to get Vice City later on
man, i commented in one of your other videos, i just wanted to say, you are so blessed for having such a caring, loving, and humble dad.
He really loves you, i'm pretty sure you already know, but i want to justify not all people have dads and many of them have wicked dads.
I truly am happy for you, he's a model of what parenthood is.
Wow thank you for this! This brings back so many memories, honestly I'll be hard pressed to find another game where i had the type of reaction when i first played this game. The consoles from the 6th generation is what really defined what video games are today. This is truly when I would spend a fortune on games, accessories ,etc. I've never had this feeling again.
Every time I watch one of your videos about you and your dad I think how lucky you have all this footage of your gaming experiences with him. My most treasured memory with my dad was when he and I spent the day finishing Contra on the NES together. Watching your videos always brings me back to that day. Now you have the blessing to create these kinds of memories with your kids too!
It's sad that your best memory with your father is staring at a TV playing a video game.
@@folksurvival I have a great relationship with my father and many wonderful memories, and many more to come. I chose that memory to comment here because this is a game centric channel. I hope you find happiness this upcoming year.
@@illawgical I'm sure you do have many memories, and I never claimed otherwise, I simply said that I think it is sad that your "most treasured memory" with your father is one looking at a TV playing a video game.
Having to find happiness implies not already having found it and being happy which is not the case for me as I am happy. I never mentioned anything about happiness or a lack thereof so I don't know why exactly you're randomly injecting that into the conversation and trying to spin that narrative. I can only assume it was some kind of sly passive aggressive ad hominem type of tactic on your part which is just uncalled for. That's another sad thing these days; that so many people can't seem to just have conversations with other people online without almost immediately resorting to trying to insult or slander that/those people in some way. Disappointing behavior I must say.
Thank God he didn't see you playing Manhunt.
This brought a river of tears to me because my father did a similar thing. I received this game as a present from my aunt and he knew from hearing about the violence this game had, he confiscated it until he could have a conversation about how this is all make believe and entertainment which obviously, I knew but as a parent he had a moral obligation as you greatly explained to do this and even though I was upset with him at the time, as I got older I realized why he did it. You have a great father that cared and we should be so lucky to have awesome dads. You have another subscriber brother!
Thanks for sharing about your Dad man. Welcome to the channel!
the stories of your dad are just incredible thank you for sharing all these memories with us :)
It's probably one of the few good memories I have with my dad. We bonded over playing GTA 3 and loved just playing in the sandbox world and seeing what kind of havoc we could cause!
Your Dad really cared about you, Tyler.
I have been a fan of this channel for years now. I started watching before I became a father. Now that I have a son I appreciate it even more. Tyler's father was a great man, one that I'm sure others (myself included) will and should emulate. So great to see the son of a great man evolving into a man his father would be so proud of.
At first my parents were extremely against it, so I would sneak over to friends houses to play 3 and Vice. But after they split up, my Dad ended up buying me the double pack on original Xbox, and pretty much changed his views kn violent games knowing I wasnt gonna do that. My Mom probably to this day hates the series though 😅 I love watching these videos. This one got me a little watery eyed since neither Dads are with us anymore. Thanks for sharing!
Your dad was such an amazing person. I'm exactly the same way with my son! He can play and watch just about anything. hes really into marvel and dc and starting to love anime as well.
He understands the difference between fantasy and more realistic games/movies so we tend to stay away from realistic gore/blood and violence. Tho I have no problem playing zelda , metriod , smashbros and even dragonball and FnAf. Now he doesn't even like playing gta or any real hyperrealistic game like CoD .
Once he's 13 he won't be limited on what he plays , but I totally see your dad's point of view and I would do the exact same thing. These games can dangerous for a young audience. Not 14 . But I've seen my cousins playing gta at 8 , 9 years old and they did some stupid things . It's not the games. Its the parent.
This was a banger video! I think we can all relate to loved ones not liking GTA 3 and your story was so wholesome!
Your video production is really fun.
I’ve only seen a handful of your videos but your dad seems like a great guy and even better father, also GTA2 was the only video game my mom made me and my brothers return
Your dad was great! your videos are such a fantastic tribute to him and can you imagine what he'd think about you having your own gaming channel focusing on yours and his gaming life? he'd be so prod of you. Nice work my friend!!
Your dad sounds like he was a great guy. Sorry you lost him. I love your stories about him, your family, and your gaming experiences. It's such a great channel. Thank you for sharing. 👍
You do good reenacting stuff. The stories mixed with the content is awesome.
It makes me happy watching these, I'm happy you had a great father in your life. I wish I could say the same but it's awesome seeing these videos!
Wow your dad is a legend what true words of wisdom play the missions or don’t play at all
A great Dad. Actually, if my son was playing the game in this fashion, i would've reacted *exactly* the same. Micro-managing, but in a good & constructive way. "Play the game the way it was meant to be played, or don't play it at all." Respect.
Sidenote: thank you for the *invaluable* 6th generation footage. There's not much of this on your channel, and i always treasure it. Merry Christmas to you and your family, Tyler.
Who’s to say a game should be played a particular way?
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My dad always played these type of games so when he passed I was destined to be a gta fan..I always took pride in the game ,i even got my parents to pre order gta 5 for me when I was 8! Kinda wish I had a dad like yours to be there nd care about what I played/watched. Respect to your dad nd like the vid👍🏼
Good video man really relatable, with me as a kid it was actually the opposite my uncle would tell me and my cousin to turn down the tv volume to 0 and if we were doing a mission we would have to skip the cutscenes so we wouldnt see or hear anything bad it was almost like it was recommended to only run around the city and go crazy because theres no actual story or sustenance behind it
Your dad was cool as shit. I think back to that time in my life at age 14 and I remember still not being allowed to play any M rated game largely due to the sensationalist media reports about games like this one. I love that your dad recognized it was just a game and could tell you could too.
Hey, I went through the same scenario myself. For my birthday, my parents gave me money to get GTA 3, totally unaware of the game's content, haha. I enthusiastically played it in the living room, doing exactly what you highlighted in the video. Lo and behold, they swiftly banned the game and handed me cash to buy a different one. I vividly recall searching desperately for GTA alternatives during my teenage years, but nothing quite matched up to GTA 3. Driver 1 came close, and I spent countless hours rampaging through the city. Good times! 🎮😄
the story's of your dad are all so inspiring, love this story freaking made me cryl😂
“What are you doing?”……….”I’m, uh, playin the game”😂. I definitely respect and understand your Dad’s position here. There had never been a game quite like GTA III before (there were the original GTAs but they were more cartoonish), so I can see how it would have been jarring for your Dad to see that. I think you handled the situation in a very respect and mature manner for a 15 year old. I remember how revolutionary this game was when it came out. One of the hardest gaming decisions I ever had to make was deciding whether to get a PS2 with GTA 3 for Christmas of ‘01 or a GameCube. I decided on getting the GameCube because I’m a Nintendo fanboy at heart and I still had fun with the GameCube. However, I sometimes think about how much fun I would have had with GTA 3 when it came out if I had chosen to get a PS2 that X-Mas instead. That said, one of my favorite gaming memories from that X-Mas and of all time was renting Luigi’s Mansion, playing it all night at a friend’s house and trying to beat it without a memory card (forgot to buy one and stores had closed for the night).
Absolutely love how your dad drew a line but still let you play the game. Not every adult has the capacity of understanding like that. I find it funny that the US has one of the most strict policies on entertainment but is still and has been the country with the most gun incidents in the world. People just like to blame everything but the source. Yeah we have violence in Mexico but it comes from other contexts and we never had any limits on violence on tv hence we always had uncensored anime since way too back
El Salvador is number one, and a lot of people are killed every year in Mexico with guns and even other worse and more violent methods.
"As of 2023, Mexico is the second country with the highest number of gun deaths in the world, with 20,509 gun deaths per year. Between 2015 and 2021, the proportion of male homicides committed with a firearm rose from 60.9 percent to 71.3 percent, while the proportion of female firearm homicides rose from 37.8 percent to 56.8 percent. Guns have become the primary means of homicide for both men and women in Mexico in the past seven years."
Take a look at Japan, which got video games and movied and yet the safest country in the world. Legit, my brother tells me everyone there is peaceful so far, no graffiti or anything in sight
Mexico has 5 times the homicide rate than the usa