So far, though, he’s a serious guy in a sea of boob jokes and hot-dog double entendres. But he’s a tortured soul - you can see that on his craggy face.
He’s a war veteran, a former human trafficker - not a guy that shies away from violence or sinister stuff. To be sure, the protagonist in 'Grand Theft Auto IV,' a Serbian immigrant named Niko Bellic, is a deeper character than in games past. 'I think the Rockstar guys are clever enough to do really smart satire and really smart narrative … but I don’t think they went all the way.' 'I’m 26 now, and I played the original ‘GTA,’ but I want the games to mature with me - and it’s rated mature,' he says.
Steven Watts, a self-described hardcore gamer and freelance writer for 1Up.com, says that he’s reluctant to play the game in front of his wife. It wasn’t too tough to find other gamers - ones with a Y chromosome - who felt the same way I did.
