Twenty years ago, if you heard the synthesized thump of “Billie Jean” bleeding out of a rolled-down car window on Ocean Drive, you weren’t in Miami. You were in a bedroom in Ohio, a dorm room in London, or an internet café in Tokyo. You were inside . You were inside Grand Theft Auto: Vice City .
Voiced by the legendary Ray Liotta (who we lost in 2022), Tommy was the last of the "silent assassin" archetypes turned loud. He wasn't a hipster millennial trying to start a tech startup (sorry, GTA V ). He wasn't an Eastern European immigrant with a heavy moral compass ( GTA IV ). Tommy Vercetti was a greed machine in a Hawaiian shirt. -GTA VC- Grand Theft Auto- Vice CityRiP-...
Los Santos is too big. Liberty City is too grey. But ? It was the perfect sandbox coffin. Twenty years ago, if you heard the synthesized