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GTA VI will be revealed this week, if you believe the fansMoon’s haunted
Moon’s haunted
Image credit:Rockstar
Image credit:Rockstar

The image shows two characters standing in front of GTA V’s Vinewood sign, in such a way that only “VI” can be fully made out on the left hand side. Cue reply thread of people posting Leonardo diCaprio pointing-at-TV gifs. This follows aseparate discussionof the positioning of certain planes and powerlines in new promotional GTA V art - check it, those criss-crossing wires sort of look like a “VI” that’s been turned on its side. And did you know thatsome random swimming pool in GTA: Vice City Definitive Edition now has six shiny points in it? Case closed.
As it happens I’ve been recently reading Umberto Eco’s satirical “secret history” book Foucault’s Pendulum as prep for an RPS feature, which has much to say on the subject of conspiracy theories and the practice of reading too much into things.
Here’s a little excerpt: “Any fact becomes important when it’s connected to another. The connection changes the perspective; it leads you to think that every detail of the world, every voice, every word written or spoken has more than its literal meaning, that it tells us of a Secret. The rule is simple: Suspect, only suspect. You can read subtexts even in a traffic sign that says ‘No littering.’ "
“Grand Theft Auto VI is set on the moon”
“Rockstar are collaborating with prog-rock group Pink Floyd on a game based on the album The Dark Side of the Moon”
“Rockstar are collaborating with prog-rock group Pink Floyd on a game based on the album The Dark Side of the Moon, which is set on the moon”
“In the world of Grand Theft Auto VI, men have severe photophobia leading to an epidemic of wearing sunglasses at night”
“The next Grand Theft Auto videogame is titled Grand Theft Auto VIdeogame”