Why True Crime NYC Is Better Than GTA 5

Let’s have a real conversation. When we talk about open-world crime games, the conversation begins and ends with Grand Theft Auto V for most folks. It’s the blockbuster. The titan. The game with a budget bigger than some small countries. And listen, I get it. The graphics are insane, the world is detailed, and you can play tennis before going on a murderous rampage. It’s a technical marvel.

But if you’re talking about the actual soul of a crime game? If you’re looking for an experience that feels less like a slick Hollywood parody and more like a gritty, authentic grind through the underbelly of a city that never sleeps? Then you need to put down the controller in Los Santos and take a trip back to 2005 with True Crime: New York City.

Yeah, I said it. And I’m not taking it back.

The Grime vs. The Glamour

Los Santos is beautiful, polished, and fun to live in. It’s a sun-drenched playground of excess. But let’s keep it a buck—it doesn’t feel dangerous. It feels like a theme park. You’re a tourist causing chaos.

True Crime: NYC doesn’t let you off that easy. From the moment you step into the worn-out boots of Marcus Reed, an ex-con turned cop, you feel the weight of the city. This isn't a glamorous version of New York; it's a grimy, early-2000s time capsule. The streets are littered, the subways are covered in graffiti, and the atmosphere is thick with a sense of genuine menace. You can almost smell the stale pretzels and exhaust fumes. This game captures the feeling of a city that’s alive in its imperfections, not just as a backdrop for your antics. It’s the difference between watching a Scorsese film and watching a Michael Bay explosion fest. Both have their place, but only one sticks with you.

A System with Something to Say

Here’s where True Crime: NYC truly embarrasses its modern counterpart: its morality and police systems.

In GTA V, being a cop is a binary state: you have a wanted level, or you don’t. You hide until the stars go away. It’s a game of tag.

In True Crime, being a cop is a role. The "Police Presence" meter meant the entire neighborhood was your jurisdiction. You weren't just running from the law; you were the law. The game forced you to make split-second decisions. Do you arrest this perp, or do you beat a confession out of him for more information? Do you let a small-time dealer go to get a lead on a bigger bust? The "Good Cop/Bad Cop" morality system wasn't just a gimmick; it directly influenced the story, your abilities, and how the city reacted to you.

Meanwhile, in GTA V, your three protagonists are psychopaths by design. There’s no moral consequence for mowing down a sidewalk full of people. The satire is so broad that it becomes meaningless. True Crime: NYC dared to ask a more complex question: "What does it cost to clean up these streets, and will you become a monster in the process?" That’s a narrative with some weight for a community that has a complicated, often fraught relationship with policing.

The Rhythm of the Streets

Combat. In GTA V, you point and shoot. It’s serviceable.

True Crime: NYC gave us a hand-to-hand combat system developed by the same team behind Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Let that sink in. The result was a deep, fluid, and incredibly satisfying martial arts system. You could string together combos, use environmental takedowns, and disarm opponents with style. It felt like you were in a classic kung-fu film, but on the mean streets of Manhattan. Engaging a gang on the corner wasn't just about who had the bigger gun; it was about who had the sharper skills. It made every street confrontation a dynamic event, not just a bullet-sponge slog.

Side activities in GTA V are annoying. You pick an activity, then load into a lobby and wait for others to join, then spend 30 to 40 mins trying to accomplish a mission and fail, being rewarded with RP to quell you absolute rage at the random player who wasted all the team lives and killed no one because he was underpowered. That was literally me for my whole Xbox One GTA V career. Lol. Sorry.

In TCNYC though there are no real side activities. Everything feeds into the loop of being an officer. If you're racing it's to pursue a gang leader, if you're entering a store it's to buy meds or clothing, or to sell illicit goods to pawn brokers bad cop style. If you're up for it you can even extort the store owner netting some money along with your goods, you know just like a good NY officer :)

Those are just a few of the myriad examples of fine details that make TCNYC a much more reactive world that GTA V. It's so crazy to see a game from 2005 make a 2022 game look like trash. 

The Verdict: A Legacy of Authenticity

Look, this isn’t to say Grand Theft Auto V is a bad game. It’s main quest is masterpiece of scale and polish. But polish can sometimes sand away the rough edges that give something its character. True Crime: New York City is all rough edges. It’s janky, the voice acting is hilariously over-the-top at times, and it was buggy as hell at launch.

But it had ambition. It had a vision for a crime game that was about more than just stealing cars and causing mayhem. It was a game about the systems of justice and corruption, about the grind of street-level law enforcement, and about the soul of a city that doesn’t sparkle—it sweats.

So, while everyone is rightfully praising GTA V for its technical achievements, don’t sleep on the classic that did more with less. For those of us who want our crime stories to have grit, consequence, and a rhythm all their own, True Crime: New York City remains the undisputed king of the concrete jungle. It’s a shame more games haven’t followed its lead.

How Elden Ring is Stealing Blerd Souls In Real Life

Elden Ring is getting all the praise! There isn't a single gamer or journalist who has anything bad to say about this game, but what exactly is this game? What is really going on in the spirit realm when you boot up and play Elden Ring? Can playing this game bring any glory to Yahawah? We'll find out as I break down the game spiritually. 

THE INTRO

In the introduction to Elden Ring a dead man is revived by a shiny object (likely a shard of the Elden Ring) and beckoned to cross the fog into the "lands between" to become the Elden Lord. Why is a random player character revived and set to battle for the Elden Ring again, as the intro reveals? Who is reviving this player? What is the lands between? Who is the tarnished? What does this all mean?

Let's answer these questions, easily through the spirit and power of Yahawah, the true black God of the universe written of in the bible. To answer these questions we must get the complete context of the world of Elden Ring by answering a few pertinent questions. Namely...

WHO IS THE GREATER WILL?
The greater will is the spirtual demon Satan. How do we know this? In Elden Ring the greater will sends a ring to the lands between in order to make so-called white people gods. If you know the true basic teachings of God (not religion), you understand that so-called white people are devils who do the will of the spiritual demon Satan. If this is who they are, you can be sure no one would send them supernatural power except their father Satan (see Daniel 9:26 & Rev 12:1-10 KJV). In this game they are presented as the peak of all that exists in the lands between and the land outside of that, this is an idea promoted and held by the spiritual demon Satan, so he is undoubtedly Elden Ring's greater will.

Additionally in the end of the game you fight the Elden Beast who is an incarnation of the Elden Ring and a vassal of the greater will. Understanding basic spiritual principles reveals that supernatural agents of God cannot be defeated by the hands of humans but Satan's agents can indeed be defeated in such a way because his kingdom is divided against itself (Mark 3:24-26KJV) and if you resist Satan, he will flee from you (James 4:7). 

WHERE IS THE LANDS BETWEEN
Knowing that the greater will is Satan, we can surmise where the lands between is. There is only one place, where Satan has dominion over souls to torture them, with death, dead ends, frustrations and illusions without end and that is in the spirit realm. According to the scriptures in 2 Esdras 9:9 & Luke 16:26 KJV there is a portion of the spirit realm that is reserved for torturing the wicked while they await their resurrection and judgment from Yahawah. It is not named but is simply described as "dwelling in torments" this is the location of the lands between and indeed the whole world that From Software has created. It's easy to see because everyone in the world of Elden Ring (and I would argue outside of it too) is tormented by it's world. 

WHAT IS THE GOLDEN ORDER?
Having understood the greater will and the lands between, we can now move on to the Golden Order. In the bible, it teaches that golden hair is a curse and so is a lack of melanin (see Leviticus 13:30 KJV & Numbers 12:10-11) so the golden order actually represents the devil nation of the Edomites on earth, who were marked by God with cursed hair and skin since before the biblical brother of Jacob named Esau was born. Seasoned Israelite scholars can attest to Cain having the same mark and it is certainly inferred that Satan is the progenitor of this ilk. This would mean that no matter what your character looks like in Elden Ring, you're an Edomite by blood or works. This would be akin to taking the mark of the beast in the bible. Once you take the mark you work for Satan's agents which means you work for Satan. 

WHY IS A RANDOM PLAYER REVIVED?
The truth of the matter is that the player is not random, but the same soul that has been subjecting themselves to Satan repeatedly. That's why it says you're fighting again.

The deeper meaning of this is that you the player in the real world have been subjecting yourself to From Software repeatedly to "slay demons" while in fact you've been a slave to said demons in the game and in real life. This is illustrated by the fact that they can get money from you in real life, but more importantly they can get exorbitant amounts of the limited resource called time. All this is done while shaming you and your maker through equipment, weapons, spells and items that glorify real world demons found in various cultural myths. In other words they've created a way for you to serve Satan in real life, through "fictional" software and love it, whether you realize it or not. 

So you, the agent of Satan are revived to repeat the quest of waging war against your own fellow devils for your own real life punishment and theirs fictionally. No heroics here just spiritual slavery in and out of the game through this software. Even if you destroy the lands between in your playthrough, all you've done is give Satan your time in real life (undoubtedly sacrificing something else of importance) and helped to repeat the cycle of chaos he set in motion in the Elden Ring's fictional land again. You lose both ways.

WHAT IS ELDEN RING?
With these understandings it's easy to see what Elden Ring really is, a trap, an enchantment, a spell to glorify Satan in the name of entertainment and I certainly have no interest in glorifying Satan. According to 1 Corinthians 10:31 you negroes shouldn't either. 

Gaming: I Met Samuel L Jackson In Rise of the Ronin?

In this video I meet Samuel L Jackson? And for some reason he's dressed almost exactly like me. I don't know if this is written in the programming or pure providence, but either way it makes for a cool short video. 

I highly recommend ROTR as you can play this game with full righteousness pursuant to 1 Corthinthians 10:31 and Colossians 3:17

7 Best Games For Righteous Black People

Peace family! Brother Mykah here with another article for righteous gaming. God said in 1 Cor 10:31 to do everything to his glory. That includes your leisure activities. Do you use your leisure time as a time to escape God and act according to your sinful desires? Do you justify it in your mind by saying to yourself, it's just a game or it's just a movie or it's just the gym? If so, then you're putting yourself in danger spiritually. To avoid such dangers as a gamer for example you should do two things. 

1. Do you best to avoid overindulgence (of which I am often guilty) by setting limits on your play time or getting rid of your system all together if you must. 

2. Find games that allow you to play in such a way as to glorify God! 

I have a list of some of the best games for the righteous gamer to help you with number 2. Do you have any games to add to the list? Be sure to comment below. 

Insurgency Sandstorm

This game is great because It allows you to be the enemy of America in it complete with soldiers yelling God is Great in Arabic! It's tense and though the traversal is a little too janky, it's fun and very realistic. 

Astroneer

This game is great because it's a self directed survival game that you can jump into and out of pretty quickly. It's great for playing with friends and family and is wholesome fun. No oversexualization, no quests as this is a survival game and no form of demon worship, magic usage or the like. Just good old survival fun. 

State of Decay 2

In this game you pick your main character. They have men and women and you can be a hebrew in the game. Unfortunately the women only have pants available to them in their wardrobe (as far as I know) but other than that, it's a great game that allows you to bring judgement upon the wicked and roleplay keeping hebrews safe during the apocalypse. The game systems are solid and so is the writing. 

Streets of Rogue

Streets of Rogue is the best game I've played all year (and in the last few years) to be honest. It's only rivaled by Astroneer in the amount of freedom it gives the player. You can easily role play a righteous man or woman in this challenging, fun and hilarious game. Look out for part 2 coming soon. 

Fallout 4 & New Vegas

Very few games give you choices that matter and allow you to influence the world as you see fit. Fallout 4 almost completely affords you that opportunity and Fallout New Vegas pretty much does. You can play this game righteously to your hearts content and have a great time doing it. This one is not for the kiddos. 

Untitled Goose Game

If you're looking for a fun game that can be played by the whole family, look no further than the untitled Goose Game! This game is hilarious, mysterious and allows you to exact vengeance upon the heathen with your super bird schemes? 

There you have it. Games you can have fun with in righteousness. Whether that be innocent fun for the kiddos or retribution for the wicked these games got you covered and are the best of the best.

What games do you recommend that can be played righeously? Let's hear about them in the comment section. Yahawah bless you in the name of Yahawashi, So be it!

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Why Black Gamers Should Skip Hogwarts Legacy

In the world today all manner of sin has been normalized, the most prominent of which is witchcraft. I'm not talking about ice spells or magic hats, I'm talking about the real meaning of witchcraft which is the use of the serpent (see point 5-2)

To understand what is meant by the use of the serpent you must understand who the serpent is. The serpent according to the bible is the spiritual demon known simply as Satan (which means the adversary) but on the earth the serpent is the so-called white man, the people of Satan (see Daniel 9:26, 8:18-25 and Rev 12:1-10).

That being understood, to use the serpent is to use the rules, rites and philosophies of the so-called white man as your guide through life. This is the tangible meaning of witchcraft, whether you believe it or not. This meaning is demonstrated in the palpable force-field that exists around the so-called white man's (who is the biblical Edomite's) ideas. If you even think of challenging an accepted historical, scientific, spiritual or existential fact that has been established by the elites of his system there are readers, janitors, phds and everyone in between waiting to angrily mob your dissent. 

The spell works to perfection, so much so that according to scripture only the people God himself reserves to be immune to the sleeping spell, will be immune. Through his philosophies, technologies, sciences, religions and arts the Edomite has the world under a spell. All your knowledge, ideas, emotions, philosophies happen under his glass ceiling and the worst part is that you are completely unaware and in denial.

Nowhere is this witchcraft more celebrated than in gaming.

The promotion of magic, enchantments, divinations, fornication, lust, drunkeness, murder, homosexuality and more is ubiquitous in gaming.

The sad thing is that the so-called black gamer (who is actually the biblical Israelite, the chosen people of the true black God of the bible), usually doesn't bat an eye at all the witchcrafts. In fact, most love it. 

I know this for a fact because research shows that half of the black population plays video games and have a general outlook that playing has benefits. If we hated witchcraft we wouldn't be Dragon Age, Witcher, Dishonored & Skyrim fans. 

Moreover, I used to be one of those black gamers who love witchcraft. I sunk hundreds of hours into the aforementioned games, however, God woke me up to the brainwashing and addiction formation that was happening to me and my people through gaming so I raised my standard. 

By doing so I now see the poison apple that is being fed to black gamers on a daily basis. 

To Rowling's credit and to the angst of the woke crowd she decided Hogwarts Legacy would not feature transgender characters, which is great, but God says in the bible that a witch should not be allowed to live and yet she is a staunch supporter of witches and warlocks, evidenced through her writing. This is so because as we previously mentioned, according to God the entire so-called white race are Satan's people (See 2 Thess 2:3-4, Habakkuk 2 & Isaiah 26:10 KJV) so it shouldn't surprise anyone that Rowlings loves witchcraft. 

Now a person may argue that it's just a video game and that it has no bearings on reality and they would be correct if not for the studies that have been done linking media to the formation of ideas about self and others especially in youth without parental guidance (which is at it's highest rate in the negro community).

After having researched the meaning of the words enchantment, divination and witchcraft as used in the King James Bible, what I have come to learn is that these fantasy concepts each have real life meanings and effects. The meanings were written down in the Hebrew but not translated accurately into english. 

Do yourself a favour and review this full study to see what you are actually promoting by engaging with certain games. You'll be surprised to find all the ways you're already using witchcrafts outside of games and how gaming reinforces the real life witchcrafts you practice. You'll also begin to see how gaming may have already cast spells on you.

Have I gone too far off the deep end? Am I reaching for ghosts that are not really there? Am I trying to ruin your weekend, weeknight and holiday fun? By all means no. What I'm trying to do is get you to think about what's really going on behind the curtain of your favourite source of entertainment and mine. What I'm trying to do is to encourage you to not let gaming mindlessly, pull you further into the pit of blindness and error that will bind you in eternal suffering by the hand of God. Especially if you're a so-called negro descendant, because your lot is to be a priest of God, the light of the world. 

To the glory of the one true God of scripture, I couldn't care less about how fun a game is or how great it looks if it doesn't allow me to play it righteously. Having this high standard has saved me time and money, and has helped me on my journey of beating my gaming addiction. 

Unless I can kill or defeat all the mages in Hogwarts by not engaging in witchcraft, I will personally be avoiding this game and if you love God, you should too.