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CITY Vice City | |
From top, left, to right: Downtown, 1102 Washington Street, Vercetti Estate, The Ocean View Medical Foundation, Hyman Memorial Stadium, Vice Port and Washington Beach at night. | |
Appearance(s): | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories |
Mayor: | Unknown |
Population: | 1,800,000 |
Country: | United States |
State: | Florida |
Vice City is the setting for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories set two years earlier. Vice City is based on Miami, which was a major cocaine trans-shipment point for South America at the time. This is further reinforced with its theme of the drug business and crime, as well as the presence of new upper-class businesses and residents in the city, with some of them likely to be funded by the drug business. Vice City is specifically located within the state of Florida.
Vice City consists of two major islands and six smaller islands; both major islands are separated by a large body of water similar to that of Biscayne Bay, which separates Miami Beach with mainland Miami. Each major island is divided into several districts. The population of Vice City is given at around 1.8 million in 1986[1].
The city has four hospitals (two in each major island) and four police stations (two in each major island) distributed evenly in the city; these facilities serve as respawn points after the player dies or is arrested. The city also has one fire station and an air base known as Fort Baxter Military Base. Unlike Liberty City and the state of San Andreas, however, Vice City has no known railway or rapid transit systems, and all islands are connected by road and bridge.
Vice City Beach Island
Vice City Mainland Island
- Downtown Vice City
- Little Havana
- Little Haiti
- Escobar International Airport
- Fort Baxter Air Base
- Vice Port
Smaller Islands
Vice City is located in a tropical climate, most likely in the Florida keys. The city has sunshine year round with occasional thunderstorms and rain. The city is also exposed to hurricanes like Miami or any other city in South Florida; in 1986, Hurricane Hermione was forecasted to strike Vice City, which forced the closing of all bridges to and from the mainland. When the storm system changed course before it could hit, the bridges were reopened.
In both games, Vice City seems to be in the middle of the summer rainy season. Having long, hot, humid days and occasional tropical thunderstorms. Much like Miami in the summer.
Differences Between GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories
The Vice City featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is based on the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City version of the city, but set two years earlier in 1984. The majority of the city remained the same but contains several noticeable differences in its landscape from its "future" depiction.
Landmark Differences
- In GTA: Vice City Stories Many of the Art Deco buildings in Ocean Beach,are completly changed from what they looked like in GTA: Vice City. Several Reasons to this is because some buildings in GTA: Vice City are more close to what they look like in real life, For Example the Colon Hotel based on Colony Hotel is replaced in GTA: Vice City Stories with a similar hotel without any name.
- A populated trailer park exists just south of Little Havana close to Sunshine Autos, a car showroom. The trailer park serves as the location where Victor Vance would receive missions from Marty Jay Williams, head of his gang but in GTA: Vice City, the trailer park has been run down and is now a vacant parking lot.
- Sunshine Autos itself has also been known to be operating from an older establishment in a slightly different location (down the road towards the north), with its newer showroom under construction further south.
- All empires in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories are absent in 1986. They are replaced by some buildings and empty lots.
- Even the Rockstar shaped-pool is absent in GTA Vice City Stories.
- The Cholo Warehouse, which Vic destroyed is absent in 1986.
- Both the entire trailer park and the old Sunshine Autos yard are absent in 1986, replaced by an empty field. It is assumed that the disbandment of the Trailer Park Mafia (with Marty's death in the hand of Victor) and the relocation of Sunshine Autos led to the demolition of both locations.
- The Moist Palms Hotel, in the southern Downtown district, is under construction. The location is featured in one mission where Victor has to kill Biker members in order to save his brother Lance.
- In 1984, Phil Cassidy's residence is in Vice Port along with his own shooting range. "Phil's Place" in Little Haiti, which would serve as Phil's residence in 1986, is owned by Victor.
- A fairground is based on a patch of land in western Washington, which features a Ferris wheel, dubbed the "Chunder Wheel". The area, circa 1986, features a construction site where in GTA Vice City, Tommy Vercetti meets Avery Carrington in a limousine for missions. A park in the immediate west of the fairground would be developed into another construction site by 1986; the site is later damaged in one GTA Vice City mission, using explosives planted by a remote controlled helicopter.
- The Clymenus Suite, a single Streamline Modern-styled building (which features a jetty, garage and helipad) exists in the immediate north of the Washington Beach fairground, on what would be the site of low-rise apartments in 1986.
- The right wing of Ricardo Diaz's mansion (towards the west) in Starfish Island is either under construction or undergoing an expansion in 1984. The hedge mazes that adorn both sides of the Diaz compound in 1986 do not exist in 1984; instead, only a pond is featured in place on the west wing of the mansion.
- A VIP terminal with its own separate car park and jetty exists at the Escobar International Airport in 1984. The facility is absent in 1986.
- The Washington Mall doesn't exist, in 1984 it's an empty lot with a small construction site.
- A small cafe in Little Haiti, dubbed Le Singe d'Arbre (French for "the monkey of the tree") exists in 1984. In 1986, a cafe dubbed "Cafe Under The Tree" exists in its place.
- The Fort Baxter Air Base military base has a significantly and completely different layout to the one featured in 1986, however the base plays a more important role in GTA VCS, where the game starts, the base has more barracks and the buildings are colored.
- A few of the rare interiors have changed. The North Point Mall, for example, has, for the most part, completely different stores in 1984 than the ones in 1986. A few stores, though, are the same in the events of Vice City. These include such stores as Ammu-Nation and the Vinyl Countdown record store.
- In addition to all the changes within the two years, the buildings in GTA Vice City Stories rendition feature more neon-lights and is more glorious and cleaner compared to the sequel.
Gang Control
The distribution of gangs in Vice City circa 1984 is significantly different due largely to activities surrounding the Vance Crime Family, which rose to prominence that year. Their subsequent dominance has devastated a number of existing gangs which previously had a significant stake in the city. In the beginning of GTA Vice City Stories, a number of previously unheard of gangs in Vice City are also present before they disbanded or were wiped out by Victor Vance and his organization.
Trailer Park Mafia, a redneck gang led by Marty Jay Williams, operates from the trailer park near Sunshine Autos and controls much of Vice City's poorer communities, and operates several small businesses. The gang engages in a brief war with the Cholos, seizing more businesses in Little Haiti. With the death of Marty at the hands of Victor Vance, the gang is disbanded as the Vance Crime Family takes control of all his operations. The Cholos, a Hispanic gang, are known to be in control of Little Havana and Little Haiti in 1984. The Cubans, led by Umberto Robina, would wage a fierce and violent gang war on the Cholos. The war concluded with the destruction of the Cholo's large illegal arms storage warehouse in Little Haiti by Los Cabrones and Victor Vance, forcing surviving Cholo members to surrender and consolidate with Los Cabrones. With the defeat of the Cholos, the Cubans/Los Cabrones control Little Havana by 1986, while the Haitians are also presumed to move into Little Haiti after the Cholos disappear.
The Sharks control the Washington Beach and Ocean Beach areas of the city, dominating in smuggling, robbery, and drug trafficking. After their businesses are seized by the Vance Crime Family, the gang is suggested to have become the Streetwannabes street gang by 1986.
As Victor Vance is dishonorably discharged from the military, the Mendez Cartel, headed by brothers Armando and Diego Mendez, set up shop in Vice City and become the most powerful criminal organization in the city, basing their operations at Prawn Island and becoming rivals of Diaz's Gang. Originally allied with the Vance Crime Family, they eventually betrayed Victor, leading to their own deaths (with the help of Ricardo Diaz) and the collapse of their organization.
With the defeat of the Mendez Cartel, the Streetwannabes control the northern half of the now dilapidated Prawn Island, specifically, the former residences of the Mendez Cartel and the Diaz's gang become the most powerful criminal organization in Vice City.
In addition, the Biker gang, which is featured in GTA Vice City, is stronger and more influential in 1984 than they are in 1986, controlling many businesses in Downtown and Vice Point. It is assumed that the rise of the Vance Crime Family has resulted in the Biker Gang losing control of their businesses, leaving them with only the Greasy Chopper Bar by 1986. An offshoot of the Biker Gang, the Stallionz, is featured in Vice City Stories, consisting of homosexual white supremacists. The White Stallionz are wiped out in 1984 by Victor in a bar dubbed "Stallionz," named after the gang.
As a result of the shift of power in Vice City, it is assumed the Vance Crime Family controls a fair share of the city, and both Victor and Lance agree to leave Vice City for several years to lay low and live off of their drug money in the Dominican Republic after Victor kills the Mendez Brothers. In 1986, the Vance Brothers are active in Vice City, although their organization's current size and stake in the city is unknown. Victor is killed at the beginning of Vice City, and with Lance being killed by Tommy Vercetti, the Vance Crime Family's activities are ended. The Vercetti Gang would then become the most powerful organization in Vice City, with virtually all districts under complete control of Tommy Vercetti.
There are three shipwrecks at the bottom of the ocean. One is a sunken Reefer, located under the bridge between Downtown and Prawn Island. The other two are sunken container ships, one north of the Vice Point Mall and the other on the very south-west corner of Ocean Beach. In addition, there is what appears to be a submarine watching over the wreckage of the northern container ship wreckage.
Sports Teams
There is only one known sports team in Vice City in 1986, the Vice City Mambas. They have one known player in 1986, BJ Smith. In Grand Theft Auto Advance, which takes place in 2000 another player is mentioned; Jose Pimsoll, who also appears in a Downtown Ammu-Nation billboard stating he protects his family with guns from Ammu-Nation, who is the quarterback of the Mambas from 1984-2000 The Mambas are assumed to play in Hyman Memorial Stadium, in Downtown Vice City. The Mambas are most likely based off real life Miami football team, the Miami Dolphins.
The Beta map of Vice City had some diferences from the final map. These are:
- Fort Baxter was bigger and had it's own runway and a tower
- There was no Hyman Memorial Stadium;
- A large section of the beach was missing;
- There was no lighthouse;
- Some roads were missing in Little Haiti and Downtown.
- The bridge that connects Little Haiti to Leaf Links originally had a big curve.
Note:In the upper image there are no smaller islands (Starfish Island, Leaf Links and Prawn Island). Although they are missing in this image they were present in the beta version of Grand Theft Auto Vice City.
- Vice City is the only setting in the GTA III era not to feature a Chinatown district.
- It is also the only area in the GTA III era not to have a some sort of train or subway system.
- Vice City is the 2nd or 3rd largest city in the GTA III era. The largest is Los Santos.
- It happens to be the most gang infested city in the GTA III era with a total of 16 gangs.
- According to the VCPR show Gordon Moorehead Rides Again (and some other facts) Vice City used to be a wild swampy area that, although inhabited, only became a real city a short time before the 1980's.
- Vice City is the only city to be in a real life state ( i.e. Florida), unlike other cities in fictional states.
- In GTA III, There is a a sign in Staunton Island that says Miami, which is the city that Vice City is based on. This may be a sign to tell the player where the next game would be in, but most likely just something Rockstar did not think about.
- Vice City is one of only two cities in the GTA III era where the city is placed on a flatland (the other being Las Venturas, the only exception being the golf course.
- Vice City is the only city in the GTA III era that did not feature any universities or colleges.
- Bayshore Avenue is the only road in the city with four-lane roads.
- Despite the wars with America, most of the population of Vice City are either Cuban or Dominican.
- The city has a rounded up realistic population of 30,470 as of 1984, being one of the most popolous cities in the 3D Universe.
- ↑ Page 5 of the Tourist Guide, GTA Vice City's game manual


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Win No. 15 has eluded Chris Tillman for four starts now, but that is through absolutely no fault of his own. The Orioles right-hander has posted a 2.57 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP in those four contests.
"We count on him every fifth day to go out there and give us the performances that he's been [giving]," said Baltimore center fielder Adam Jones. "Nothing but praises for him right now. He's been throwing the ball lights-out."
Tillman (14-4, 3.66 ERA) will get his fifth crack at his 15th win on Thursday in a pivotal division matchup against the American League East-leading Red Sox.
After dropping the first two games of the series, Baltimore now sits 4 1/2 games back of the A's for the second AL Wild Card spot and 7 1/2 back of Boston in the AL East.
Left-hander Jon Lester gets the ball for the Red Sox, looking to build on a recent hot streak. Lester's last four starts have all been quality, and his last two were among his best this season.
Lester tossed 8 1/3 shutout innings in San Francisco on Aug. 19 before he threw 7 1/3 innings of three-hit ball, allowing one run on Saturday in Los Angeles.
"He's just getting more comfortable," Red Sox catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia said. "I think he was messing with mechanics a little bit and going back and forth with different stuff, as we all do. The biggest thing for him is getting ahead, first-pitch strikes and focusing on attacking the strike zone."
Lester (12-7, 3.97 ERA) will have to deal with an Orioles offense that leads the league in home runs with 177. The O's hit two more on Wednesday and are on pace for 218 this season -- which would be the second most in franchise history. (They hit 257 in 1996.)
But the Orioles are also second in baseball in home runs allowed -- one behind Toronto. No team has finished a season first in homers and homers allowed since the 1950 Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Top prospect Kevin Gausman was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on Wednesday, and the Orioles said that he will pitch out of the bullpen.
"Tonight we look at him as a reliever, but in the future, we still think he is going to be a good starter for us," said manager Buck Showalter. "But you never know what path your career takes down the road."
Gausman is 1-3 with a 6.21 ERA in nine appearances for Baltimore this season.
Red Sox: Bogaerts makes first Fenway start
Xander Bogaerts, the club's No. 1 prospect, made his first start at Fenway Park on Wednesday night, going 0-for-3 while playing third base.
"The early work was critical in him getting comfortable over there," manager John Farrell said of Bogaerts' move to third. "But he's such a good, athlete and he's got that internal clock that we saw."
Worth noting
• The Orioles have committed just 39 errors through 131 games this season. The 2003 Mariners hold the current single-season record for fewest errors with 65.
• The Red Sox and Orioles have split 12 games this season, with Boston having won three of five at Fenway Park.
• The Red Sox have won a Major League-leading 27 series this year.
• Orioles catcher Matt Wieters is hitting .359 with three doubles and a triple in 39 at-bats against Lester.
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TG Therapeutics entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Ildong Pharmaceutical Co., for the development and commercialization of the company's anti-CD20 antibody, Ublituximab (TGTX-1101) in South Korea and Southeast Asia. Based in Seoul, Korea, Ildong is a Korean company focused on the development, manufacturing, and marketing of pharmaceuticals and OTC products.
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Aereo: Cable's retrans friend
It's been a busy week for Aereo. The Barry Diller-backed company that sends over-the-air broadcast signals to "dedicated" dime-sized antennas was in the news at the NAB conference in Las Vegas coming under fire from Fox Networks, and parent company News Corp., CBS and Univision, to name a few.
Raise your hand if you thought near the end of last year that Aereo would prevail in court. Thought so. Aereo hasn't won the war just yet, but did win a major battle on April 1 when a federal court of appeals affirmed a federal district court's earlier decision to deny broadcasters' request for a preliminary injunction against Aereo. The list of plaintiffs was comprised of NBCUniversal, ABC, CBS and Fox, all of whom contend that Aereo is ripping off their over-the-air signals.
Aereo launched its streaming service last year in New York City and was promptly sued by the major broadcast networks. In addition to the "personalized" antennas, Aereo also employs a network DVR technology that lets users pause, rewind and fast-forward live or recorded programs on a home DVR.
Aereo lets customers capture over-the-air broadcasts from 29 local channels for viewing on devices, with subscriptions starting at $8 a month. Aereo is currently supported on iPad, iPhone, Chrome, Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Apple TV and Roku. In January, Aereo said it planned on expanding its service to 22 more cities across the nation this year.
Aereo's business model is a direct threat to broadcasters, but if it emerges victorious in court it could be beneficial to some cable operators. One cable operator executive said, off the record, that Aereo's use case was "more of an opportunity than a threat for the MSOs."
"It could be good for cable operators if those subs were not video subs in that they could get the data business, which they need to watch it on streaming, but the main reason I suspect he is saying it could be good is that when retransmission contracts come up for renewal, cable guys will argue 'Why pay to carry broadcast channels when Aereo is getting them for free?'" another cable operator industry expert wrote in an email to CED.
At NAB this week, News Corp COO Chase Carey said that if Aereo does win out in court Fox would consider taking its programming off of the air and making it available only to cable and satellite subscribers. Some Fox affiliates said they were on board if Fox decides to take its signals private.
It's hard to imagine that Fox would purposely drop itself from the Big Four lineup of networks. But as you may recall, several years ago Fox dug its heels in during a retransmission dustup with Cablevision that led to Fox pulling the plug on its programming—during the World Series that was carried by Fox— in Cablevision's footprint, so anything is possible in these dark days of escalating retransmission fees.
In the short term, Fox will wait to see how all of this plays out in court. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Aereo by a 2-1 vote, but it's hard to imagine that Comcast-owned NBCUniversal, Disney-backed ABC and News Corp's Fox will quietly fade to black in the face of Aereo "pirating" their signals.
"I suspect they (Aereo) are really riding the nDVR precedent that Cablevision set," the cable industry expert wrote. "So if you believe the nDVR case, then this one has similar legal merits, but only under certain conditions. For that to hold, I believe they (users) would have to only access it where they would normally consume free-to-air, for example in the home as opposed to streaming it IP a la TV Everywhere . For that I think one does need streaming rights and have your own copy, which Aereo does by 'renting' an individual antenna."


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US$15,000 Carbon Fibre Enertia electric motorcycle to hit stores in early 2008
The era of the electric roadgoing motorcycle is upon us and it's ironic that it should come from a company that looked set to make its mark in automotive history in the supercar stakes with the Brammo GT, an American-designed and built V12 Supercar. That Craig Bramscher has since become one of the foremost evangelists of light weight performance motoring via the Ariel Atom might have foretold the direction, but the Enertia is a perfect commuter machine built with the same philosophy as the Atom. Using a rigid light weight carbon fibre chassis to contain the battery pack (and most of the weight), a small electric motor is all that's required to see the Enertia accelerate harder than any automobile to its 50 mph top speed – all that's needed around town. Most significantly in terms of its credibility as a motorcycle, the Enertia could best be described as an electric motard, and comes with impeccable handling credentials - fat tyres, disk brakes front and rear, quality suspension and a very compact centre of gravity – a trait that we've seen before in bikes with exceptional flickability and precise handling such as the Aprilia 250 and Buell. The Enertia's secret is its weight -at just 275 pounds ready to roll, it's 100 pounds lighter than the featherweight Aprilia Grand Prix Replica . With the carbon footprint of a few lightglobes, and sports motorcycling capabilities to medium speeds this looks like the first viable electric motorcycle to us –the US$15,000 limited edition "carbon" model will be snapped up as collectors items no doubt because it is a landmark machine in personal transportation. At US$12,000, the standard machine is only pricey until you consider how much it costs to run. You plug this sucker into any powerpoint and it'll be ready to go a few hours later for another 45 miles. If the transport authorities encourage responsible road usage as seems likely, ownership costs could be minimal. The Enertia is a landmark motorcycle and its coming heralds the dawn of a new era of electric motorcycles.
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How Much Is It Worth?
Ever wondered what the real price of media is? Our weekly spot How Much Is It Worth reveals both the ratecard price and what agencies really pay for it. This week's How Much Is It Worth asks how much did it cost to take out: the main ad on the homepage of the Bureau of Meteorology website during this week of wild weather; how much the strategic placement by NRMA Insurance on the second page of the Daily Telegraph in the aftermath of the storms; a product placement deal on Masterchef; a half page ad in the Saturday Paper; and a live read by Sydney/soon-to-be Brisbane Breakfast shock jock Alan Jones? -
The Apple Watch launch carries a lot of lessons in user experience
You might not have the marketing budgets of Apple but Luke Brown argues there is no reason every brand can't learn lessons from its focus on user experience. With all the hype surrounding the launch of the Apple Watch there's some lessons that all marketers can take out from Apple's grip on brand experience. And before you roll your eyes and utter, but we're not Apple we don't [insert size, budget, boring product excuse here], every brand can afford to take a good look in the mirror to see if it's keeping pace with customer expectations. -
Who will buy the Apple Watch and when?
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Spotify's global business head talks piracy, getting better with data and who will survive in the Australian market
In seven years Spotify has changed the way a generation listens to music, and claims to have cut music piracy drastically in the process. Alex Hayes sat down with Spotify's chief business office Jeff Levick to discuss how many services can survive in the Australian landscape, improving the use of data and how it works with telco partners.
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We're a feemium business - it's hard to separate the two.
The whole reason for free is to basically have a platform to allow consumers for free to find music, listen to music and engage with it, and obviously for us it's a big part of our push into premium which is paid.
Just because I'm a white young woman doesn't mean I don't deserve my job at SBS
In this opinion piece SBS journalist Ellie Laing hits back at a report in The Australian suggesting she and colleagues were hired because they were attractive. I'm a 32 year old married woman who like so many, endures a daily struggle with frizzy hair and the occasional breakout. So when a compliment suggesting I might be, in some way, "attractive" comes my way, I'll take it. With delight. -
How Much Is It Worth?
Ever wondered what the real price of media is? Our new weekly spot called How Much Is It Worth reveals both the ratecard price and what agencies really pay for it. Today's How Much Is It Worth asks how much it is to take out: the top promoted tweet for Game of Thrones; a poster on the back of a phonebox; an ad on the back of a glossy magazine; a news website takeover; and what is the De Rucci guy is paying for all those billboards. -
Are big media agencies serving their clients or the media owners?
In the aftermath of the revelations about media agency practices 303Lowe CEO Nick Cleaver questions whether big media agencies have forgotten what business they're in? The recent exposure of murky practices and less than savoury activities within media agencies has raised a lot of questions about the legitimacy and responsibility of media agency practices. However there is a bigger question worth posing: have some big media agencies simply forgotten what business they're really in? -
Don't let puns become another victim of the Woolworths Anzac debacle
While Woolworths has received much-deserved opprobrium for its 'Fresh in our memories' Anzac Day campaign Chris Taylor fears puns could become the underserved victim of the backlash for advertisers. Ah, puns. The copywriter's equivalent of the dad joke. Harmless, chuckle-worthy, eye-rollingly good plays on words that make us expel air out of our noses at a rate faster than normal for at least one breath. -
Why Amazon's Dash Button might be the marketing innovation of the decade
In this guest post, Eaon Pritchard argues that getting upstream of the problem means that commodity brands can finally forget about notions of 'engagement' and just be happy with selling more stuff more often. We conducted a small survey on supermarket shopping behaviour using the agency staff as our sample group of around 50. It was relatively unscientific, however, the aim was to crudely test one particular covert thought. We simply asked our respondents if they used a shopping list when visiting the supermarket. -
Mortein: To post or not to post?
Mortein was this week forced to apologise and pull a Facebook post which showed its mascot, Louie the fly, voicing his sympathy for murdered schoolteacher Stephanie Scott. Isobar's Tom Kearney looks at where the social media team went wrong. To post or not to post? That was the question raised on Sunday when bug spray brand Mortein decided to create a Facebook post relating to the murder of schoolteacher Stephanie Scott. So, how does a brand judge whether it's appropriate or not to comment on a sensitive topic on social media? Are there rules that govern posts for everyone, brands and individuals alike? Does it boil down to understanding your place? -
Why is the phrase 'Life, drink it in' too subversive for Aussies to handle?
In this opinion piece Mitchell Taylor argues the ban on the latest ad campaign from his winery is "political correctness and the nanny state gone too far". 'Life, Drink it in'. It seems a pretty good tagline for life, a nice message to get up and out and drink from life's cup (responsibly of course). But I'm afraid this seemingly innocuous tagline, accompanying some beautiful imagery shot by one of the nation's finest photographers, is simply too shocking, too provocative, too dangerous for your eyes. -
A brand has elbowed its way into the conversation about a tragic murder. And nobody seems to mind. What am I missing?
Is the murder of schoolteacher Stephanie Scott an acceptable topic for a brand to use to drive Facebook engagement? Mortein's apparently successful decision to do so puzzles Mumbrella's Tim Burrowes. Sometimes you think you know how something's going to unfold on social media, and you turn out to be completely wrong. -
Breathtaking television: why Game of Thrones leaves the rest behind
Power, passion, intrigue and teenage assassins. In this cross-posting from The Conversation Jason Jacobs looks at why HBO drama Game of Thrones is such compelling TV and the lessons for content makers. When Game of Thrones returns to screens for its fifth season on Sunday night, US time, it will no doubt continue to attract the critical and popular praise that it richly deserves. -
The media tax debate: Is it being used as a distraction for the broken business model?
Yesterday saw Google, Apple, Microsoft and News Corp Australia front a Senate Committee on corporate tax avoidance. The event was high on drama, Nic Christensen argues, but while the tax discussion is important, too many traditional media businesses use it as a distraction for ignoring their disrupted business models. As a piece of entertainment, yesterday's Senate Economic References Committee on corporate tax avoidance was superb theatre. -
Mashable's global strategy chief talks Australian expansion, Asia, branded content and how they predict viral content
News site for the 'connected generation' Mashable launched in Australia late last year, and has announced a push into Asia. Alex Hayes sat down with Adam Ostrow, Mashable's chief strategy officer, to see how those plans will play out, and how it will beef up in Australia.
You said at SXSW that Mashable was going to launch in Asia by the end of this year - what is that operation going to look like and why Asia?
Mashable already has a fairly large audience in SE Asia - Singapore, Malaysia Indonesia and The Philippines we have close to 2m unique visitors per month already there.
Sphere Agency's Cup of Nations anthem to be performed to estimated TV audience of 700m
A song written by Melbourne's The Sphere Agency is to be performed in front of a global television audience of an estimated 700m people at the closing ceremony of soccer tournament the Africa Cup of Nations.
The song, which was originally written for Sphere's former client Nando's, is to be sung by African star Yvonne Chaka Chaka.
The closing ceremony will be broadcast in Australia on Eurosport, which is available to Foxtel subscribers.
Proceeds from the song, which goes on sale on iTunes tomorrow, go towards fighting malaria in Africa through the charity United Against Malaria.
The song was co-written by The Sphere Agency founder Michael Abdul and Dennis Dowlut, lead singer from the band Electric Empire.
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personally, I think everyone should have toes!
I didn't see this posted, so i'm starting a poll.
I do hope everyone votes and that mattel takes into account what the majority of fans want!
So do you want stratos to have toes?
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personally, I think everyone should have toes!
Nope. I'm fine with his cardback look.
No toes.
Keep it close to the original...
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He don't need no stinking toes. Besides if Mattel went back and changed everything that anybody complained about it would be 2010 before anything got released. It is what it is.
I think he should have toes... The problem with the current toe-less look is that right now it just looks like the flesh and bone of his feet are fused, instead of like socks or shoes of some kind.
It needs some extra detail to make it known if it's shoes or fused feet. ( personally I think the idea that Avions have fused feet are rather grose.)
His toes are there...you just can't see them. Just like you can't see He-Man's toes. The toes are inside his shoes.
200X fan? Classic fan? What does that mean? I'm a MotU fan!!!
Vintage Stratos had the sock feet. 200X had toes. I think it's better to have two different versions than one composite of 200X and vintage. You cater to both camps instead of turning off either camp with a composite version.
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I voted no. The original figure didn't so this one should not as well. When or if they do a 2002 Stratos then I'm all for him having bare feet. People keep forgetting that this line is supposed to give us the feel and looks of the original figures.
I'd prefer toes.
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I put no because I wouldn't mind if he had toes, but I'm pretty sure once stuff is shown to us that it's the final sculpt, so I'd rather The 4HM not go back and change something like that when they could spend that time working on future figures.
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Nope looks fine just as he is.
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Keep him as is...same as the rest of the 8-back illustrations.
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I think he should have toes, but I like the figure either way. I understand both sides of the situation. If I had made the decision, though, that Flyin' Monkey would be sportin' some digits.
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Well, it appears as if they're giving him Beast Man's left hand and yellow belt so who knows? He might get Beast Man's feet too.
200X fan? Classic fan? What does that mean? I'm a MotU fan!!!
I'd prefer him with toes, but well... doesn't bug me all that much...
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Well, it is kind of funny that the vintage BEASTMAN had no toes either, but the MOTUC version does. I'm not really sure why the new STRATOS has no toes.
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nah, his feet are fine as is.
i'd rather they make each fig with small differences like this than just stick stratos' head on BM's body & call it a day.
i'm glad they have diff feet, it sets stratos apart from Beast man; same with merman having his own hands and a different looking neck (from what I can tell) to set him apart from the others so they don't look so obvious that they're the same/or nearly the same molds. It's not the 80's anymore, so they can make them a bit more different than what they were back then.
I hope they continue making future figures with various little differences to set each character apart from the rest. Like i hope they make Stinkor furry,using some of BM's parts, instead of just repainting merman with mekaneck's armor thrown in, and make Webstor more spider-like rather than using the 'reptile' molds (skeletor, merman, zodak, etc.). i do hope they do some of those later figures the right way, a way that makes sense for the character imo, rather than reusuing certain parts 'just because the originals were done that way'.
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