We’re less than one month away from the release of Grand Theft Auto 6, and the world is preparing for what’s bound to be a culturally dominant moment. Sick days are being planned, economists are doom-spiraling, and people are debating whether it’s possible to digitally cheat on your significant other with Lucia. It’s safe to say that it’s going to be a circus, and everyone wants a bit of that pie. That includes The Onion.
The satirical publication has already started to take aim at Rockstar’s open-world crime game over the past few months, with headlines like “Hyperrealistic ‘GTA VI’ Feature Makes Players Serve Out Prison Sentences In Real Time” and “Rockstar Announces ‘GTA VI’ Soundtrack Contains 10,000 Songs By Randy Newman.” The kings of online comedy are as ready for the moment as anyone.
But what’s so funny about GTA 6 anyways? In an interview with Polygon about The Onion’s first-ever video game, The Onion Voting Simulator 3D, head writer Mike Gillis explained why he finds GTA 6 — and the "seismic impact” it’s bound to have come November — especially ripe for comedy.
“The world of quadruple or quintuple-A games is so funny,” Gillis said. “I think just like any time something becomes a center of gravity like that, to deflate it and play with people's expectations and kind of feel like you're kind of a dummy for thinking this is gonna change everything, that’s great! … It's a game! I can't think of any cultural product ever that's changed everything forever.
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