If you grew up with a wired Xbox 360 controller or a sticky-keyed Dell keyboard, two games probably live in your memory rent-free: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (specifically the “SMP” or modded competitive scene) and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas .
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At first glance, one is a linear military shooter and the other is a 2004 open-world crime epic. But for those of us who dug deeper than the vanilla game, we know the truth:
So here is to the kid who no-scoped you across the map and then typed "lol" in chat. And here is to the guy who parked a Shamal jet on top of Mount Chiliad just to watch you fail the parachute jump.
I’ve written this to capture the nostalgia of early 2010s gaming, the rise of roleplay, and the mechanics that connect these two titans. Beyond Grove Street & Rust: Why COD SMP and GTA SA Are the Same Kind of Chaos Slug: cod-smp-gta-sa-retrospective Reading Time: 4 minutes