The Internet is a new feature introduced in Grand Theft Auto IV. 1 Description 2 Websites 3 See Also 4 Navigation The game has its own in-game internet, featuring dozens of websites which service the player or parody real-life trends or products. The websites can be viewed on an in-game web browser styled similar to Apple Safari. The player can access the Internet through any computer. This is a list of in-game websites accessible on the Internet in Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, and The Ballad of Gay Tony. These are not real websites but most of the domains are owned by Rockstar Games and redirects to the official GTA IV website in real life. The Wikipedia links in brackets refer to the real life websites it is believed the game's websites parody. The following. Jan 25, 2009 I go to the tw@ internet cafe (the first one unlocked) in my free time or in a mission and the computers are basically not working. I tells me to press E, i do, and nothing happens. I tried reloading a saved game, doesn't work. Tried blowing up the place and then trying out the only computer left, does not work. PLZ HELP ME!!!! I cant go on with the game!!! Btw, i have the second patch applied.
| Tw@ Internetcafés | Northwest | Northeast | Whole map | ||
| Southwest | Southeast | Color | Print friendly | ||
| Collectables | Stunt Jumps · Flying rats · Seagulls[L&D] · Seagulls[BGT] | ||||
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| Side missions | Stevie's Car Theft · Random characters[IV] · Random characters[L&D] · Random characters[BGT] · QUB³D · Base jumps[BGT] | ||||
| Vehicles and pick-ups | Vehicles · Weapons · First aid kits · Armor | ||||
| Services | Tw@ · Pay 'n' Spray · Car wash · Clothes stores · Restaurants · Recreational activities · Subway stations | ||||
| Places of interest | Safe houses[IV] · Safe houses[L&D] · Safe houses[BGT] · Politice departments · Hospitals · Fire departments · Other locations | ||||
| Maps | Blanc map · Create your own map | ||||
| TW@ Internet Café | |
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The interior of TW@'s Broker branch in GTA IV. All three TW@ branches in the game use the same interior. | |
| Game | GTA III GTA Liberty City Stories GTA IV The Lost and Damned The Ballad of Gay Tony GTA Chinatown Wars GTA V GTA Online |
| Type of business | Internet café |
| Location(s) | 3D Universe: Torrington, Liberty City HD Universe: Vitullo Ave in Berchem North Holland, Liberty City Outlook, Liberty City Little Seoul, Los Santos (two, one location for rent) |
| Mission appearance(s) | Logging On |
| Employee(s) | Alejandra (HD Universe) |
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TW@ (pronounced twat) is an internet café that appears in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, and is interactive in Grand Theft Auto IV and its episodes. The 'TW', in 'TW@', stands for 'Totally Wireless', as can be seen outside some TW@ Internet Cafés. This phrase is a take on 'Totally where it's at.'
'TW@' is a reference to twat, which is a British slang term meaning 'idiot'. It is also a slang term for 'vagina'.
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Descriptions
In GTA III, the TW@ café (in Torrington) is accessible, but not interactive. Two monitors inside the café show screenshots from Grand Theft Auto 1 and Grand Theft Auto 2, respectively. A stunt jump can be completed inside the café through the staircase.
In GTA Liberty City Stories, due to the earlier setting than GTA III, the TW@ café is only just being constructed. Its posters state - 'Come and see the grand opening of TW@'.
In GTA IV, TW@ internet cafés can be used to browse the in-game websites from the start of the game. The Internet is formally introduced to the player in the mission Logging On where the player has to set up an Eyefind e-mail account. It costs $1 to use the computer. The stores can be robbed by simply opening the cash register and taking from $10 to $170, but doing so will usually result in a one star wanted level. But this can be avoided, if the player crouches behind the counter of the Snack Shop, out of sight and then opens the cash register, no one will notice and will act as if nothing has happened. In the introductory cutscene to the Logging On mission, Roman actually speaks the name of the establishment, confirming that it is indeed pronounced 'twat'.
In GTA V, the café returns as a non-interactive business with two stores located in Little Seoul, although one is available for rent suggesting it has closed down.
Locations
3D Universe
TW@ at the border between Belleville Park and Bedford Point, Staunton Island, Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto III.
The same outlet in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, circa 1998, under contruction.
HD Universe
The Onieda Ave, Outlook, Broker, Liberty City TW@ in Grand Theft Auto IV.
The Frankfort Ave, North Holland, Algonquin, Liberty City TW@ in Grand Theft Auto IV.
The Vitullo Ave, Berchem, Alderney in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Trivia
- In Saints Row , there is a moving company called 'TW@', also spelt with the '@' symbol.
- Because the TW@ in GTA III has no actual entrance, the player has to smash one of its windows in order to get in.
- TW@ in the GTA III rendition is filled with random pedestrians that will walk around aimlessly, bumping into the windows trying to get out.
- In The Ballad of Gay Tony as well as the Episodes From Liberty City version of The Lost and Damned, the computers have a new wallpaper: a dark background with a silhouette of the Liberty City skyline and the phrase 'I ♥ LC'. This may be a reference to the 'I Love New York' logo, which the name of the mission 'I Luv LC' also references.
Easter eggs
- The GTA III rendition of TW@ features two computer monitors, beside the staircase to the second floor, depicting screenshots of Grand Theft Auto 1 and Grand Theft Auto 2.
- At all TW@ internet cafes in GTA IV, the photocopier behind the cashier's desk is a Kakagawa Power Ultra 3000 Pro. The screen of the photocopier also has an easter egg as the screen reads: ERROR Unleash ninja guru lol.
Additional images
The old logo as depicted in GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories (as of 2001 and 1998).
Interior of the TW@ in GTA III.
Screenshots of GTA 1 and GTA 2 on TW@ two computer screens, GTA III.
A GTA III advertising of TW@ in Torrington in GTA III.
TW@ logo in GTA IV (as of 2008).
The TW@ wallpaper seen on computers at TW@ in GTA IV.
The 'I ♥ L.C' version of the TW@ wallpaper seen on TW@ computers in the DLC version of The Ballad of Gay Tony, or the Episodes from Liberty City versions of The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
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