Just when we thought we couldn't love GTA IV more, they go and make this Apple parody. You can see it when you go into an internet cafe. We think it reflects quite truthfully on the Apple audience, don't you? Now excuse me while I call up my publisher to line up a How to Do Everything with Your iFruit Phone. [TUAW]









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Yeah, that pretty much sums it up.
Mac sucks.
@tehronin: That's why I hang around the comment section -- to witness intelligent discourse.
Not.
I'm about 6% through GTAIV - and it's good... but I was expecting Metacritic 99% good. I just don't see it. Not yet, anyway. I think COD4 has ruined video games for me.
@tehronin:
The parody does not show that the products suck. It just acknowledges the popularity of Apple's devices and vaguely mocks their shortcomings.
@bitfactory: Even Borat had better command of the "Not" joke, c'mon Mr. Intelligent, I know you can do better.
As an Mac user I'm offended by this unfair stereotype...no, never mind. This is funny.
I do like the shape of the phone though.
Hmmm...the design of the parody just isn't simple, minimalist, or polished enough to pull it off for me.
As an iDouche myself, the design of this spoof does not excite or entice me. The function is well-executed, but the form is lacking. There's is no boom. It's like a first draft, ready for Steve's initial critiques.
In other words, the iFruit is the LG Vue of iPhone parodies.
yay petty arguing, i have a mac, i like apple, i still think this is pretty funny
Love this. Shows the truth. :)
I lol'd
@bitfactory: Next time leave the NOT off. It creates more of an impact and doesn't make everyone think of 1991.
----> The more you know! ;)
Isn't iFruit also the computer brand in the comic strip Foxtrot?
@92BuickLeSabre: But it has reflections.
Plus, that is my kind of phone. Why? Because it's all ego and it has an antenna yet no reception. That's why.
Haha!!
NICE !!!
Reminds me of Microsoft's lame attempts at humorous music video spoofs.
Why, because 95% of the market is not enough!
I don't understand why IGN gave the game a 10/10, but then again I don't understand a lot of things. For example, I don't understand why BioShock didn't get the 12/10 it deserved.
I'm a die-hard fan of all Apple products and I think this bit is hilarious.
"You are not thinking hard enough. Maybe you are a to$$er" Hahahahaha!
Don't you just hate it when people just quote lines from the story, and throw in a gratuitous "Hahahahaha" or "ROTFLOLBBQCOPTER" without actually adding anything to the discourse?
Yeah, me too.
god. I just absolutely love it. I wonder if the fruit phone is 3G. I assume not. they'll probably just make a new one for gta4.1 - fruit phone. now 3G. even more ego. even less reception.
@takashimike
"No buttons.
No reception.
No sotorage capacity.
All ego."
Yeah, it's all vaguely...
@Groggy Banana: You can't fool me. You just like it because it looks like a Banana. All Ego indeed!
@Mandatory_Field: "Don't you just hate it when people just quote lines from the story." LOL
@92BuickLeSabre: "LOL" ROTFLOL
I just rofled so much I think I strained something :(
@Mandatory_Field: "ROTFLOL" ;O
@bitfactory: Seriously, that 99% is entirely unwarranted. The game could be absolutely incredible and it would never live up to the hype.
This is the only thing I like about GTA4.
Interesting... but I found "The i" parody a little more spot on. :P
dont care what any of you say
GTA4 rocks my socks and floats my boat
@92BuickLeSabre: ";O " Hahahahahaha!
Whew! Have we gone full circle yet?
*mac fanboys puff up their chests*
"Har har, it would be funny if it were anywhere near true."
Lame.
@Mandatory_Field: "full circle" FTW!!!
(Isn't that how we're supposed to finish these off?)
GTA always make makes me laugh in their parodies, especially since I really hate Apple Inc.
@homerjay: oooh! Facial!
The overall comments that I've seen over the net - actually, tell a lie, ALL the comments I've seen have been along the lines of LOL etc - and most of these from Mac sites.
I guess the point I'm making is that if this was reversed and was a PC "piss-take" than this forum would be full of rants.
It just reinforces my belief in the Apple (users/fanboys) zeitgeist.
@homerjay: Even in 1991 the NOT ruined the impact of second degree IMHO.
The radio show Judge and the case of the husband who plays a World of Warcraft-esque game.... "He just comes in the room and starts pinching my ass screaming '2 Damage, 2 damage, 2 damage'." That entire case was hilarious.
What's a to$$er?
@R2B2: [www.urbandictionary.com]
Its funny to see that Rockstar is also involved in the Apple hating as well.
I understand what a tosser is, I was just wondering about the word To$$er that was used in the above parody. Is a To$$er a Micro$oft user in the GTA universe?
@R2B2: Bingo. Despite what people may think, Rockstar is actually mocking both Windows and Apple fanboys/haters. Linky, linky....
[gizmodo.com]
That is all.
What's GTAIV? Is it some sort of STD? Sure sounds like it!
If you have a friedn who is a good helicopter pilot and knows their way around New York, have them give you a tour. Last night, in the pregame lobby, we toured Central Park, Time Square, the Statue of Liberty and a the titty bar. It was more fun than playing the game! It's the best way to show off the graphics, especially Time Square.
@aussie:
LOL I wrote the exact same thing on another post..somewhere..hehe
What's this GTA4 you guys keep talking about!?
some truth to this. What I dislike about Macs isn't so much the technology or the design. Its mainly Jobs and his insufferable ego. That and those really annoying commercials.
I'm a windowz user, and this is a boring joke.
does it fit where the sun doesn't shine?
i love the ego bit - but then what is GTA also all about - they must be experts to cotton on to the core truths about Apple's appeal.
@b33g33: The commericals are getting tired... at first I thought they were funny, but now it's just retarded. Apple makes hardware software packages, Dells make hardware, and Microsoft makes software. Other than the fact that they are all in the computer business, Apple arguing that their bundled solution is better by poking at the obvious market dominator's has gotten old.
I will however say that I'm not suprirsed at their tactics. They have been doing this since the old G3 vs Pentium II days.
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It's funny that the company they were bashing is now the backbone of their whole product line.
@R2B2:
UK slang for w@nker
@bitfactory:
Amen! all i think now is " OUR UAV IS ONLINE!"