User:Simfish/Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto

Book by David Kushner. Notability comparison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom

The Sam Houser Brothers. Very edgy in wanting to constantly redefine "the edge" of what's possible/acceptable (very similar to how John Romero always did it when developing Doom). Moved to NYC from their Edinburgh roots.

DMA => Rockstar North.

GTA III was big moment. GTA Vice City used same engine as GTA III and captured much of the nostalgia of '80s Miami.

Jack Thompson stories. Jack Thompson once filmed his teenage son going into a store and buying GTA even though it was rated M. Controversy raised.

The "Hot Coffee" mod controversy. They really botched it up by trying to cover it up with "layering" files (in order to prevent significant amounts of reprogramming), but the mod community revealed it (even after considerable pressure from within to not reveal it).

This resulted in recalls and significant lost profits (not that it mattered too much in the end).

Ultimately in the end, gaming industry grew to the point that people didn't really question its legitimacy, Jack Thompson got disbarred, Joe Lieberman got happy with the parental warnings over the game, and all the concerns over violence didn't come to fruition.