i like that you ended with you dieing

stickfodder

@radink360: You are right. The picture ruins everything. No point in going to see it for yourself now.

Mike Fahey

I should make a shirt that says:

"SPOILER"

the internetz ruined my wonder for life.

But seriously, so people don't complain so much. why not just make all headlines pertaining to a potential spoiler labeled simply "May spoil your fun, no whining" so people would only have themselves to blame.

I don't mind reading about this because I would have never even thought to get inside that statue... hell... I haven't even SEEN the statue yet in the game.

ExistentialEgg

Am I the only one who despises the term "easter egg"?

interficium

Were you playing the xbox or ps3 version? I ask because your helicopter looked all wobbly. I was wondering if you were using sixaxis controls for it.

greeble

@Shiryu: It'd still be wrong with the NES Controller. In GB2, it was the NES Advantage.

rainofwalrus

@Mike Fahey: Because the front page has that title and picture of it. There's no missing it. Thanks.

radink360

@liquid_kore: I like to read about GTA IV, though. The only stuff I'd like to avoid is spoilers, even debatable ones.

Bernard McGraw

Ahahahah I keep replaying Crecente falling to his death screaming and I'm laughing my ass off. Mike's ragdoll off of the statue has me in tears too.

Too funny!

gils0n

that's flippin awesome

VixDiesel

LOL arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh splat... Now i will stop recording. nice!

MURDERFACE

@lionkitten: @Bernard McGraw:

kotaku.com/tag/not:gta-iv

liquid_kore

anyone else notice the statue of Liberty City looks like Hillary Clinton?

DataScream

@Mike Fahey: Because the headline and first sentence says that there is a beating heart in the statue, and he hasn't been there yet, and having only seen a glimpse of the statue in the distance, he'd have no way of knowing that the cool Easter Egg was inside.

And he feels like that was a spoiler, and that's totally valid, as is your opinion to disagree that it's not.

lionkitten

+ Watch video

Although Crecente sings it better...Here's the scene from GB 2.

MasterSauce

@lionkitten: Yeah, I agree with you. I saw this and warned some of my friends with GTAIV to avoid Kotaku for a while because this is just too cool to not discover yourself.

Bernard McGraw

This are the posts that make Kotaku awesome. Wish I could get there but I have had so little time to play that I only just met Little Jacob last night.

liquid_kore

Also, doesn't the title of the link, the page and everything associated with this entire page say "How to visit the beating heart of liberty city"? To me, that says "click here if you want to see a spoiler of how to find an easter egg".

Thats like seeing a link that says "See how GTAIV ends" and then getting disappointed for seeing the ending.

Capp

As soon as he went up that ladder I was looping "jump jump jump jump jump" in my head :< Does this make me a bad person?

ZhouYu

Thank you, that was cool!

(Flying "da choppah" is rather tricky at first. But I've gotten pretty good where I can hover, and perform a corkscrew!)

SigmundTheSeaMonster

@radink360: How is it spoiled for you? Did you read the instructions, or watch the video, both placed after the jump? Or did one blurry photo ruin the entire joy of finding the easter egg for you?

I mean, we did say exactly what we were posting after the link. You didn't have to look, and if the photo somehow ruined the entire experience for you, I'd say you need to find the thing yourself. It's tons better than the photo. It's all about the journey, after all.

Mike Fahey

The placard is a lie?

dagnasty

@lionkitten: at the end of Titanic, the boat sinks.

zenpoet

@enewtabie:
oh yeah,you can use the tags on the site to hide that stuff.They put it up the other day. :)

enewtabie

@Brian Crecente: No one item is that big to ruin a game. I'm just talking about the fact that every site has that "one Easter Egg" and pretty soon it adds up to a ton.

@xxeyes: Thanks. I felt like I was alone and the villagers were coming with the torches and pitchforks.

lionkitten

@Brian Crecente:
I would actually consider this more of a spoiler than important happenings in the plot. It isn't that big of a deal though...just saying.

xxeyes

This is one of the things I love about GTA games., the hidden stuff. I remember finding the sign in GTA III that said "you aren't suppose to see this" or something like that. And in San Andreas, seeing the sign in San Fierro that described the big bridge, including it's size in bytes and the number of textures. I hope there's more in the game.

Vincent060

It's up to YOU NEW YORK, NEW YOOOORRRRRK!

Chewbenator

@lionkitten:
You could also not venture onto the internet..There's that.

enewtabie

@kcgig101:
Well, dude, if anything, get the game first. The Dual Shock can wait, as its influence on the game is minor at best. The PS3 version has DS3 support, but it shouldn't delay your purchase. :D

Archaotic

way to spoil that for us people that like to find this stuff on our own. Nice kotaku. dumbasses.

radink360

lionkitten, I completely agree. I had heard about the beating heart, but I was hoping to at least see it in-game before I saw an image of it on the web.

xxeyes

@CarbonatedWater: That's the point. That it's cool. That's why it's an easter egg. Can't the reward be in the finding itself? Must it be a gun or an achievement?

I sure hope there are many of these. Few things are more fun than roaming around, messing with everything and suddenly finding something as unquestionably awesome as this.

Grive

Lols This video is awesome :D i need money! to buy Gta4 and a dual shock 3 :/ This game looks freaking amazing ..

kcgig101

@lionkitten: You should definitely call up your internet service provider, press 0 to talk to a customer support rep, and tell them you hate the internetz and that you want off!

Kj719

I was starting to get sick and tired of constant GTA stories, and then this one came along and made me grin.

This is the shit I want to see, guys! No more fanboy flame-bait, but lots more random fucking around and easter egg finds.

Archaotic

@lionkitten: If you'd like I could tell you the end of the story. One easter egg in a 50+ hour game is not a spoiler, unless you're the type of person who views the box art for a game as a spoiler.

Brian Crecente

I love the first place you goto is can you shoot it hahahah

Kadugen

Where's the lance of longines when you need it?

aubreyAubrey

@lionkitten: You do know you can use the tag browsing to view Kotaku sans any GTA posts, right?

Pombar

How does the heart stand against a Rocket Launcher?

Pezdispenser

Remember when people used to warn you about spoilers and stuff? That was cool.

Why is it that I can't open a webpage without everyone telling me every Easter Egg and cool thing that's going to happen in the story? It's not like I had to bury into the thread. It would've been awesome to find this myself and be surprised.

It's not just here on kotaku or just this one post. It's everywhere. It's like a "big dick" war to see who can uncover the most or get to the end of the story first. Lame.

lionkitten

Probably the only thing that appeals to me about GTA IV is the exploring part. I love running around virtual locations I'll never visit in reality. You know, like New Yo...I mean, Liberty City.

Black_Ops_19

@Mike Fahey: Me too! 37in LCD 1080p....love it!

Gray665

Good to see the RS programmers have a sense of humor and are creative.

I love stuff like this in games.

Capp

I have nothing but respect for anyone who can aim well enough with a rocket launcher to "shoot" someone repeatedly in the head.

Truvill

@exkon: Yeah, the cam is a Sony Cybershot stacked on top of a folding chair, the Limited Edition box sets for WoW and Burning Crusade, and a roll of toilet paper.

Mike Fahey

you shot the heart?!! then felt guilty so had to end the clip with your own demise lol

R* needs to come out with a patch that changes the statue into a Statue of Unhappiness if you shoot the heart.

OldManGaming

Not sure if I like the vid cam...I do like that I can hear the "commentary".

With a capture card you don't get all the witty banter between the two of you.

exkon

One of many secret easter eggs drooped by R* in the newm HD Liberty City, ill bet. Very cool. Twisted, sick, disturbing but cool. ^_^

PS: Shame theres no NES Controller to make it walk into the city, tought.. missed opportunity right there, R*... 3 letters for you: DLC.

Shiryu

I really hope that means it comes alive later and walks around Liberty City when Jackie Wilson comes on the radio just like in Ghostbusters 2.

Garrison Dean, King Awesome

That's cool and all but is there really any point? It's not like you get anything.

CarbonatedWater

...awesome... awesome to the max!

Vetterli

Kewl!

yashichi8bit

@Kj719: I do have a Westinghouse!

Mike Fahey

You have a Westinghouse?!?!?

Kj719

I LOL'ed at Crecente falling to his death with the chopper.

Gray665

Rofl.

"Booyah!! Oh crap I fell off"

Derigor

Crecente has such a friendly voice. Karma punishes him by making him die lots.

Pombar

That's great. I hope they added enough easter eggs to keep everyone hunting for a while, because these things are fun as hell to find.

Metellus

Got to say I like this idea.

_Ted_

Very cool. I've crashed into the Statue plenty of times but haven't gone inside.

Spoony Bard

So cool.

slomo788

I am getting tired of people complaining about "spoilers". Especialy when they are reading a goddamn videogame blog site. If you don't want to see something like that then don't go to the one place that most people would be wanting to see something like it. It's like going to a strip club and complaining about the nudity.

So you are upset that you saw something that you could have easily missed after playing the game completly through? This isn't even a real spoiler. It is showing you how to access something that you may never have seen on your own. That is an Easter Egg. A spoiler is a video clip of the ending or telling you how the game or a movie ends. That is something that people spend time focusing on getting to through natural progression. Flying a helicopter into the Statue of Happiness, and jumping out of it to get to the heart is NOT part of the natural progression of the game. It is not part of the stroy line; therefor, it is not a spoiler.

Mr.SithNinja

@awwyeadatsright:

awww yea dats right.

he he.

Sorry Hollowfreak.

Necroscope

Most of you people have horrible reasoning as to why this isn't a big deal. There's a difference in reading Harry Potter discussion boards after the latest book VS a GAMING NEWS website. The difference? Harry Potter is one subject. Gaming is...well..everything gaming.

Liopleurodon

@Necroscope: yes. bitch slap me.

awwyeadatsright

@Necroscope:
Thanks for ruining that for me ...

hollowfreak

I do think it's a little crazy to expect absolutely no spoilers the day after the biggest game of the year comes out. If you're that concerned with spoilers, just wait until you're a good portion through it until your done. It's like reading Harry Potter discussion boards the day after the last book came out and expecting the ending to not be posted. Of course it will be posted, and you should have known better if you didn't want it spoiled.

TheKingBoar

@Liopleurodon: i'm afraid you might be calling half the internetz douches by the end of the week.

awwyeadatsright

While this is not exactly a plot spoiler, I would've rather not known it existed. That said, in their defense they posted a way to block out everything GTA a while back ... I just stupidly didn't use it.
[kotaku.com]
I hate knowing achievements before I play a game too because it changes the way I play. I'd rather finish the game and maybe then poke around in there to see what I missed, I'm not much of an achievement whore.

hollowfreak

@awwyeadatsright:
So....

If everyone else is out bitch slapping each other, I am not to blame if I bitch slap you.

Necroscope

@Mike Fahey: This was actually nice. It said there was a heart egg and that's it. Games Radar went and put the location of the damn thing in the subheading. Way to go GR. Still, I will enjoy finding this.

Erwin

@awwyeadatsright:

No it just means I read it on digg first. If I read it on here first it would still be ruined. Why? Because if Kotaku doesn't keep up with how every other news site posts then they won't get as many views by blantantly spoiling it causing readers to just read it anyway. Just because some douche on digg posted the obvious easter egg doesn't mean kotaku has to stoop down to that douche of a level.

Liopleurodon

Also, the blockout tag in the url would keep us from finding out about the freeze issues and the PS3 sub-HiDef (non)issue.

Necroscope

Wow, there are a lot of whiny little bitches in here. I haven't gotten to the statue yet, but I don't feel like this has been ruined for me at all. I still have to make it there in order to see it myself. Truth be told, I wouldn't have even thought to try and get inside the damn thing.

Thanks Kotaku! Without you, I wouldn't have known where to look/how to get there! (no sarcasm)

Side note, I owned a 42'' Westinghouse as well. Had issues with it that turned out to be a bad "board" (According to the tech). Was able to get credit at Best Buy and moved up to a 47'' Philips with Ambilight. For the same price :)

Raziel66

@Liopleurodon: "Unfortunately this was already spoiled for me on digg."

case and point. the internet tubes are already pumping this out left and right. kotaku, or anyone else, is not at fault.

awwyeadatsright

@glibby: It's not really, but it is not "click here if you want to see a spoiler of how to find an easter egg" either.

It is closer to a spoiler than it is to a warning of a spoiler.

Necroscope

I kind of agree with some people here. No we don't have to click the link or watch the video but when there is a giant picture of the spoiler with blantantly obvious titles, that isn't being nice. Unfortunately this was already spoiled for me on digg. But seriously the game just came out and everyone feels the need to post every last detail in more-than-obvious captioned pictures and ruin it for others. I'll listen to what people say then and not read Kotaku for the remainder of my GTA playing experience. If that's really the route we have to take. There are many blogs out there that allow jumps to spoiled content by warning them before reading ANY information on what it is.

Liopleurodon

@Necroscope: How is this anywhere close to being a major plot spoiler?

glibby

Fahey -- I'll never get tired of your videos. Awesome as usual.

bangbangblah

@Necroscope: NOOOOOOO!

Spoony Bard

@Capp:

No, it's like saying "How to tell Bruce Willis is dead for most of 'The Sixth Sense'".

Necroscope

Seriously, that was pretty cool. I probably wouldn't have ever thought of that, so I appreciate the walkthrough. But maybe could we implement a spoilers tag for all the complainers so they'll shut up? I agree with the other posters. It's interesting stuff like this that keep me coming back to Kotaku.

TheKingBoar

its not a spoiler. its an easter egg. and if you think this "ruins" anything, please, stay off kotaku. cry, cry, cry.

awwyeadatsright

@Metellus: Agreed

Eschguy

I think the question we REALLY want answered is whether or not this heart looks better on a PS3 or an XBox.

I kid... I kid....

Gannoc

or you could just not click the link, read the article or watch the video.

its not like someone forced anybody to watch the video.

I, for one, have been to the statue without a chopper and saw no way of getting inside so I would not have thought about bringing a chopper back. I mean, you can walk into the base portion, and climb the stairs, but it only brings you to the second level platforms. No obvious way to get inside the statue.
so to me, unless you are just overly curious and happen to be flying in close, how would you know to drop out of the chopper and walk on in.

The point is, its a spoiler if you click the link, read the article or watch the video. If you don't want something spoiled, skip it.

Capp

@Cathaoir: Unless, of course, that doesn't work...

Cathaoir

I agree that this is a spoiler of sorts. Perhaps a generic GTA picture and a title that said something like:

"GTA Easteregg (spoiler?)"

arepeegee

@Agnitio: The best solution - if you really don't want to see things about GTA4 - is to type the following when you visit kotaku instead of the normal url:

kotaku.com/tag/not:gta-iv

Cathaoir

@Pezdispenser: now we are talking...I wonder if her expression changes while you shoot her...maybe someone should be outside

Seiven

@Mike Fahey: That type of heavy sarcasm against readers of your site doesn't really make me want to jump out and agree with your opinions on whether this is a spoiler or not. I happen to think that an opt in service for getting rid of news for entire games is not the best system to avert possible spoilers.

Agnitio

I think people have a right to not want to see things that could spoil the game for them, such as something like this - which I agree is a spoiler of sorts. I don't know what the best type of solution would be though.

Agnitio

@Garrison Dean, King Awesome: Has anybody actually beat the game yet? Perhaps Ms. Happiness is the Final Boss...

You know, in homage to the classic Shadow of the Colossus?

TRT-X

@Stoatboy:

Seriously, dude! I'm shocked Kotaku didn't spoil you about that statue sooner. When Kotaku first posted the picture of that statue, I just knew they all were terrible people and second rate journalists, and that I should make a fuss and leave. It was even worse when they revealed it was set in a city. How was I supposed to avoid that picture? How!?

SuperMaxZero

@Marios_shadow: Lies. They have no hearts in France.

Yuki

@Mr.SithNinja: I am not saying that nobody should see it, just that there should be a better way than filtering out all of GTA IV news through an optional tag that one must add to the url. Whether its through making the title a bit obscure or saying something like "GTA IV Easter Egg inside" - I think there's a better way than what Kotaku did with this post.

Agnitio

Man, I didn't even know there was a statue in the city! Massive spoiler! I doubt it's worth me playing the game at all now, since I won't have the pleasure of finding out there's a statue myself.

Stoatboy

Sure, curse Fahey for posting a picture and unleashing his wondrous sarcastic wit.

Just remember the guy who called the editors dumbasses should have been banned 10 times over for that, and isn't, so save it.

SuperMaxZero

@Agnitio: So because there are a handful of people who "might" be slightly disapointed then nobody should see it?

There are pleanty of ways to filter content and avoid articles by not reading them.

Mr.SithNinja

@Mr.SithNinja: agreez.

awwyeadatsright

@Mr.SithNinja: *Sigh* I don't even own a console where I can play GTA IV, I just sympathize with the people that want to be able to able to go to a respectable news source such as this and be able to avoid things that they feel might reveal portions of the game play or game that they value.

To some people, exploring is more fun to them then anything else - I'll refer to Ernest Adams on that, the founder of the International Game Developers Association. He himself talked about how he wished for the day he could explore the beautiful environment laid before him in Far Cry without getting shot at all the time. You might laugh, but people value different things in games.

Agnitio

@Liopleurodon: Stop bitchin and get off already.

ivan225

"This giant beating heart came from France!"

I lol'd. XD

Marios_shadow

@aubreyAubrey: Lance of Longinus*

Project Thanatos

sinatra goood

SaveMandela

@Mr.SithNinja:

Yeah real great solution. Everytime a new game comes out I won't read videogame blogs. Sure. Oh wait...guess I'll never read them.

Liopleurodon

I like how well you guys mesh as a team. What with anecdotes and threats about shooting one another in the head, and such.

Muffin_Man

@Liopleurodon: then leave.

awwyeadatsright

@Agnitio: The best solution to not seeing anything about one of the biggest games in history is to NOT GO TO A FUCKING VIDEOGAME BLOG SITE! Solution found.

Mr.SithNinja

@TheKingBoar:

and still there's a large difference between quirky game news and spoiled content. Like I said this was already spoiled on digg to me. And why should we care? Maybe THIS isn't such a huge deal no. But what about next time or the time after that when they DO post a spoiler that IS big enough to complain about? How do I know they won't post the ending video or something tomorrow? I don't because I won't read this site anymore.

Liopleurodon

@aubreyAubrey: rofl :P

Lov3

Fuck you for the spoiler, Kotaku.

Antic

@Liopleurodon: That's funny, I was thinking the same question about you. Kotaku is known for quirky game news. A funky easter egg in the biggest game of the year I think qualifies as that. And as Mr.SithNinja said, spoiler != easteregg.

A bigger point though is who the fuck cares? It's one easter egg in a huge freaking game. Stop bitching about it on Kotaku and go find the rest of them yourself.

TheKingBoar

@TheKingBoar: Although it's more akin to reading a general books discussion group and having someone post a thread that says something blatant in the title of the thread.

Agnitio

@radink360:

I'm with you. I always came to kotaku because they were different from the rest. Now I realize they are just the same putting every ounce of news they can to get readers, even at the cost of spoiling part of one of the biggest game to release.

Liopleurodon

@Mr.SithNinja: Seconded and amen.

TheKingBoar

@TheKingBoar:

Are you a moron? There's a HUGE difference in reading Harry Potter discussions (User submitted posts) versus a GAMING NEWS WEBSITE. This website is not a GTA discussion board. I come here to read news. If I wanted cheats, easter eggs, and spoilers I'd go to gamefaqs. I don't get on kotaku hoping for the latest easter egg and cheat in the latest games!

Liopleurodon

@Mike Fahey: Thanks. Your elitist, better than everyone else attitude has now made me a non reader of kotaku. Thanks.

radink360

@Capp: Call me crazy but I think it would seem like kind of an obvious thing to do. I'm still at the very beginning of the game but after flying by and seeing that there are places where one can stand on the statue, I absolutely would do this on my own, not that I give a shit that this was "spoiled", Just sayin'...

El Patricko

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Billkwando

@Bernard McGraw:

I'm sure they see all of everyone's points, but let's not forget that Gawker wants hits, and generic headlines don't draw them.

Billkwando

Stop crying children!
It's not like they revealed some huge part of the story. What by your standards is acceptable for a gaming site to show about a new game.... anything? This is so ridiculous.
That's fine, don't come back to Kotaku. Good fucking riddance you whiny little pussies.

El Patricko

@TRT-X: +1. it just sounds like people are bitter for not having a copy of their own yet

kw4k

c'mon guys. how can this be considered a spoiler? easter eggs are always hard to find to begin with. there's no harm in posting this

kw4k

As I mentioned above and as Mr.SithNinja stated, how many people actually would have taken the time to fly a chopper to the statue and jump out of the chopper onto the statue if they hadn't seen posted somewhere that there is a reason behind it?

I would not have. As I said, I've been to the island already and looked around and didn't have a chopper. I wouldn't think "oh I have to return here and see if I can fly out of my helo and land on the statue". I might eventually fly back to it for a better view, but even from an aerial view of the statue, it doesn't appear to have any way inside.

Without someone originally posting this information, more and more people would probably miss this "easter egg" because its not part of the natural game progression or any side missions.

I'm sure if you wait long enough someone will post something saying "If you swim for an hour east of the island and look at the ground, you'll see a face in the sand" or something like that. Well, unless you are told about it, how many people would actually just drop into random spots hoping to find something?

Capp

Man, how come everybody's gotta be either mean or whiny? This is nothing to go boycotting Kotaku over, come on. That's immature as hell. And everyone who's all "waah well why don't you stay off the internet", you're just generally being dicks.

And Crecente and Fahey, you should at least admit that you shouldn't have revealed any of this stuff until after the jump. Fahey, I get that most of the fun is in the journey but it'd have been extra cool to see the heart for the first time while I was the one playing.

Apologies if any of these points were already made in the time it took me to type this.

Bernard McGraw

@Mr.SithNinja:
Can we put another star beside your name. :)

enewtabie

Wow Fahey, you sound a lot like I do on tape:
Normal, with a hint of fruityness at the end of some of our phrases that nobody would notice (or be bothered by) but us.

We even exclaim alike, lol.

Crescent has a more "made-for-TV" voice.

Billkwando

@TheKingBoar: i dont mean to piggyback off your comment to liopeurodon but i agree with you..isnt there a link that kotaku have where you can enter into the address bar and it will take out all the gta postings on kotaku. i think that is what he needs

castout

@Liopleurodon: If they post the ending video tomorrow...here's a thought: DON'T WATCH IT!

Kotaku posted an article discussing how to specifically remove any article with a specific tag. Perhaps Mr. Fahey or another Kotaku regular could help me on this.

www.kotaku.com/tags/not:_____ <- Insert specific tag (in this case "gta-iv") in the blank.

Problem solved.

In other news, it's one easter egg in a massive game. And it's actually an easter egg that makes me interested in purchasing this to see what other unique surprises are hidden for me to find.

In conclusion, get over yourself. The game is now released, and any part of the story is now open game for discussion.

This isn't a spoiler. A spoiler relates to the story. Knowing the Statue of Happiness has a living heart in no way impacts the story progression.

Use the features Kotaku mentioned at least a week ago to elminate any GTAIV stories. End of problem.

TRT-X

I really don't get that we're coddling whiny people, and I personally don't think this is a big deal, but maybe we could find a compromise by posting all the even potentially 'spoiler' material after the jump? And maybe also cutting out both the whining and the defensive shit-talking?

wild homes

i'll have to give this a try when i get back home!

kw4k

wow this is getting pretty sad

Feendawg

@Liopleurodon: So how long do you propose gaming blogs, news sites, and places in general don't discuss portions of a game?

I mean, could I argue that MSN, FSN, ESPN, and Yahoo don't post results of sporting events in the chance that somebody TIVO'd the broadcast and wants to watch it without spoilers?

Or perhaps we should still be yelled at for revealing that Luke is Darth Vader's son. I mean, there are some people kids not familiar with Star Wars yet.

TRT-X

this shit hit the fan faster than usual

haven't seen a flame war arise so fast since the PS3 release

knails

@Brian Crecente:
Comment on How To Visit The Beating Heart Of Liberty City Yes this is a spoiler. One that you can't not see by reading the main page. Easter egg spoilers are the worst because they ruin the surprise of finding the Easter egg. I would reply in-thread buy I can't be bother signing up for an account.

ShrigauriIno

@Capp:
Comment on How To Visit The Beating Heart Of Liberty City null

BathshebaRasmussen

@Garrison Dean, King Awesome:

hahahaha that's hilarious

kgetz3

@Mr.SithNinja:

"It's like going to a strip club and complaining about the nudity."

No, it's like going to your favorite restraunt in a neighborhood that you know has strip joints and finding the strippers out on the street, stripping; and then complaining about the nudity.

Necroscope

@Capp: Yeah, what can I say? I'm one of those dorks that gets way too into exploring in these sort of games and I end up spending about 50 hours playing before I'm even halfway through the main storyline.

El Patricko

Life is tough, so let's just chill out.

Floral

@lionkitten: :"Why would I want to avoid GTA news if I'm interested in it?"

The problem there is you leave it up to one person's opinion as to what is a spoiler and what isn't.

To me, this isn't a spoiler. A spoiler would be if I told you Niko dies at the end of the final mission.

Now that would be a pisser.

TRT-X

Okay it was my comment that started all this nonsense, and I really wasn't that worked up about this in particular, but was more commenting on the phenomenon on the web in general. But whatever. When I re-read my comment it sounds more pissy than I meant it to.

I did return to read the comments and am surprised by the tone of Crecente and Fahey's replies here, especially after the great commenting crisis of conscience that kotaku went through two weeks ago or whatever. Maybe it's just because I felt weird about starting the topic, but it felt kinda mean-spirited versus just discussing the topic.

Of course mine sounds more amped up than I intended to, and perhaps that's their impressions too, but I am also just a semi-regular visitor rather than, like, the writers of the site.

Last thing and then I am done with the topic: the people who want to just say "Don't get on the web" or "tag out GTA articles" aren't being helpful at all. Why would I want to avoid GTA news if I'm interested in it? That doesn't mean I'd want to know certain angles.

lionkitten

@Billkwando: and gave me an S

Brian Crecente

@El Patricko:

Well to each his own I guess. :)
As I said, I've been there and seen it and other than maybe standing on top of the torch, I would see no reason to dive out of my chopper to land on the base of the statue. If I hadn't seen the posting about the heart, I would have never tried it.

Capp

THIS is the kind of thing I want to see more of.

I would tune in for like half an hour a day of just Kotaku editors trash talking and shooting stuff in a game.

Evil Tortie's Mom

@Necroscope: Oh trust me, I explore the crap out of games like this, but like I said, I've already been to the island and flown near the statue before finding this out and didn't even see any place to explore. Jumping out of a helo just to look at a ledge didn't look appealing and from the air, the door you walk through doesn't even look like a place you could go. lol.

Capp

@TRT-X:

DUDE! SPOILER! >:(

You were probably kidding, but if that actually turns out to be the case I'm going to be pissed.

Pezdispenser

Dude your meant to shoot the chains so the heart falls down and bursts open with that extra lil suprise, ach, oh well you can try later..

JamieA

@El Patricko: Isn't that part of the draw of these 'sand box' games. Half the reputation of the series is the ability to freely explore the environment.

Capp if you are not crazy exploring, then you might as well be playing 'Lost Planet'.

Necroscope

Interesting, very interesting.

foxwarrior88

As usual, Fahey is hilarious. Thanks for the laugh!

doubtful is karma's whipping boy

I, for one, welcome our new egg-bearing overlords.

*wink*

pickleprince

Thats nastay !

Nexus6

That's fucked up and hilarious at the same time!

HotFootMcCook

@Brian Crecente:

LOL! The spelling giveth and the spelling taketh away!

Sorry Brian. ;)

Billkwando

Nice! I'll have to go check it out when I home.

Those of you crying spoilers, I wouldn't have found this if they hadn't posted it, and I can guarantee most of you wouldn't have either. I actually appreciate being shown stuff like this. An Easter egg is not a spoiler.

furiousmilton

@dagnasty: Please stop. Everyone needs to stop making "The (Insert anything vaguely relevant word) is a lie" comments on every Kotaku article. Portal was a great game, yes, but I urge the gaming public - desist tiring out that memorable quote and please continue with your lives.

aesthetis

@aesthetis:

Wow man, forget to take your Geritol today or what? It was just a joke playing on this line from the article "The placard lies." I guess I know now, what joke to make in every comments section to piss people off.

dagnasty

That's just bizarre ó.Ò

Dragzonox

Seeing Crecente die that first time was hilarious. Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Samos42

You should also remember that there is no heart in Statue of Liberty.

I mean that this is just a joke. Like hot coffee. It's just a game.

Story is more important than easter-egg.

But it might be good to warn gamers somehow about these kind of things. For example: SPOILER/EASTER-EGG WARNING!-sign.

MGS4 is coming and I don't want to see SERIOUSLY spoiling pictures from that game... :D

Al87

"I look like you with a hat on"

that was cool can't wait to get my copy.

_Ted_

Well, I think that this is not a spoiler. Still I did not watch the video or read the instructions.

But now I know that this heart is there. I don't think that I would ever found that myself.

I will try someday to see the heart

Al87

@Mike Fahey: I'd just like to say that your heavy sarcasm only draws me further into your presence ^^.

In my opinion, this was not a *spoiler* and to my mind everyone who is bitching is doing so because they didn't find it themselves. Let's face it - if this hadn't been put up here, none of you complainers would ever have found it.

Hedgeworth

@OldManGaming:
See the heart, and you'll* be cursed to fall to your demise.

*the in-game character, of course.

judacris

Funniest comments all year. I can't believe people are renouncing Kotaku for having a picture of the heart and a headline that reads How To Visit The Beating Heart Of Liberty City. If you read/saw that much and didn't want to know where it is then you could have stopped reading. This is a tiny little part of the game. Most people would never have found it and as Kotaku say it has been reported on the majority of other gaming sites, Kotaku just gave us a commentated video that was enjoyable to watch. Over-reaction to a slight oversight by Fahey who probably shouldn't have put the pic up just to be safe.

el_rezzo

I'm actually more baffled people are caring more that such an awesome Easter Egg that most would never, ever see until you were told in passing conversation or stumbled across it, has ruined all of Kotaku for them. Talk about knee jerk reactions, so they messed up and put the picture of the heart on the front, is that enough to boycott Kotaku and then fling your waste products like angry chimps in an ever increasing magnitude of random directions? Apparently to some!

Come, let us focus on what really matters. The jerky helicopter ride, the fact that Crecente didn't actually notice that he was on the left side of the helicopter, the part that was hanging rather off the edge where-as Fahey was quite comfortable to land leading to an amusing death. The fact that Crecente died once more, and we're forced to use our imaginations and his voice to only imagine the comedy there of impact.

Or the fact that he didn't so much care to get into the statue so much as he wanted to shoot Fahey in the head again. Now that's love, that's what we need to be sharing here on Kotaku; The love of shooting another person in the head in a game, with rocket launchers.

...Sniff, so beautiful it is.

Tystarr

@Necroscope: no, actually, it's more like saying someone is going to die in "the Sixth Sense"... and then putting a picture of the scared boy

Jotsy

Best. Video. Ever. I especially liked the singing.

Interstella5555

Why the hell did you shoot the heat.... of AMERICA! Nice guys, real nice.

(:P)

ca$h

do the people who found this as a spoiler REALLY think they would have found this? I went to that statue saw i couldnt climb it and left it at that.

Kingnuni

@exkon:
Comment on How To Visit The Beating Heart Of Liberty City Sent from my iPhone

XavierAndromeda

@Brian and Mike...

more spoilers please! it seems to get rid of more unwanted TRASH than the ban-hammer!

rainofwalrus

Oh man... *sells copy of GTA IV* I tried driving the car, I tried some shooting, I tried interacting with the environment in oh so many ways. But now I just can't do it. Because you told me about a statue. It RUINED THE ENTIRE MANY HOUR EXPERIENCE. Just for that, I'm going to spoil Bioshock for you: The Big Daddys aren't actually that big.

TearsandScreams

@TearsandScreams: LOL!!

I couldn't avert my eyes fast enough!

Thanks for not posting a real spoiler. I'm still playing through Bioshock the 1st time.

Billkwando

What everyone seems to be missing with this heart thing is not that Rockstar put a beating heart of Liberty City inside the Statue of Happiness, but what Rockstar is saying, symbolically, about Hillary Clinton, who if you recall, was one of the loudest, most vicious voices in condemning Rockstar for the Hot Coffee thing.

This is only a little out there, but to me seems perfect plausible. First, some basic details:

The real Statue of Liberty has written on the tablet in her hand, July 4, 1776, the date which America declared its independence from Great Britain. And the very heart of that declaration is the freedom of speech. It permeates every idea that led to the founding of this nation. So in effect, the freedom of speech(which covers anything from saying someone is an idiot to what you can put in a movie or game) is the HEART of liberty.

And how is that represented? Chained and hidden in the guise of Hillary Clinton. And the most significant date in American history, the birth date of the inalienable right to the freedom of speech, has been erased from its place of honor. And what is there instead? The most important thing to Hillary Clinton: Hillary Clinton.

So if you ask me what the Statue of Happiness is to me, in GTA 4, I'll tell you it's a giant f*ck you to Hillary Clinton, that millions of people will see.

Neat!

TonyRockyHorror

Here's an idea for everyone crying about spoilers:

Just stop clicking on anything remotely related to GTAIV. The game is out now, what else did you expect?!

Problem solved, next!

shatteredhalo