Wild GTA 6 fan moments that made us do a double take

GTA 6 is almost out, but some fans have yearned for its arrival so hard and in such a weird manner that they seemingly manifested the reality of GTA to paint over our own. This has resulted in moments that should absolutely be studied (maybe by the authorities). Screenshot via Rockstar Games YouTube GTA 6 has the worst scalpers, but even they succeedhttps://embeds.beehiiv.com/a8d62108-86ed-4039-bf49-44877ba62c15 As soon as preorders for GTA 6 began rolling out, scalpers began scooping up as many codes as they could. For reasons that I cannot fathom—other than possibly not thinking that the price for that game isn’t high enough yet—they have been successfully selling them. Image via Rockstar Games Murderer only regrets he won’t get to play GTA 6 When being questioned on video, a guy who’d just murdered someone’s first response was that he was sad he wouldn’t get to play GTA 6. That could’ve been just a shock-induced response or a silly attempt to seem hard and edgy for the Internet crowd. As I was growing up, the coolest thing about the original GTA was that it allowed kids—yeah, let’s be honest, that’s most of us that were playing it—to live out a crazy fantasy. The only silver lining here is that the guy who turned his life into actual GTA wanted to go back to the fictionalized version, so maybe there’s a lesson in there somewhere. Screenshot via Rockstar Games YouTube Michael De Santa’s never-ending nightmare Imagine playing a character in a video game whose life involves escaping cops on the regular, then trying to come back to the real world and not being able to because a “fan” won’t stop calling the cops on you. Since 2023 and up until recently, that was the reality of Michael De Santa’s voice actor, Ned Luke, as one guy thought it a great idea to “swat” him as many times as he could. Luckily, the perp was caught. Image via Rockstar Games Hate campaigns targeted at people who aren’t even related to GTA 6 Targeted campaigns sadly aren’t a new thing in gaming, but they might be reaching new heights in terms of sheer stupidity. You see, and I’m not condoning this, but they used to be targeted at people actually working on the game. Those are no longer the only targets, as some people have been caught harassing even the wife of a guy who has a podcast about video games. So, just to make it clear, not even the podcaster himself is making GTA 6 come out sooner or later, much less his wife, who doesn’t even work in games or games media, but who somehow was caught in a wave of anger about the time it has taken for GTA 6 to release. Screenshot via Rockstar Games YouTube GTA 6 has already spawned conspiracy theories, of course The pizza index supposedly determines the likelihood of the US going to war based on the number of pizzas being delivered to the Pentagon. Low means everything is normal; high means very long and possibly stressful meetings where the fate of the world is being discussed are taking place. It’s an interesting quirk, but silly to the point that you shouldn’t use it to inform a much more complex conspiracy theory to predict the release of GTA 6. But alas, welp. A Reddit user began tracking foot traffic, noise level, O2 levels, and overall activity around the Rockstar building to “find out” more about the game. Interestingly enough, this wasn’t even done to find out GTA 6′s release date, but just that of the third trailer—and this very scientific method got it wrong. A Reddit user claims he set up an acoustic monitoring rig near Rockstar HQ and noticed increased noise levels, foot traffic, and activity around the building. Based on his observations, he believe more employees and executives are gathering at headquarters, possibly for… https://t.co/B4YJJUVga9— Gamer's Guide???? (@gamers_guide1) June 3, 2026 In his defense, the theorist said, “After some consideration, I’ve decided that spending all my time monitoring traffic may be a step too far. Instead, I’m focusing on what I believe is the most effective passive approach: oxygen monitoring.” Good for him, I guess. 0 The post Wild GTA 6 fan moments that made us do a double take appeared first on Destructoid.

Jul 4, 2026 - 06:28

Wild GTA 6 fan moments that made us do a double take

GTA 6 is almost out, but some fans have yearned for its arrival so hard and in such a weird manner that they seemingly manifested the reality of GTA to paint over our own. This has resulted in moments that should absolutely be studied (maybe by the authorities).

Screenshot via Rockstar Games YouTube

GTA 6 has the worst scalpers, but even they succeed

https://embeds.beehiiv.com/a8d62108-86ed-4039-bf49-44877ba62c15 As soon as preorders for GTA 6 began rolling out, scalpers began scooping up as many codes as they could. For reasons that I cannot fathom—other than possibly not thinking that the price for that game isn’t high enough yet—they have been successfully selling them.

Image via Rockstar Games

Murderer only regrets he won’t get to play GTA 6

When being questioned on video, a guy who’d just murdered someone’s first response was that he was sad he wouldn’t get to play GTA 6. That could’ve been just a shock-induced response or a silly attempt to seem hard and edgy for the Internet crowd.

As I was growing up, the coolest thing about the original GTA was that it allowed kids—yeah, let’s be honest, that’s most of us that were playing it—to live out a crazy fantasy.

The only silver lining here is that the guy who turned his life into actual GTA wanted to go back to the fictionalized version, so maybe there’s a lesson in there somewhere.

Screenshot via Rockstar Games YouTube

Michael De Santa’s never-ending nightmare

Imagine playing a character in a video game whose life involves escaping cops on the regular, then trying to come back to the real world and not being able to because a “fan” won’t stop calling the cops on you. Since 2023 and up until recently, that was the reality of Michael De Santa’s voice actor, Ned Luke, as one guy thought it a great idea to “swat” him as many times as he could. Luckily, the perp was caught.

Image via Rockstar Games

Hate campaigns targeted at people who aren’t even related to GTA 6

Targeted campaigns sadly aren’t a new thing in gaming, but they might be reaching new heights in terms of sheer stupidity. You see, and I’m not condoning this, but they used to be targeted at people actually working on the game. Those are no longer the only targets, as some people have been caught harassing even the wife of a guy who has a podcast about video games.

So, just to make it clear, not even the podcaster himself is making GTA 6 come out sooner or later, much less his wife, who doesn’t even work in games or games media, but who somehow was caught in a wave of anger about the time it has taken for GTA 6 to release.

Screenshot via Rockstar Games YouTube

GTA 6 has already spawned conspiracy theories, of course

The pizza index supposedly determines the likelihood of the US going to war based on the number of pizzas being delivered to the Pentagon. Low means everything is normal; high means very long and possibly stressful meetings where the fate of the world is being discussed are taking place. It’s an interesting quirk, but silly to the point that you shouldn’t use it to inform a much more complex conspiracy theory to predict the release of GTA 6.

But alas, welp. A Reddit user began tracking foot traffic, noise level, O2 levels, and overall activity around the Rockstar building to “find out” more about the game. Interestingly enough, this wasn’t even done to find out GTA 6′s release date, but just that of the third trailer—and this very scientific method got it wrong.

A Reddit user claims he set up an acoustic monitoring rig near Rockstar HQ and noticed increased noise levels, foot traffic, and activity around the building.

Based on his observations, he believe more employees and executives are gathering at headquarters, possibly for… https://t.co/B4YJJUVga9

— Gamer's Guide???? (@gamers_guide1) June 3, 2026 In his defense, the theorist said, “After some consideration, I’ve decided that spending all my time monitoring traffic may be a step too far. Instead, I’m focusing on what I believe is the most effective passive approach: oxygen monitoring.” Good for him, I guess.

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