#gta 5 family dynamics

[redtoondevils]

It would have been nice if Michael also spent more time with his daughter. Tracey. It's good that he get's to spend time with his son, Jimmy.

But, it would be that nice touch for him to have more father and daughter bonding. You mostly get to drop her off. But, she doesn't get that much attention.

And there's not much option in the game. To do these activities, with his kids. Such as eating out at restaurants, going to the cinema, going to the fair ground ect. Normal family dynamic relationships. Other than doing scores so often.

[florwal]

PORTSIM SAVE FILE 1.1

behind the glitz and glamour of the valley lies something much darker. starlight boulevard is littered with trash and reeks of piss. the homelessness crisis is the worst it's ever been. drug epidemics, murder, and other crimes run rampant through the smog filled city. this is the real del sol valley. do you have what it takes to make it out here?

CONTENT WARNING: storylines involving drug use & violence

download + info under the cut

watch my save file overview on youtube

everything from 1.0 included

there’s a no cc version + the lit version (requires minimal cc and basemental drugs + wicked whims)

del sol valley remade into a dirtier, more realistic city inspired by los angeles and gta 5

i own all packs and kits, i won’t be answering any questions regarding pack requirements! the answer is all of them! you can still play in the save but lots will have missing objects, and sims will be missing clothes

31 new sims made by me + more sims from people using the #florwaltownies tag - working on making a del sol townie index so i can go more in depth on the townie’s backstories

5 residential lots (3 are multi-family) + 3 community lots

2 new clubs - mirage menaces, a street gang and third chances, a support group for ex criminals

readable journal entries from some of the townies (portsim + del sol) included in the lit version

updated almost every townie with the new family dynamics, sim characteristics, and conversation topics system from the growing together ep

included a few new builds in oasis springs, but only 1 house household lives there and the world is about halfway finished

notes:

view the save file’s update log here

highly suggest viewing 1.0’s info post to learn more about the save + the city of portsim, which is the first city i created for the save file

console users: all households and builds are on the gallery! | gallery id: florwalsims

THANK YOU! to everyone that’s been using my save file, i had no idea it would do so well. seeing all the videos on youtube, keeping up with y’all’s sims stories, and all the positive feedback the save’s gotten makes me so happy and i love & appreciate every single one of you.

please @ me + use #portsim save file in anything involving the save! i’d love to see it <3

DOWNLOAD on patreon (always free)

*required mods for the lit version*

[citylighten]

sims tag game! ☆

tagged by: snatched from @crsentfairy but I swear I feel like I was tagged by @rebouks too 

1.) What’s your favourite sims death? When you have a pool on your sim’s property no matter the season they go to lounge there and freeze to death because of their own stupidity. 😭

2.) Alpha CC or Maxis Match? I’m a alpha girl, but I really like both styles! IDK when you get down to it, they both reflect a ‘art style’ to me. Like have you tried to make a MM sim alpha or a alpha sim MM? There’s work involved in that to make it look right!

3.) Do you cheat when your sims gain weight? Honestly it depends lmao I make my sims high on the weight scale, even the skinny sims, so their bodies look natural. There’s been times where I’ve had to slightly tweak their hips or stomach width so a cc top doesn’t look strange and bulky. 😑😑 But when I play the game everyone is bound to gain weight and I don’t take certain characters to the gym as much as I should. 😂😂

4.) Do you use move objects?  Uh yeah.

5.) Favorite mod?  Before High School Days was a thing, I really loved the plumfruit mod by Arnie. 😍 There was also a hair styling mod I downloaded that’s pretty fun and effective for doing quick townie makeovers. Beyond that as a storyteller I owe my life to MC Command Center and TOOL annnd wickedwhims for more intimate scenes.  

6.) First expansion/game/stuff pack you got? I literally don’t remember, but it was probably city living because I had the first version of Sal and Eve living in San Myshuno.

7.) Do you pronounce “live mode” like aLIVE or LIVing?  a-LIVE. 8.) Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made?  I love all of my sims!!

But even with that said it took me like, two days to get Pietro’s face and nose right. I hunted for certain facial details for him!! So I’m proud of him right now.  9.) Have you made a simself? I literally do nothing with my simself but she does indeed exist (images were taken long before Sink or Swim)

10.) What sim traits do you give yourself? I don’t even remember. That’s how rarely I am on her. 😂

11.) Which is your favorite EA hair color? Dark Brown probably

12.) Favorite EA hair? The one with the -- you know -- jk I really do enjoy the hairs EA has been whipping out lately even though I don’t use them. 

13.) Favorite life stage?  Gameplay wise I love playing as kids and teens, coming up with all sorts of Elementary and High School drama 😂😂 I love playing with big family dynamics in general. it’s crazy because I don’t feature any kids or teens in my stories but one day!! one day!!  

14.) Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay? I have moments where I just play the game to play it! But I do a lot of building and storytelling.

15.) Are you a CC creator? I can do recolors 💅🏾

16.) Do you have any simblr friends/a sim squad?  i for sure don’t have a squad, but I do feel like I have friends here!

17.) What’s your favorite game?  gta iv, gta v, bioshock 1 & 2, the mafia game series, the sims, dreamlight valley, i’ve been playing It Takes Two with a friend and I really love that game also! 

18.) Do you have any sims merch?  I didn’t even know EA was out here selling merch.

19.) Do you have a YouTube for sims?  nah

20.) How has your “sim style” changed throughout your years of playing? a lot! i largely got better at designing faces

2021

2022

21.) What’s your Origin ID? that’s personal!

22.) Who’s your favorite CC creator?

i love (and i am inspired by) a lotttt of builders

@alexisarielgaming 

@beansbuilds​ 

@sierrathesimmer​​

23.) How long have you had a simblr? probably a good year at this point?

24.) How do you edit your pictures? photopea!

25.) What expansion/game/stuff pack is your favorite so far? seasons, pets, city living even though i never do anything with it, my wedding stories for tartosa lmao 

26. What expansion/game/stuff pack do you want next? i own all of the packs that i want, but i would love more foreign based worlds and a music-focused pack where sims can play the drums and stuff  

tagging: this blog encourages theft!

[samtrapani]

🌼 🌺 🌴 🍂 ☁️ 🍃 for all of ur gta ocs 🫶

OC Ask Game!! Send an OC and an emoji! (X)

December O'Brien

🌼- What’s your favorite thing about this oc?

probably that she's just Normal™. everything to her is just how her life is, and that's okay! she doesn't want her life to be better, or regrets the past. december's the queen of moving forward, and she loves her family, and that's enough for her.

🌺- Which family member(if any) is this oc closest to?

packie :) they're the same age, so they've been thick as thieves since they were kids!! honestly, growing up, you really couldn't have one without the other. now that they're grown up and december has Mom responsibilities, they're a bit less closer, but i think they can still pretty much read each other's thoughts.

🌴- Who is this oc’s favorite person?(Can be another oc, a fictional character, a celebrity, anyone)

she doesn't have one, per se, but it's probably dani. she loves her daughter so much! her whole world!!

🍂- What music does this oc like?

classic + alternative rock! a product of her time, honestly lol

☁️- What is this oc’s clothing style like?

she has a full-time job at VIG Insurance, so mostly she wears business casual when she's on the clock. if she has to go out to the field, she wears a jacket/more casual clothes (the same as when she's at home. i'd say she's a turtleneck + trousers + jacket girlie)

🍃- Describe this oc in one word

Responsible :)

Skipper Carmichael

🌼- What’s your favorite thing about this oc?

the fact that she traded her absolutely normal, bland life for an 'exciting' criminal career and it basically blew up in her face. like she could've been an average person with a 9 to 5, but she figured, where is the fun in that?

🌺- Which family member(if any) is this oc closest to?

skipper cut all ties with her family once she decided to become a career criminal, but on the mcreary side, it's probably december. december's the first one to actually help her settle in with the family, and is the first to be friendly to her.

🌴- Who is this oc’s favorite person?(Can be another oc, a fictional character, a celebrity, anyone)

francis :) i mean, okay, he's her boyfriend, whatever, but like. they're literally two stars orbiting each other. they're so codependent, to an unhealthy degree. they're all each other has (before the shift in family dynamics), and her time as a stoolie just isolated her to the point where he was the only one she ever talked to. so, yeah, he's her favorite.

🍂- What music does this oc like?

classical music. it's a strange choice, but it keeps her focused/grounded because she's a Chronic Overthinker.

☁️- What is this oc’s clothing style like?

from her own wardrobe, just boyfriend/boy shorts and crop tops, usually with a jacket or shirt thrown over it. sometimes she steals francis' clothes from his sweater vest era and just wears them with her own shorts :) it's.... incredibly comforting to her

🍃- Describe this oc in one word

Uncertain >:3

Dante Pagani

🌼- What’s your favorite thing about this oc?

how incredibly soft and unassuming he is. a lot of people, including niko, dismiss him as a sort of liability, but he's just as dangerous as anyone else in the mob.

🌺- Which family member(if any) is this oc closest to?

he isn't really close with his family, but most of them were made guys anyways.

🌴- Who is this oc’s favorite person?(Can be another oc, a fictional character, a celebrity, anyone)

ray >:3 ray's his best friend. they got made around the same time, and rose through the pegorino family ranks together, and got chucked out/slidelined at the same time.

🍂- What music does this oc like?

midcentury music like sinatra, martin, that whole crowd, of course.

☁️- What is this oc’s clothing style like?

he's one of those 'old-school' mob types, so he uses a lot of suits, shirts, formalwear. he wears gloves because of sensory issues, but other than that, if you saw him on the street, you'd clock him as a gangster instantly. or a businessman.

🍃- Describe this oc in one word

Unassuming!!

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[gta5-catlady-ao3]

Things we might have forgotten in GTA5

In many fanfics scoping the internet, I had to compile a list of things some players tend to forget. Many of them are small, but others are pretty good for character enhancements, I hope you enjoy it! 

(Also most of them are about Trevor lmao, but I tried to stretch it for all of them)

Franklin went to prison prior to the events of the game causing him to want to reevaluate his life and eventually getting a real job with Lamar. 

Michael was a football quarterback in his youth.

Trevor played hockey and golf growing up. 

Trevor had a brother (named Ryan) who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, some believing Trevor had been the root behind it, but nothing was proven. 

Both Michael and Trevor where criminals from the beginning, but Michael had been the one who influenced Trevor first. Leading to the infamous story of the flare gun in someone’s eye. They both got sick and threw up after disposing the body.

Amanda had been a stripper and it’s hinted that her name had been Krystal. Michael had met her at a strip club and bought her plastic surgery to enhance her boobs. 

Trevor has tattoos on his hands. A pentagram on the back of his right hand, a scorpion at the bridge of his right thumb, a skull on the back of his left hand, and a pair of pilot wings on the bridge of his left thumb. Also the words “Fuck You” written on his knuckles. (I believe he’s also the only character to have in-canon tattoos without the influence of the player) 

Franklin’s dad had been abusive and left before Franklin was even born. Franklin’s mother had also turned to cocaine and died when he was very young leaving him with his grandparents until they too died, leaving him with his aunt. 

Trevor was prepared to kill an officer when he finds out cops had racially profiled Franklin. Despite Franklin taking it as a joke, Trevor is still disgusted.

Michael calls Franklin “son” many times in the story line solidifying the father-son dynamic they shared and proving that Trevor had been correct by saying Franklin was “the son he never had.” 

Trevor actually didn’t like Brad, confessing to Franklin (while drunk) that Brad wasn’t the best and he was only going to leave with him since Michael could no longer pull jobs. 

Michael and Amanda grew up in a trailer park somewhere in the mid-west, most likely North Yankton. While Trevor grew up on the Canadian-American border. 

Trevor had been there for the birth of Michael’s kids, coming to even be known as “Uncle T” by his kids. (This is pretty common, but it’s cute, can you imagine the fics around this time???)

Franklin is never seen wearing purple, the rival gang’s colors as homage to his own affiliation. (He wears mainly green, but every store you take him will never actually give you a choice to buy anything in purple.) 

Trevor is very intelligent. He’s not a stupid hick, he’s excellent at math and even shows how he can pull off whole heists (successfully too) without help.

Michael is a sharpshooter, which means he’s excellent at darts. 

Trevor has track marks up and down his arms, and he also has a cut scar right above his stomach, though it’s never implied on what the cut scar had been from. 

Franklin is still in love with his ex-girlfriend despite her announcement of an engagement, he has a photo of the two of them in his bedroom at his aunt’s house. 

Michael’s son, Jimmy, had been a baseball player sometime in his youth.

Tracy knows how to bake.

All three protagonists smoke cigarettes (as there are packs throughout the character’s bedrooms and homes), but you only ever see Michael light up a cigar. 

Trevor is a serial killer. Known for taking drifters and hitchhikers. 

Michael is the only character to graduate high school, Franklin had been expelled, and Trevor dropped out. 

After GTA:5, Trevor moves to LS and became a “lifestyle coach,” but it’s still hinted he is still in the drug business.

Trevor’s mom in Mrs. Philips, had most likely been some form of hallucination, as it’s implied that she may have died, or was still in prison. 

None of the character’s family, other than Trevor’s brother, Ryan, have been named. 

Trevor tends to be interested in older women.

Michael should still have a scar from being shot all those years ago, but I can’t find it nor is there proof of it online. 

If I remember more I’ll post a part 2 :)

[ineffableomenshusbands]

Questions for the Happy Fic Writer Ask Game: 5, 8, 12

Hello, Dande!!! 💕 Thank you so much for the lovely questions.

5. Have you had a writer you admire comment on your fic? What was that like?

All the time, but I suppose I should preface this with the fact that I regard absolutely every creator that I meet through fandom as a celebrity, and receiving comments from anybody, especially those whose names I have seen frequently in fandom spaces, gives me a tremendous amount of encouragement. 😄

I have a ton of respect for everyone in the Guess The Author event, and I have somewhat gamed the system by joining the event and being inundated with comments from those people every month! It really makes a huge difference to my morale to receive the glowing praise on those shorter works from people I respect so much (as I’m sure you can relate)!

As far as my writing outside of that goes, I have a few longer fics that received a lovely amount of attention, and I can happily announce now that several of the folks who I held in particular esteem and who commented on my work, I have since befriended, or even had the opportunity to work with on their own pieces! Their comments continue to bring me so much joy, and I would not trade them for the world! 💖

8. Talk about any friends/connections you’ve made as a fic writer.

In the same vein as the last question, I must first state my endless affection for the folks in GTA, including you, Dande!!! 🌼💕Everyone is wonderful and lovely, and I feel as though I have made amazing connections through folks there.

I have also had the opportunity to get to know several fantastic people through my work on Zines and fandom events, including several with whom I am still in contact!

Currently, I am especially thankful for @elfontheshelves for lovely evening conversations and encouragement, and @hasturswig for being very helpful and kind to me in both fanfic realms and making irl connections with fellow historians. I am also deeply appreciative of many others, the names of whom would be too long a list to recount here! 🥰

12. What is your favorite theme/subject matter/trope/ship to write about? Why?

I write about fluff, primarily, and about love and friendship conquering all odds! The world tends to be a hostile place in most modern fiction, and I prefer to write about lives of people who face down the impossible and stand strong beside those they love in the end. Good Omens is obviously the perfect space to explore that, and I doubt I will ever want to leave!

As far as tropes go, I especially appreciate fairy tale elements and found-family dynamics, and the symbolic restoration/rebuilding/repair of a house or an object alongside the development and healing of a relationship or self-image is one that I find myself returning to frequently!

Thank you so much again for the lovely ask!! 😄💖

[shattered-catalyst]

♡ + family

Headcanon Meme:: or in the OC verse...This shit is Canon

//accepting

Family and Catalyst are a very complex and twisting topic that often times contradicts itself as he grows . Unfortunately he never had the Cadre Alliance to help him out ( or use him cough) but he also didnt have Xforce or anyone else in his corner. Hes been doing this all solo and thats why hes...An absolute counter intuitive wreck.

Sooo heres a write up since Im in pain and need something to focus on

tw for mentions of abuse,neglect, underage alcohol consumption, and all around Mojoworld Shittiness. If you know much about Mojoworld you know this is literally portrayed in canon I did not make this shit up okay i swear.

So Mojoworld doesnt have family units as we have them. There are no parents and there are seldom children. Children are in a tube being fed videos of violence and bloodshed (canon), they are taken out when they are capable of independent locomotion (something the spineless ones find absolutely disgusting. tune in next time for me to talk about how deep catalyst’s self loathing and self image and concept is affected by this).

Prior to this they are given a purpose and destination; entertainment- bands,singing, stunts,etc, servents, builders, farmers and harvesters, gladiators, and pets. Yes yes that is canon and yes I hate i had to write that.

Catalyst was ‘born’ Isaslan III and placed in the gladiator class to ensure peak anxiety +complex stress to make sure his mutation would activate. But he was also place in intense gameshow and survival show like programming during the off season to try and further speed up his mutation because Mojo is impatient.

Mojo is the godhead, the master programmer, all things lay in his hands.He places the young into units and has them train together in combat with more seasoned gladiators as their trainers. Each creche has a strict pecking order and depending on the personalities of those involved and their trainers the creche is either combative and competitive over their resources or co-operative.

Isaslan III had a co-operative creche, he just was rarely with them when they all weren’t exhausted so he didn’t get much in the way of interaction. When he did it definitely made up for it.

The gladiator class all refers to an internally reinforced honor system and they call each other intimate terms ‘brother’ ‘sister’ ‘friend’ are all used (canon). But it is more of a kinship with suffering and survival than with each other.

Isaslan III would consider them family if he had been with them a bit longer. But after his second season he was taken from the creche (most of his ‘siblings’ had since been killed in combat and only 5 of the original 12 remained) and taken to the more seasoned area all as part of Mojos plan to force a premature mutation. This was his first lost family.

Isaslan III didnt meet anyone else he would consider having a ‘family’ or any sort of bond with. Unless we consider the parasite like way Mojo and Arize both used him. Nah, not until Earth and god it just gets worse.

Here we have an alien who basically treats the world like GTA or any other simulation because Fuck if he knows if this is REAL or not and he doesnt know what LAWS are or how to read or ANYTHING and what does he land in? A fucking bar.

This is the second fucked up ‘family’ like situation he lands in. A bunch of adults who think the mutant kid who ‘likes’ to fight is ‘funny’ and they give him so much alcohol whenever his mutation acts up and it just goes spiraling downhill from there  Once he realizes this is all..A big joke he moves on but hes sworn off the idea of finding ‘family’ or anything like that.

Especially because his ideas are all based on modern cinema. Like he has 0 concepts outside of cinema and fucked up life experiences.

He doesnt consider his mutant town folks family, hes pushed family away as being something he isnt worthy of because it just isnt possible for him, or so he thinks,. He maintains a very distant, cold attitude whenever anyone pries too much or he feels hes becoming dependent on someone.

It makes therapy a bitch and trying to make friendships that seem, full, is extremely difficult. Instead he feels chronically acting and never actually genuinely connecting with others. He gravitates towards others like this; Laura (x-23) being an amazing example of this.

He falls into roles faster when he is older or more powerful than another person ie:” Livvy, Gabby, in some cases Laura (Logan Verse). He is invested in keeping them alive and caring for them but it can be very robotic at times and very much at odds with what is acceptable in terms of safety because hes taking what he learned in Gladiator school, in his creche and mashing it up with modern movies and yes he did try and teach Livvy how to kill someone with a lollipop okay yeah he did.

So the thought of having donors? aka: parents? Terrifies him beyond reason. Hes been raised to believe he can do nothing but fail them, and has it hammered in his head from one too many conversations with Mojo that they will kill him on sight for his own loses in the arenas.

Despite all that hes sorta...Really wanting parents. He really wants that support and guidance in his life. But itll take two years of intense therapy for him to cut the ‘i do not have fathers I have donors’ walls hes built up around himself.

His guilt and shame feed into Mojo’s brainwashing all to form a damning concoction that makes even considering reaching out to ricto.r or shatt.erstar almost impossible.

Though when i do get to write with these characters Catalyst’s curious and inquisitive nature ALWAYS gets the better of him and his progression actually speeds up a bit. TBH I genuinely miss those threads since it really strips all the characters defenseless and sometimes its so AWKWARD and its GREAT.

You can see him playing along with the role when with someone like Fabian Cortez where he willingly falls into a fake family dynamic, knowing full well fabian is manipulating him but he just doesnt care and is too depressed and he just wants to know even if its a lie what thats like. His early life on mojoworld prepared him to act like an idiot under the nose of arrogant men. He knows what hes doing and he has accepted the price this fake family costs him.

Still for Catalyst to genuinely feel like he has a family or to be a part of one will take years for him to build solid strong connections with others and probably a mini series or spin off or two where he gets to play supporting roles for them.

[justjaderp]

About Abraxus Tarek;

The Delinquent; The Magnet

full name: abraxus haan ammon malik tarek

aliases: ra, rax, raxxy, ab, abra

age: 25

date of birth: april 2nd

place of birth: las vegas, nevada, usa

current residence: los angeles, california, usa

gender: cis male

sexuality: bisexual

profession: small-time musician, criminal (b&e, gta)

appearence.

height: 5′10″

eye: brown

hair: black

face claim: mena massoud

scars: small nick on the underside of his chin

tattoos: none

dominant hand: right

relationships.

parents: malik and nailah, live in las vegas still, small business owners

siblings: one younger sister, meena (20), attends UC-Berkley

children: none

enemies: too many to count, those he’s screwed over and those who have screwed him

health.

physical ailments: none

neurological ailments: severe ADHD

allergies: mango

sleeping habits: deep sleeper, sleeps in

emotional stability: self-reliant, emotional highs and lows hit often

sociability: very sociable

addictions: nicotine

drinks alcohol? often

smokes? yes, both weed and cigarettes

mental.

education: one semester of college at UCLA

languages: English, Arabic, Egyptian Arabic

magic.

wand:

boggart:

patronus: amortentia: third year electives: prefect: quidditch: favorite professional quidditch team: clubs:

sex and intimacy.

sexual orientation: bisexual

romantic orientation: biromantic

commitment level: has never been in a serious relationship

analysis.

negative traits: frivolous, aimless, irresponsible, rowdy

positive traits: dynamic, articulate, magnetic, gentle-hearted

aspirations: to keep putting some money in his pocket and a roof over his head

fears: dying and being forgotten, fully losing the respect of his family

hobbies: cooking, puzzles

pet-peeves: killjoys

bad habits: frivolous spending, short-lived investments of his time and interest

likes: sweets, good music, good company

dislikes: people who take themselves too serious, cops, rules

typecast.

moral alignment: chaotic good - acts as his conscience directs him with little regard for what others expect of him. He makes his own way, but he's kind and benevolent. He believes in goodness and right but has little use for laws and regulations.

vices: gluttony

element: fire

hogwarts house: gryffindor

divergent faction: dauntless

sin: greed

virtue: charity

biography.

Abraxus is a first-generation Egyptian-American who thanked his lucky stars every day that he has full American citizenship rather than being a DREAMer like so many of his childhood friends were. He is well aware that he would have more than likely fucked that up for himself by this point in his life. After all, it wasn’t like he was the picture of success like his younger sister was shaping up to be. Rax didn’t have it in him to follow any path that was straight and narrow. It seemed that any time anything in his life was going right, he had to veer left before he had a taste of anything close to stability.

He couldn’t even blame it on a fucked up childhood. Sure, his parents were strict and religious, but they weren’t hateful nor distant. He knew that they loved him and knew that he could show up on their doorstep any day, even now, and they would welcome him in with open arms. No, Rax had no one to blame but himself.

To be honest, he thrived in chaos. He attracted people from both the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ crowd like he was a homing beacon. He is known to be dynamic, charismatic, and someone that you could listen to for hours and walk away feeling like only minutes had passed and you were already missing the sound of his voice. Rax got off on that in some way. He thrived in chaos and it was almost as if he drew his energy from the undivided attention of others, negative or positive, it didn’t matter.

He left his family home in Vegas for college in LA, knowing full well that he wasn’t cut out for it. The only reason Rax had good grades was that high school had come easy to him. His record was already marred by office referrals and suspensions, but it had only taken an in-person interview to get his foot in the door at UCLA. He lasted one whole semester, and that in itself was a miracle. After breaking the news to his parents and hating every second of it, Rax threw his hat into the LA music scene in hopes of just being able to keep the shitty apartment he shared with four other young guys and put some food in his belly. 

His mother begged him to come home, but Abraxus was well-received by local venues and started to make a bit of money faster than even he had expected. It was enough to convince his ma he would be okay, but not enough to satisfy his hunger. Instead of putting his nose to the grindstone and saving up, Abraxus blew the money he had quicker than he could earn it. All it took was another regular musician to tell him about a fast and easy B&E job for him to get hooked on the rush and fast money that came from quick crime.

Now, Abraxus works officially as a small-time musician playing bars and clubs up and down California, but on the side, he accepts random jobs that he knows he could never let his parents hear about.

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You Can Transfer GTA V Story Progress To PS5 And Xbox Series X/S Today, New Graphics Modes Revealed

The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online launch March 15. Those looking to make the upgrade can get a head start today by transferring their GTA V story progress as well as GTA Online character and progression data. Here’s how to do it. 

According to Rockstar Newswire, this is what you need to do to move your GTA V story progress:  

Boot up GTA V on your last-gen platform

In the Pause Menu, select the Game tab

Select the Upload Save Game option

From there, your save will be stored and ready to download to the new version for up to 90 days. You can only store one game save per platform. Remember that this is a one-time migration, and you can only transfer saves between the same console family (example: PS4 to PS5).

GTA Online players with a Rockstar Social Account will also be able to migrate data simply by booting up the current-gen version of the game on launch day. This data includes their characters, money, stats, vehicles, properties, weapons, clothes, and player-created jobs. Though you can migrate data backwards, purchased GTA$ can only be moved from last-gen to current-gen. As a reminder, GTA Online will be available as a standalone title on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. PlayStation players can download and keep the game for free for the first three months after launch. 

Rockstar previously revealed the features and enhancements available in the new versions of GTA V and GTA Online, but today it unveiled three graphics settings: 

Fidelity Mode: native 4K resolution with ray tracing and 30 fps (PS5, Series X). Upscaled 4K resolution with 30 fps (Series S) 

Performance Mode: 60 fps with upscaled 4K resolution (PS5, Series X). 1080p with 60 fps (Series S)

Performance RT Mode: upscaled 4K resolution with ray tracing and 60 fps (PS5, Series X). 

No matter which modes you choose, the new-gen versions of GTA V/GTA Online include the following improvements:

Faster load times

Increased population and traffic variety

Increased vegetation density

Improved lighting quality across shadows, water reflection, and other elements

Improved anti-aliasing and motion blur

Highly detailed explosions, fire, and more

Tempest 3D positional audio (PS5)

Spatial Sound (Xbox Series X/S)

PS5 Dual Sense Haptic Feedback and dynamic resistance

You can pre-purchase/pre-load GTA V and GTA Online beginning March 8. Although the digital versions launch on March 15, physical releases are slated to arrive sometime in April.

For more on Grand Theft Auto, you can read about GTA V has surpassed 160 million units sold. You can also read Rockstar's statement confirming that it's currently developing GTA 6. 

https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/03/04/you-can-transfer-gta-v-story-progress-to-ps5-and-xbox-series-xs-today-new-graphics-modes via. Marcus Stewart Game Informer News

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advent reflection #1: nowhere to lay his head

And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” (Luke 9:58) 

The old Nativity tableau vivant of a Jewish peasant family shacked up next to a manger among assorted livestock is a familiar one this time of year. My neighbour has a beautiful inflatable nativity scene (complete with cute little sheep) that distends and glows every evening. Among the sparkling holiday lights though, I find that it’s sometimes easy to forget this Nativity scene is a scene of homelessness, and something as jarring as homelessness and destitution sits unsettlingly at the heart of Advent. Incarnation is the arrival of a Messiah to a people oppressed by an Empire, who arrives as a homeless person to join the unhoused in their homelessness. In so many ways homelessness is a type of dispossession. But this Messiah did not come so that the unhoused remain homeless, but rather that they find a home in the future radically egalitarian ‘kindom of God’. But as we live within this present reality of injustice, the manger outside the inn is where the Divine is made manifest in this narrative. This site of indignity and unjustifiable poverty is what demands our spiritual attention. 

There’s ‘no place’ in the inn for this young Jewish family, just like there’s ‘no place’ for those who cannot afford to pay their rent here in our cities today. Daily all across Canadian cities, faceless landlord corporations are deploying police officers to evict poor families who cannot afford to make rent, through no fault of their own, but because they are treated as the flotsam of a capitalist economy functioning as intended under a global pandemic. These evicted tenants are like the ‘illegitimate’ and ‘dishonourable’ holy family who one might imagine could not afford to shell out the expenses for a clean dry place to lay their head down for the night. 

Under the decree of a census, Mary and Joseph must travel where the imperial bureaucracy demands, but expenses are externalized onto poor working people. And such censuses were acts of imperial domination for extracting wealth from the colonized of Judea. We see the radical tax resistance led by Judas of Galilee in 6 CE at this time urging Jews not to participate in the imperial Roman census. The movement of Jesus would become associated with such a spirit of revolt by people like Gamaliel, who explicitly compares Paul and his rabble-rousing comrades with the likes of Judas of Galilee in Acts 5. 

Yet this old dynamic of the powerful extracting wealth from common people still persists with us today. In this time of Advent, courageous organizers like Sarah Jama and Desmond Cole are being arrested and fined for occupying space on public property, demanding a public meeting with the Herodian municipal powers over evictions and the housing crisis. I say Herodian, because an eviction can effectively be a death sentence for some, especially this winter, and that is why anti-eviction protestors say municipal leaders have blood on their hands, as do landlord corporations and REITs (real-estate investment trusts). Anti-war activists of old used to say nuclear weapons not only killed when they were detonated, but extinguished life by way of all the food they removed from the hands and mouths of poor children where enormous government resources were diverted into creating weapons of mass destruction rather than meeting the basic needs of its citizens. It is not unreasonable for young people today to ask similar questions about how collectively pooled money is being spent on the police compared to goals like guaranteeing housing for all. The number of officers municipalities send for each eviction have a daily wage that could pay someone’s rent for multiple months.

The anti-fascist theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in an Advent sermon he gave on December 2, 1928, said that: 

“The celebration of Advent is only possible to those who are troubled in soul... the curse of homelessness... hangs heavily over the world... we see in many lands people dying of cold in wintry conditions. The plight of such people disturbs us within and amidst our enjoyment; a thousand eyes look at us and the evil haunts us. Poverty and distress throughout the world worries us, but it cannot be brushed away...” 

Bonhoeffer goes on to emphasize how Matthew 25 is central to the way any Christian is to observe Advent: 

“…we face the shocking reality. Jesus stands at the door and knocks. He asks for help in the form of a beggar, a down-and-out, a man in ragged clothes, someone who is sick, even a criminal in need of our love. He meets you in every person you encounter in need. So long as there are people around, Christ walks the earth as your neighbour, as the one through whom God calls to you, demands of you, makes claims upon you. That is the great seriousness of the Advent message and its great blessing. Christ stands at the door. He lives in the form of people around us. Will you therefore leave the door safely locked for your protection, or will you open the door for him? It may seem odd to us that we can see Jesus in so familiar a face. But that is what he said. Whoever refuses to take seriously this clear Advent message cannot talk of the coming of Christ into his heart. Whoever has not learned from the coming of Christ that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ, has not understood the meaning of his coming.” 

Christians cannot forget that at the heart of their faith tradition is a homeless Messiah. If Christians are to take Matthew 25 seriously as central to observing Advent, and living out a life of faith daily, the mass evictions unfolding since August of this year should be of unwavering importance. While affordable housing has been a severe issue over the past many years around the GTA, it is especially salient under the cloud of COVID-19. There are thousands of online eviction hearings scheduled in the coming few months, pumping out rulings like a factory with a cold brutality that is chilling. Just last week alone 2000 eviction hearings were held.

Alykhan Pabani has pointed out that the large majority of rental units in cities like Toronto are not owned by so-called mom and pop landlords, but are owned by real-estate investment trusts (REITs), which are faceless corporations that hire management companies as a barrier between them and their tenants, to make the extraction of wealth as painless as possible for them. There is a reason they want to keep at such a remove from their tenants who are faced with high and steeply climbing rents, and perpetually degrading building conditions with more wildlife roaming about hallways and through building crevices than a Christmas nativity scene. Just speak with tenants anywhere in Parkdale, or read reviews or forums for rental units online. There’s a reason tenant protestors call their landlords ‘slumlords’. 

Alykhan Pabani and Aliza Kassam were interviewed on the Red Life Podcast, and it was an extremely informative glimpse into the housing crisis that began well before this ongoing global pandemic. They speak of how city workers and police are deployed to tear down the homes of encampment dwellers on public land and how management companies and landlords like MetCap are conducting mass evictions during this pandemic. Before COVID, some 135,000 people faced homelessness every year in Canada. Some 47% of Torontonians are renters, making a significant portion of the population vulnerable to evictions. Before the pandemic around 10,000 people on any given night in Toronto could be found sleeping rough, without a roof over their head. All these figures are only getting worse as the full gravity of this pandemic under capitalism is being felt. Tents, which are people’s homes, are being destroyed by the City, and despite officials claiming there are shelter spaces available to hold people overnight, there have been documented cases showing otherwise. One can see echoes of the alienating Roman imperial bureaucracy of Jesus’ time controlling where poor people’s bodies must be at any given time, and letting them deal with the consequences of being unhoused.

As long as basic clean sanitary housing remains a commodity, and is not ensured as a human right, this tragedy will persist. We have the resources in this country to provide housing for everyone. There are extremely wealthy families that live within our borders, but it is their interests that ultimately get the final say in government. People need jobs. Labour can be directed towards building and maintaining affordable homes for everyone, but instead labour in our economy is directed wherever wealthy people decide it should be directed, often towards that which is most profitable, which frequently happens to misalign with that which is most useful for meeting basic human needs that cannot be justifiably ignored. 

And so when the knocking on the door of Advent arrives, it is the knock of a homeless Christ figure at our doorstep. It is not a matter of performing individual acts of generosity though. Simply letting someone into one’s house is radically generous, but it is not changing the fundamental structure of property relations, and who controls what, and who has what type of access to what. Everyone needs housing – a safe place that they can call their own. The knock of Advent is the cry of the tenant with nothing but lint in her pockets, demanding they not be evicted from their home. It is the painful groans of the Holy Spirit praying for a day of justice to come (in Romans 8). Part of Advent is, as Bonhoeffer said, “taking seriously, not [only] our own sufferings, but those of God in the world.” And doing so requires a commitment to faith – faith that another world is possible. Or as Arundhati Roy says, “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." 

In a sermon Bonhoeffer gave on December 17, 1933, he speaks of this revolutionary spirit that found its way into the Magnificat: 

“This song of Mary's is the oldest Advent hymn. It is the most passionate, most vehement, one might almost say, most revolutionary Advent hymn ever sung. It is not the gentle, sweet, dreamy Mary that we so often see portrayed in pictures, but the passionate, powerful, proud, enthusiastic Mary, who speaks here. None of the sweet, sugary, or childish tones that we find so often in our Christmas hymns, but a hard, strong, uncompromising song of bringing down rulers from their thrones and humbling the lords of this world…” 

And so more than petty housing reforms, and stop-gap government measures to quiet the rowdy demands of tenants and encampment dwellers trying to survive the brutal winter cold, what we need more than any of that is a total restructuring of the political order. What Alykhan Pabani and Aliza Kassam are doing with Encampment Support Network and various tenant organizing projects (People’s Defense Toronto, Malton People’s Movement) is not only meeting the immediate material needs of their neighbours (providing food, sleeping bags, tents, protection from evictions, affordable rents, etc.) they are also spreading good news that another world is possible. And that it should be made a reality. That this kindom of justice and dignity for all should be on earth as it is in heaven. That it shouldn’t be the job of volunteers to be doing all these things while so many are jobless and desperate for work. The state should be guaranteeing jobs to anyone who wants one and meeting the sea of needs that exist out there. We need a radically different economy. That is what Mary so rightfully recognized in her Advent hymn. She sang all those centuries ago: 

“He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down the powerful from their thrones, and lifted up the lowly; he has filled the hungry with good things, and sent the rich away empty.” (Luke 1:51-53)

If we are to fill the hungry with good things, and to adequately house everyone, we have no choice, but to send the rich away empty, and that is what is knocking on our door this Advent. Another world. “On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."

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Toronto Houses: New Residences in Ontario

Toronto Houses, New Residences in Ontario, Canada Real Estate, Canadian Property Photos, Buildings

Toronto Houses: Ontario Property

Key Contemporary Residential Architecture Developments in Ontario: New Canada Properties

post updated 19 Oct 2020

Houses in Toronto

We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Toronto Houses. e-architect cover completed Ontario residential buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Ontario, Canada. Our focus is on contemporary Toronto residences:

e-architect’s featured contemporary home in Ontario:

Petaluma House, Whitby, Toronto GTA Design: Trevor McIvor Architect Inc image from architects studio Petaluma House This split-level, open plan contemporary dwelling is located in a rural subdivision near Whitby, surrounded by very traditional custom homes.

Contemporarty Toronto Homes

2 Nov 2020 The Farm – Vacation Home Architect: Scott Posno Design photography : Younes Bounhar The Farm Vacation Home Located an hour east of Toronto, The Farm occupies a 65-acre site amidst the peaceful green fields of this Southwestern Ontario agricultural regiont. It serves as a weekend and vacation home for the client, his grown children, and a variety of friends and family who frequent the tranquil property for relaxation and enjoyment year-round.

22 Oct 2020 Wychwood Residence

22 Oct 2020 Fishleigh Drive Residence, Scarborough

20 Oct 2020 Concert House

13 Oct 2020 ShadowBox

10 Oct 2020 Yorkville Condo

3 Oct 2020 Contrast House

29 Sep 2020 Crestwood Residence, Barrie, Ontario

12 Sep 2020 Garden Circle House

9 Sep 2020 Skygarden House

10 June 2020 Grove House Design: Joanne Myers Architect photography : Scott Norsworthy Grove House This residential property project began with a classic Toronto problem: A young couple outgrows their condo and needs a house. The couple bought a small home in Dufferin Grove, a leafy downtown enclave.

27 May 2020 Family Pied-à-terre, west end of Toronto Architect: Weiss Architecture & Urbanism photography : Arnaud Marthouret -Revelateur Studio Family Pied-à-terre in Toronto This renovation of a 1990s penthouse condo that serves as a ‘pied-à-terre’ for a close-knit family.

3 Apr 2020 Baby Point Residence Architecture: Batay-Csorba Architects photograph : Doublespace Photography Baby Point Residence in Toronto A renovation/addition project in Toronto’s Baby Point neighbourhood, consisting of structural renewal, re-organization, opening up of the existing layout, and the addition of a kitchen and master bedroom suite.

21 Mar 2020 Sorauren 118, Roncesvalles, Ontario, Canada Architecture: Ancerl Studio photography : Maxime Bocken, Gillian Jackson and Ancerl Studio Sorauren 118 in Roncesvalles Located in the heart of flourishing Roncesvalles in Toronto’s beloved West End, this property is one half of a residential development pair for Seventy Seven Park. The new residential property replaces a pair of dilapidated semi-detached houses.

17 Mar 2020 Rosedale House Architecture: Odami photography : Odami Rosedale House in Toronto A speculative semi-detached duplex in Toronto, with three above-ground storeys dedicated to the primary owners, and a generous basement apartment below.

12 Mar 2020 Hibou House Architecture: Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc. photograph : Scott Norsworthy Hibou House This new Ontario home is designed for a young family that values connection – both with one another and with their friends and neighbours.

10 Mar 2020 Valley Edge House Architecture: Drew Mandel Architects photograph : Doublespace Photography Valley Edge HouseThis property is an old red brick house sits perched atop a steep natural valley. The Ravine and Natural Feature Protection by-law governs the Lake Iroquois shoreline feature where the property sits.

23 Feb 2020 A House Undivided Architecture: Ja Architecture Studio photograph : Ja Architecture Studio A House Undivided A simple infill dwelling between an expressway and a lake, this residence tries to find a direct reciprocity between the conceptual ideals of modest expression with a straight forward system of construction.

18 Feb 2020 Forest Hill Garden & Pavilion Architecture: Amantea Architects photo : Doublespace Photography Forest Hill Garden & Pavilion in Toronto Transformed single-family home in the city’s Forest Hill neighbourhood, clarifying its program while maintaining its lush, layered character. The residential property comprises a fully redesigned backyard including dining terrace, patio, sports lawn, swimming pool and pavilion, as well as a new front garden and entryway.

13 Feb 2020 Cedarvale Ravine House Architect: Drew Mandel Architects photography : Tom Arban and Shai Gily Cedarvale Ravine House Toronto Mid-town The ravine system, the most distinctive feature of Toronto’s geography, comprises of extraordinary arteries that flow through the city giving unique access to the wilderness. This property is sited on a typical mid-town residential neighborhood street, but to the rear opens to the protected woodlands of the Cedarvale Ravine.

10 Feb 2020 Twosome House, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Architect: Atelier RZLBD photo : Borzu Talaie Twosome House in the Etobicoke Suburb This residential property is designed for a family of five. Following in the tradition of Louis I. Kahn, floor plans are defined by precise regulating lines. Two axes divide the property into distinct zones, with rooms plotted according to their program.

Toronto Houses 2019

Toronto Houses from 2019

21 Oct 2019 Heath House Architects: Sixteen Degree Studio photo : Younes Bounhar – Doublespace Photography Heath House in Toronto This home is situated on a uniquely long lot for the city of Toronto. The new property is designed for generous indoor and outdoor living for a busy family of five.

10 Oct 2019 Bellwoods Lodge, Downtown Toronto Architects: GREAT LAKE STUDIO photograph : Tom Arban Bellwoods Lodge in Downtown Toronto The owners of this new three storey residence desired a peaceful urban retreat, purposefully tailored to nurture and enhance a close communal family life and their enjoyment of the outdoors.

8 Aug 2019 Triple Duplex Design: Batay-Csorba Architects image : Norm Li Architectural Rendering Triple Duplex Housing This property is a low-rise housing model developed as part of a series curated by Globe and Mail architecture critic Alex Boziilovic. Four international firms were invited to propose architectural interventions to address the issue of housing in the city of Toronto.

6 Apr 2019 Abacus Lofts, 1239 Dundas Street West, Little Portugal Design: Quadrangle Architects Limited image : Michael Muraz Abacus Lofts This property sensitively responds to its diverse context, setting a strong precedent for midrise, mixed-use intensification in the City of Toronto. The home is located just east of bustling Ossington Avenue on Dundas Street West.

5 Mar 2019 West Don Lands Housing, Toronto Downtown East Architects: COBE image courtesy of architects studio West Don Lands Housing Danish architectural studio COBE designs historic yet modern rental building that will provoke a lasting impression in downtown Toronto.

Contemporary Toronto Houses

Toronto Residences – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

4 Feb 2019 Echo House, Bridle Path neighbourhood Design: Paul Raff Studio, Architects photograph © Ben Rahn House in Bridle Path Set on an expansive two acre plot, this new property is a renovation and addition to an existing residence, designed to suit the lifestyle of a cosmopolitan family and reflecting their Asian Canadian background.

Toronto Houses 2018

New Toronto Houses from 2018

11 Dec 2018 Madrigal House, Annex, Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada Design: Paul Raff Studio, Architects photograph : Ben Rahn / A-Frame Inc. New House in Annex, Downtown Toronto A carefully restored and improved façade respects the characteristically high Victorian and Edwardian neighbourhood: a sensitive property renovation and addition.

3 Sep 2018 Stouffville Residence Design: Trevor McIvor Architect Inc photograph : Maciek Linowski Stouffville Residence The orientation of the project intends to minimize the building’s impact on the area while maximizing site lines and access to natural daylight. The roof seemingly floats above the stone entry wall suggesting a more gestural and dynamic roof on the dwelling’s other face.

23 Aug 2018 Bianca Condos, 420 Dupont St Design: Teeple Architects image : Pureblink Bianca Condos Toronto This new nine-storey boutique mid-rise condominium features a contemporary, all-white façade and terraces that provide sweeping views of the neighbourhood. An artificial hillside is created by sloping the south side of the building facing Dupont St.

2 Aug 2018 Magnolia House, Rosedale Design: William Dewson Architects photograph : Arnaud Marthouret and rvltr House in Rosedale A century old home by early twentieth century architect Hamilton Townsend in the characteristic Rosedale neighbourhood.

24 Jul 2018 Bedford Park-Nortown House Design: Mehdi Marzyari Architects photography : Sam Javanrouh, Mehdi Marzyari Bedford Park-Nortown House An infill single family dwelling, the project is a new addition to the Bedford Park-Nortown neighbourhood in uptown Toronto.

22 Jun 2018 50 Scollard Apartments, Downtown Architects: Foster + Partners image from architects 50 Scollard Apartments in Downtown Foster + Partners newest residential project in Canada: a unique amalgam of community-based amenities, heritage restoration, high-end luxury residences, and public green space.

9 Feb 2018 Sky House, Stoney Lake, Ontario Design: Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster photograph : Doublespace Photography New House on Stoney Lake Negotiating the steep topography of a lake-side site, this holiday house consists of two volumes stacked on one another. The lower volume nestles into the landscape so that it is barely visible as one first approaches the house.

New Toronto Houses in 2017

11 Dec 2017 Summerhill House, Midtown Architects: AKB, Atelier Kastelic Buffey photograph : Shai Gil New House in midtown Toronto In the leafy residential enclave of Summerhill in midtown Toronto, AKB have designed an unabashedly contemporary and exceedingly functional home for a professional couple with a young child. The new 3,900-square-foot home utilizes the foundation and side walls of a previous house on site, and occupies the footprint of the original building with only a modest expansion at the rear. The three-storey datum of the neighbouring homes is maintained.

23 Nov 2017 Flipped House Design: Atelier RZLBD photo : Borxu The product of a gut renovation and second-storey addition to an existing brick bungalow on the south-west edge of the Knob-Hill Park in a residential neighbourhood in Eglinton East on the border between Toronto and Scarborough, Flipped House is a two-storey property designed for a developer looking to offer real estate buyers a modern, turnkey home in a neighbourhood dominated by more traditional architecture.

20 Nov 2017 Millgrove House, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Architects: Toms + McNally image from architects Millgrove House in Hamilton For Toms + McNally Design, Architecture is a response to context. Millgrove House, located in rural Hamilton, sits on a property that contained an abandoned apple orchard, and a hay-growing farm for local use.

1 Nov 2017 Waves at Bayside Apartments Architects: 3XN image from architecture studio Waves at Bayside Apartments 3XN wins competition to design waterfront condo that honours the waves. Tridel and Hines have commissioned a building on the formerly industrial East Bayfront area. The residential project is due to start construction by the end of 2018.

27 Aug 2017 CORE Modern Homes Design: Batay-Csorba Architects photograph : Doublespace Photography CORE Modern Homes in Toronto This is a 16,000 sqft seven-unit townhouse development. It explores the potential of spatially oriented apertures that work to induce movement and visual interest within an efficient volume which maximizes programmatic potential. The development occupies a prime site along Eglinton Avenue, within Toronto’s Leaside neighbourhood.

19 Apr 2017 Double Duplex Design: Batay-Csorba Architects photograph : Doublespace Photography Double Duplex in Toronto The Double Duplex infill project is located on Melbourne Avenue in Parkdale, one of Toronto’s most notable historic neighbourhoods for their century old Victorian and Bay and Gable mansions.

7 Feb 2017 House 46H Architects: baukultur/ca image : SilverHouse House 46H Transformation of a 110-year-old house by Toronto-based development company baukultur/ca into a contemporary, highly sustainable home. Even though the property is very modern, its exterior complements the traditional Beaches neighbourhood.

New Toronto Homes in 2015 – 2016

28 Dec 2016 Hazelton Residence 1 Design: Batay-Csorba Architects photography : Doublespace Photography, Batay-Csorba Architects Hazelton Residence 1 The property is an addition and full interior renovation to an existing four-storey duplex originally designed by Barton Myers, in 1983.

5 Jan 2016 Heathdale Residence in Toronto Architects: TACT Design photograph : David Giral Heathdale Residence in Toronto 66 Heathdale is a 3,200 sqft custom single-family residence located on the ravine of Cedarvale Park in Mid-town Toronto.

1 Dec 2015 Annex House in Toronto Design: Dubbeldam Architecture + Design photograph : Tom Arban and Bob Gundu Annex House in Toronto The client wished to convert the fragmented property back into a single family residence, suitable for their expanding family and optimized for entertaining, while taking advantage of the two buildings on the site.

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Rockstar GTA 5 news is usually acquired just about everywhere. They can certainly play this particular game whether or not they survive conversely on the world.

That is something that really should become a ton superior so than the old version from the game, plus it will likely be something which will be received with a lot of families too. That is a large substitute for your collection, specially when you contrast this on the last Grand Theft Auto game that was relieved.

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It's simply just stunning how long the circle includes accompany the brand new inclusions, and it's impressing when you consider likely nonetheless receiving these improvements within the game. When you install a GTA 5 Android app lying on the phone, the idea downloads a new version of which happens updated every handful of times. Even though the 1st a couple games within the runs ended up being recognized to be very related, the grand theft auto 5 even now searches to supply players a new new experience that many people are about to really like.

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An individual could would like to download a free mobile application so as to obtain one of the most out of your game. Take into account that will you might need to have a dynamic internet link with play GTA 5 iPhone, also a similar goes with the PC version of the game. All the downloads of GTA 5 mobile must come in by using a good online service. The true fun begin if you become your hands about the Grand Theft Auto 5 mobile. Even so, ones phone can't continue with it almost all.

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In case you are a whiff with the game in addition to you're eager for play it with the mobile phone, you are able to download the most recent version now. In the very first trailer, you can view a number of points, embracing a helicopter which might be helpful to tell matters more out than some meters. Some of the significant aspects to recollect within your hunt for the most beneficial site in order to download a GTA 5 mobile application become: try to find a easy-to-use software. Effectively, not a problem, like you can find various tools available there which will make it possible for someone to move door on the game as a result of your mobile phone. The most effective options that come with the overall game happens to you'll be able to design your own offender empire.

But, these services become of different class and also turned up on different cost. You can find proportions of sites that will allow people the main points. If you want in order to download the GTA 5 mobile app, the simplest way to attempt it can be to utilize online services. Play the idea with the aid of ones phone and grow one of the most productive mobile criminals inside universe. If probable, choose a good online doorway to offers a superior experience in terms of price tag along with good quality of service.

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120 Games to play - My Highlights

Generally, when talking about gaming I defer to others, although I have spent many days of my life with controller in my hand. I have mostly played mainstream games or sport games and so my experience does not go too deep with gaming so when we were sent the list of 120 games to play I was intrigued. I was interested to see how many of the games that I have played would make the list and was ready to feel ashamed for not having played a lot of them. This post is going to be my highlights from the list that I grew up playing or have experienced. 

(Disclaimer that I was born in 1998 hence we start quite low in the list already)

Tomb Raider (Eidos Interactive, 1996)

One of my first memories of gaming was playing Tomb Raider on my dads work laptop. As one of my first memories it is pretty limited and only ever remember playing the first level in the caves (probably as I was likely terrible and couldn't get any further). Since playing this game I was always drawn to the character and any property under the tomb raider title and the later version, ‘Tomb Raider: Underworld’ (Eidos Interactive, 2008) was the first game that my brothers got with our PS3.

Tekken 3 (Namco, 1998)

My first fighting game, spent most of my time basically being bullied on this game by my brothers. Favourite character was Jin who I distinctly remember cutting an old pair of socks and drawing on them to look like his gloves pictured above. Special mention to Eddy Gordo for giving me the head start on capoeira which we spent a full school term learning in PE. My fondest Tekken memories however come from Tekken Tag Tournament (Namco, 2000) and its ‘Tekken bowl’ mini game which gave me short relief from being beaten up by my older brothers (in game of course). 

Grand Theft Auto 3 (Rockstar Games, 2001)

Not too much to say about the actual game itself, as a family we preferred ‘Driv3r,’ (Atari, 2004) (a far worse game looking back) which my brother swapped with his friend for GTA 3 for a week. A week that was cut short when my mum discovered and was appalled at her 9,8 and 6 year old sons playing GTA, but was okay with Driv3r which was a very similar concept. 

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision, 2007)

My mum may have objected to Grand theft auto for the adult content but she couldn't stop us playing any game about war (thanks to my dad loving them). Having played many world war 2 games including the Medal of Honour series and the previous Call of Duty’s and being taken through them by my dad, Modern Warfare started a new age where I played it on my own and really got to grips with it. It was the first game I played all the way through myself and not with my brothers and I felt badass. 

Assassins Creed II (Ubisoft, 2009)

I used to play the first game every week around my cousins where we spent many hours reloading the castle in Acre and trying to assassinate every guard without alerting anyone in the coolest way possible. It was only when the above trailer came out that I realised what it was and properly got into the franchise. Once I watched the trailer I was hooked as an 11 year old wanting to look cool AF sneaking around in a hood assassinating baddies but ended up following Ezio through his whole journey. For the next 5 years every instalment was my favourite game and the E3 trailers they released was the reason I started watching E3 every year and really paying attention to new releases. Last year I went to Venice for the first time and I had the strangest experience where I recognised everything and felt like I knew my way around but had no idea why until I got to St. Marks Square and remembered that it was because I had explored the city in this game. 

Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games, 2010)

Didn’t play this game until 3 years after its release. My brother got it and played it to the death and it was only during summer holidays when I was bored and had run out of things to do that I finally picked up what became my favourite game. Continuing my affinity to games that made me feel like I was the badass character I was controlling (what’s more badass than a western).  I love the free roam ability that makes you feel like you are living the characters life and the story too was so interesting. Not only this but by the time I played this, the greatest DLC ever (for me) was part of the game, Undead Nightmare. As an avid Walking Dead fan I had been longing for a free roam zombie game where I could prove my chops in the post apocalyptic world. This as DLC is still my favourite zombie game as it was free roam and did not lock you into scenarios yet filled with dynamic events that you could always get involved with. 

The Last Of Us (Sony Computer Entertainment, 2013)

*Remastered* My first game with the PS4 I came late and had already seen most of the story through a youtube lets play. However this did not stop me playing it all the way through across 3 evenings and on 3 separate occasions in the years following my cousin and I started it in an afternoon and finished it through the night. In a list of my top 10 favourite stories across all media (films/tv/games/books etc.) this is a locked in choice for that list. It was like watching my favourite movie but I had control. It also had a surprisingly good multiplayer that my friends and I spent our GCSE summer playing.  

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Namco. (1998). Tekken 3. [DISC]. PS2. Tokyo: Namco.

Namco. (2000). Tekken Tag Tournament. [DISC]. PS2. Tokyo: Namco.

Naughty Dog. (2013). The Last Of Us. [DISC]. PS3. California: Sony Computer Entertainment. 

Reflections Interactive. (2004). Driver 3. [DISC]. PS2. California: Atari, Inc. 

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