GTA V

Grand Theft Auto V (GTA) recently came out and is the hottest game being talked about as of last week. Within the game there is a cell phone feature called the iFruit. This might have triggered thoughts of Apple products due to the way the cell phones name is spelled. The spelling of the cell phone in the game was not by accident. The iFruit looks exactly like the iPhone. From its physical features to the software and the phones screen layout. Everything about the phone looks like the iPhone besides the fruit bowl on the back that replaces Apples logo. Apple is receiving advertisement through gaming. That isn't the only relation GTA has to social media. On iFruit you can utilize apps that have an effect on what happens in the video game. Rather than going to a store to buy something you can use the phone and order it "online." One of the notable apps of the phone is the one that acts as Instagram. You can take in game photos and upload them to a GTA server for the entire GTA community to see. Social media plays such a huge role in our lives that in this case the game designer implemented it into the game to create a sense stronger sense of realism.