There are no loading screens - all the loading takes place during the cutscenes, which transition to and from actual gameplay fluidly, and dynamically incorporate in-game footage in real-time. I don't think my eyes blinked the whole time. We played three chapters of single-player in order to get accustomed to the controls and mechanics. A random console's screen was being projected onto the huge back wall, and upstairs in the loft were a handful of monstrous gaming computers for those of us who preferred a PC. Sixteen Xbox360 consoles were hooked up to LED televisions in four groups of four, with leather chairs surrounding them. Spent bullet casings littered the ground, music was blasting from the ridiculous speaker system, Rockstar logo signs were hung on the walls, and a spotlight of the Rockstar crest illuminated the floor. After waiting outside for a few minutes while Rockstar's crew put the final touches on the inside, we were let in and were greeted by the ultimate LAN party. We arrived in front the same warehouse in which we previewed Red Dead Redemption two years prior. We all reconvened back at the hotel for lunch and general video-game-nerd talk, until 4:00 when it was time to pile into a caravan once again and drive back to Brooklyn. We then walked over the Brooklyn Bridge, and split off into two groups - one going to Times Square, and the other going to Economy Candy, the sugar mecca that we learned of in 2008, directly across the street from the Hotel on Rivington. We visited the site of the new World Trade Center, still under construction.

A group of us took advantage of the large window of downtime, and after breakfast, Saturday afternoon was spent walking around Manhattan.

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