In GTA IV's multiplayer, you can recruit unnamed Scottish game designers as bodyguards. They're on a 'research trip' in Liberty City, paying the Russian Mafia to show them how real crime works — a clear self-aware jab at Rockstar North, the actual Scottish studio that made GTA IV itself.
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The Scottish 'researchers' laying down drive-by fire — field work's going great!
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The devs themselves, posted up in Liberty City like they're taking notes for the next patch.
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