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The Totally Wireless Internet Cafe (TW@; pronounced twat) is an internet café that appears in both the 3D Universe and the HD Universe. It is interactive in Grand Theft Auto IV and its episodes.

Overview[]

The "TW", in "TW@", stands for "Totally Wireless", as can be seen outside some TW@ Internet Cafés. This phrase is a take on "Totally where it's at."

"TW@" is a reference to twat, which is a British and (sometimes) American slang term for a vagina, and is often also used in offensive manner to imply someone is an "idiot" or "annoying".

Description[]

In Grand Theft Auto III, the TW@ café in Torrington/Newport has no doors and is only accessible by breaking any of the windows. However, this rendition is filled with random pedestrians that will walk around aimlessly, bumping into the windows trying to get out due to the lack of doors. Two monitors inside the café show screenshots from Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2. A stunt jump can be completed via the staircase inside the café.

In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, set in 1998, three years earlier than GTA III, the TW@ café is under construction. Its posters read - "Come and see the grand opening of TW@", yet another obscene reference to the word twat.

In Grand Theft Auto IV, TW@ internet cafés are popular and at least one can be found on every major island. TW@ cafés can be used to browse the in-game websites and are accessible from completion of the mission Logging On, where the player has to set up an Eyefind e-mail account. It costs $1 to use the computer. The cafés can be robbed by simply opening the cash register, awarding the player an amount between $9 and $199. However, doing so will usually result in a one-star wanted level. This can be avoided, if the player crouches behind the counter of the Snack Shop, out of sight and then opens the cash register, they will not be spotted by the cashier. In the introductory cutscene to the Logging On mission, Roman actually speaks the name of the establishment, confirming that it is indeed pronounced "twat".

In The Ballad of Gay Tony, as well as The Lost and Damned in the standalone Episodes from Liberty City version, the computers have a new wallpaper: a dark background with a silhouette of the Liberty City skyline and the phrase "I ♥ LC". This may be a reference to the "I Love New York" logo, which the name of the mission "I Luv LC" also references.

In Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, a TW@ PDA theme is available to use. TW@ Internet Cafés are also present in North Holland, East Hook and a new one is located in Easton, but all of them are inaccessible.

In Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online, the internet can be accessed from a mobile phone or at one of the protagonist's safehouses. As a result, TW@ internet cafés appear in Los Santos, almost exclusively in Little Seoul, but all establishments are inaccessible. This reflects the decline of the internet café that came with the prevalence of mobile internet access by 2013, while also reflecting the sustained popularity of internet cafés in East Asian nations, especially South Korea.

Influence[]

Locations[]

In Grand Theft Auto IV, the Alderney TW@ branch is a rendition of 415 Washington Street[1] in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A. Interestingly, 415 Washington Street appears to be an amalgam of the TW@ building and the neighboring tenement to the left with the green cladding.

Locations[]

Grand Theft Auto III[]

Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories[]

The same place as in GTA III. The store is under construction.

Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City[]

There is an internet café on each of the three main islands. There are none in Bohan.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]

Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online[]

Wan Ka Internet Cafe[]

LittleSeoul-GTAV

24/7 Supermarket 슈퍼마켓 (Left), Wan Ka Internet Cafe 왕카인터넷 (Right).

One of the locations on Vespucci Boulevard was seen in a promotional screenshot with the name Wan Ka Internet Café (왕카인터넷) in Grand Theft Auto V. This name was replaced with Totally Wireless (Tw@) once the game was released.

The words Wan Ka is a reference to the British term 'wanker'; a person who enjoys constant masturbation, or is considered an idiot. Wan Ka does not exist in the Korean language, and is instead the Mandarin Chinese term for an internet café.

Quotes[]

  • "Welcome, don't spill shit on the computers." - Grand Theft Auto IV
  • "There's a tip jar, jackass." - Grand Theft Auto IV
  • "Hope the internet was worth it." - Grand Theft Auto IV
  • "Can I get you a Smokalarmalatte?" - Grand Theft Auto IV

Prominent Appearances in Missions[]

Grand Theft Auto IV[]

The Ballad of Gay Tony[]

Gallery[]

Grand Theft Auto III[]

Grand Theft Auto IV[]

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars[]

Grand Theft Auto Online[]

Trivia[]

3D Universe[]

  • TW@ internet cafés do not appear in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories or Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, reflecting the fact that internet cafés did not exist in the time frames of those games. Although, in GTA San Andreas, a pedestrian can be heard saying; "This internet is crap, it'll never take off." He can be heard saying this when bumped into; "Go to TW@", pronouncing it like 'T.W.A.'. This may indicate also that TW@ Internet Cafe was founded in or around 1992.

Grand Theft Auto IV[]

  • TW@'s logo is similar in design to the American over-the-air television network The CW.
  • The radio station playing inside the internet cafés in Grand Theft Auto IV is The Journey, except for the café in Algonquin which plays Jazz Nation Radio 108.5. In Episodes from Liberty City, Self-Actualization FM plays in all cafés.
  • At all TW@ internet cafés, the photocopier behind the cashier's desk is a Kakagawa Power Ultra 3000 Pro. The screen of the photocopier also has an Easter Egg as the screen reads: ERROR Unleash ninja guru lol.
  • Each TW@ internet café has a cash register that can be opened to make a small amount of money, at the cost of a 1-star wanted level.
  • TW@ computers and all of the other computers in the game, have the same cursor used in Microsoft Windows, from Windows 1.01 to Windows XP, which may indicate that the operating system used in the game is a resemblance to a Windows operating system.

See Also[]

References[]

Navigation[]

Navigation
[ ve ]Restaurants and bars in the 3D Universe
Fast Food and Diners
Liberty CityCluckin' Bell * | Bolt Burgers | Fudge Fingers | Greasy Joe's | Happy Blimp | Joe's Pizza | King Knuts | Papa's 12 Inch | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts [M] | TUBE
Vice CityBeef Bandit | Benny's Restaurant | Bolt Burgers * | Burger Off | Burger Shot [M] | The Cheesy Crust Pizza Co. | Decker's Dogs | Diner Liquor | East Beach Diner | Flap Lickin' Chickin | King Knuts | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts * | Tacopalypse | The Jerky Hatch | Shaft Hot Dogs
Los SantosCluckin' Bell | Burger Shot [M] | Hobos | Jim's Sticky Ring | The Well Stacked Pizza Co. | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts | Sity Burgers | SubStandard
San FierroCluckin' Bell | Burger Shot [M] | Paradiso Diner Restaurant | The Well Stacked Pizza Co. | Tuff Nut Donuts
Las VenturasCluckin' Bell | Broffles Waffles | Burger Shot [M] | The Well Stacked Pizza Co. | Zip Pizza Co.
Red CountyPalomino Creek Diner | The Well Stacked Pizza Co.
WhetstoneCluckin' Bell
Tierra RobadaCluckin' Bell | Jays Diner
Bone CountyCluckin' Bell | King Ring
Traditional Restaurants
Liberty CityChinese Restaurant Noodle House | Gourmet Deli | Live Lobster Crab & Seafoods | Marco's Bistro | Momma's Restaurante | Seafood Co. Inc. | The Pilgrim's Pantry * | Ting Fu Garden
Vice CityCalleggi Delicatessen Restaurant [M] | El Pequeño Cocinero | Special Fried Vice | Wok & Roll
Los SantosChef Ming's Restaurant | Chinese Food | El Gran Burrito | La Cucaracha Bar & Seafood | Muerto-Mex | Hong Kong Deli | Pier Pressure Pizzeria | Sayonara Restaurant | The Brown Starfish Bar and Grill | World of Coq
San FierroKam Yat Yat Restaurant | Noodle Exchange | Pastageddon | Secret Valley | The Bearded Clam | World of Coq
Las VenturasNoodle Exchange | The Mexican Restaurant | Venturas Steaks Steakhouse | World of Coq
WhetstoneJ & J’s Restaurant
Tierra RobadaSecret Valley | The Smokin' Beef Grill
Cafes
Liberty CityCafe Metropolitan | Le Singe d'Arbre | Les Beans Café | Staunton Cafe | Tarbrush Café [M]
Vice CityCafé Robina | Front Page Café | Mars Cafe | Tarbrush Café [M] | Todd's Cafe | Old Amsterdam Coffee Shop
Bone CountyLas Payasadas Cafe
Bars
Vice CityCrockett's Bar & Grill | Crocs Bar
Los SantosTen Green Bottles | The Brown Starfish Bar and Grill
Red CountyThe Welcome Pump
* denotes the restaurant or bar has no physical appearances in the city/county

** denotes the restaurant or bar is accessible to the player in at least one of its appearances
[M] denotes the restaurant or bar that is also present in Carcer City or Cottonmouth in the Manhunt series.


Category:RestaurantsCategory:Bars
[ ve ]Restaurants and bars in the HD Universe
Fast Food and Diners
Liberty City60 Diner | 69th Street Diner | Bite! | Burger Shot | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Cluckin' Bell | Creek Street Diner | Ruby's Southern Soul Food | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts | S & D Diner | Wigwam Burger
AlderneyBite! | Burger Shot | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Cluckin' Bell | Diner Bar Cocktails | Skyway Diner | Wigwam Burger
Los SantosBeefy Bill's Burger Bar | Bishop's Chicken | Bite! | Burger Shot | Casey's Diner | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Clappers | Cluckin' Bell | Gyro Day Hot Food | Horny's Burgers | La Vaca Loca | Lagoon's Diner | Last Train in Los Santos | Lucky Plucker | Pebble Dash Pizza | Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts | Slice 'N' Dice Pizzeria | Snr. Buns | Spitroasters Meathouse | Surfries Diner | Taco Bomb | The Taco Farmer | Taco Libre | Up-n-Atom Burger | Wigwam Burger
Los Santos
County
Chihuahua Hotdogs | Mom's Pie Diner
Blaine CountyBayview Lodge | Chihuahua Hotdogs | Famous Hamburgers | Rex's Diner | The Taco Farmer | Up-n-Atom Burger |
Bolt Burgers*
Traditional Restaurants
Liberty CityAl Dente's | Alazone's Italian Food | Ali Mac's Bistro | Big Wang Restaurant | Da Cruz Restaurant & Deli | Drusilla's | Fanny Crab's | The Flaming Fez | Fudz's Delicatessen | Gelateria Pasta Liquor Pizza | Gozushi! | Gulag Garden | Little Gorbachefs |Out of Towners | Pizza This... | Poop Deck | Squid Row | Sum Yung Gai | S'wish Pizza | Viendemorte | Vinewood Bar & Grill
AlderneyFanny Crab's | Gozushi! | Mr. Fuk's Rice Box | Nonna Pina's | Pizza This... | Squid Row
Los Santos24-Hour Chinese Restaurant | Al Dente's | Attack-a-Taco | Beachwalk Bistro | Del Perro Restaurant Plaza | The Fish Net | Haute | Hearty Taco | Jazz Desserts | La Spada | Les Bianco | Las Cuadras | Noodle Exchange | Nutsaki | Out of Towners | Pipeline Inn | Pizza This... | S. Ho Korean Noodle House | Sharkies Bites | Singleton's | The Split Kipper | Viendemorte | Vinewood Bar & Grill | Wok It Off
Cafes
Liberty City8-Ball Cafe Bar | Bean Machine | Homebrew Café | Superstar Café | TW@ | Wilberts' Coffee and Tea
AlderneyGreasy Joe's Café*
Los SantosBean Machine | Café Austère | Café Redemption | Cafe Vespucci | Coconut Café | Cool Beans | Crucial Fix | Dune-O's Beach Café | Ground & Pound Café | Hit 'n' Run Coffee | Hwan Café | Java Update Coffeeshop | Little Teapot | TW@
Blaine CountySkyview Pala Springs Cafébar
Tarbrush Café*
Bars
Liberty City8-Ball Cafe Bar | Comrades Bar | Donnies Bar | Homebrew Café | Jerkov's | Lucky Winkles | Ming Inn | Out of Towners | Steinway Beer Garden | The Bay Bar
AlderneyDiner Bar Cocktails | Leprechaun's Winklepicker
Los SantosHi-Men | Pitchers | Las Cuadras | Limey's Juice and Smoothies | Mirror Park Tavern | Out of Towners | Pipeline Inn | Shenanigan's Bar | Singleton's | The Lost MC Clubhouse | The Lust Resort
Blaine CountyThe Hen House | Hookies | Mojito Inn | Skyview Pala Springs Cafébar | The Bay Bar | Yellow Jack Inn
Crocs Bar*
* denotes the restaurant or bar has no physical appearances in the HD Universe

** denotes the restaurant or bar is accessible to the player in at least one of its appearances


Category:Restaurants | Category:Bars
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