每年《时代》杂志都会评选出世界上最具影响力的人物，今年的人物名单中，我们看到了GTA的游戏制作人——Sam和Dan Houser，这两个王牌制作人被归为“Artists & Entertainers”类别，无容置疑这份殊荣当然来自GTA4的成功！

《辛普森一家》的作者Matt Selman专门为他们写了专稿——“addictiveness of the brothers”，赞美之词溢于言表：

Who better summarized and satirized the drug-dealing Miami of the '80s? Or the New York City of now? The Housers are doing the work of Tom Wolfe, creating tapestries of modern times as detailed as those of Balzac or Dickens. At least, I assume that's true. Instead of reading those guys, I've been in Liberty City stealing tanks.