I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to bid for the PC Version of “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City” on eBay. It’s a right royal P.I.T.A. Especially as I’m too stingy to splash out on one of those auction snipers.

So does anyone out there have an original copy they’d be willing to sell me for a tenner? Or perhaps a little more.

(Yes, it’s sad, no, I don’t care. I just need a distraction from reality and what better way than a game where you can drive around a virtual Miami-a-like doing jobs for an organised crime syndicates, street racing, stealing cars and building a drug dealing empire quite appeals at the moment. And you can get to pick up virtual hookers rather than just reading their blogs!)

UPDATE: One harrowing bidding war later and I am destined to become the proud owner of a slightly used copy of GTA:Vice City. I rule. In the words of Tony Montana - “Make way for the bad guy!”