Rick Simpson is an unseen character in Grand Theft Auto V.
History
Background
Simpson is a journalist for Weazel News.
Events of Grand Theft Auto V
During the story of GTA V, Simpson will write three articles which the player can view on Eyefind.info; "Globopol to help crack down on gangs", "Life invaded! Jay Norris killed giving key note live on tv" following the mission "Friend Request", and "Not a merry day for Merryweather" following the final mission, "The Third Way".
Online Articles
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Globopol to help crack down on gangs |
| Rick Simpson - Weazel News | |
| Globopol has announced a series of creative new strategies to crack down on West Coast drug trafficking, including a campaign to drive meth out of the city and back into the countryside where it belongs. A Globopol spokesperson said, "We tried attacking supply, we've tried attacking users on issues of health and illegality, but in places like Los Santos all that ever really works is if you attack people's egos." | |
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Life invaded! Jay Norris killed giving key note live on tv |
| Rick Simpson - Weazel News | |
| Viewers were horrified yesterday to witness the worst act of corporate espionage in American history. Jay Norris, the controversial, outspoken champion of openness and data mining had his data mined all over the stage when his head was blown off while giving a keynote speech at a shareholder meeting at the Vinewood Bowl, Los Santos. Mr. Norris, CEO and founder of social networking site Lifeinvader had made many enemies in his rise to the top, but nobody thought he was a likely assassination target. He had recently been championing the rights of companies to share and use data as they saw fit more freely. He had also helped block proposed legislation to regulate the use of sourced labor, arguing that is "un-American of us to tell foreigners how many hours a mature 12 years old should work, or what their minimum wage should be. In some countries you can live very well on 35 cents a day." He was demonstrating the company's much hyped Lifeinvader "docking" smart phone when his head was blown off, killing him instantly. | |
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Not a merry day for Merryweather |
| Rick Simpson - Weazel News | |
| In a sad day for national security, private security company Merryweather has announced that it has shut down its domestic operations indefinitely following another high-profile incident, this time a shootout at a foundry in East Los Santos. Merryweather will switch focus back to its "bread and butter" security contracts in the Middle East where the enemies are less well-equipped, the glare of the media lens is less harsh, and preemptive strikes less likely to be taken out of context as "killing sprees". | |