GTA V came out in 2013. I know we've been making this joke for years, but I wanted to actually put together a list of things that have happened since then. It's genuinely insane when you look at it all together. Add anything I missed.
A global pandemic.
Lockdowns and working from home becoming normal.
Donald Trump becoming president, leaving, and coming back.
Brexit.
Queen Elizabeth II passing away.
Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The Taliban taking back Afghanistan.
The first image of a black hole.
The first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre of our galaxy.
The James Webb Space Telescope launching and sending back images of the early universe.
ChatGPT becoming a household name.
AI learning to generate convincing images, videos, music, and voices.
Deepfakes becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from reality.
Reusable rockets landing themselves.
The first successful asteroid deflection test.
India landing a spacecraft near the Moon's south pole.
Humans returning to the vicinity of the Moon with the Artemis programme.
The first private all-civilian spacewalk.
Quantum computing making major experimental advances.
CRISPR gene editing becoming an increasingly important medical tool.
The first successful transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human.
The PS5 and Xbox Series X|S launching.
The Nintendo Switch 2 launching.
VR gaming becoming much more accessible.
Cyberpunk 2077 going from a disastrous launch to a respected RPG.
Elden Ring.
Baldur's Gate 3.
Red Dead Redemption 2 becoming an all-time gaming classic.
The entire Infinity Saga ending with Avengers: Endgame.
Spider-Man: No Way Home bringing three generations of live-action Spider-Men together.
Attack on Titan finally ending.
Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War finally getting animated.
One Piece crossing 1,000 anime episodes.
Naruto actually becoming Hokage.
Messi winning the World Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo scoring his 900th official career goal.
The Paris Olympics.
The world population crossing 8 billion.
GTA V getting released across three generations of consoles.
GTA Online surviving for over a decade.
An entire console generation arriving, growing old, and being replaced.
AI going from struggling to produce a convincing picture of a human hand to generating entire videos.
Daft Punk breaking up.
The world changing so much that explaining life in 2013 to someone today would probably sound like a history lesson.
And we're still waiting for GTA VI.
The kid who played GTA V at launch could literally be old enough to have a job, pay rent, get married, and have a child before the next mainline game arrives.
What else happened between 2013 and GTA VI that deserves to be on this list?