Brush up before GTA 6 with a Grand Theft Auto college class

Granted, the Grand Theft Auto series hasn't exactly been concerned with continuity between games. The most you'll get are a few references from one to another, or in extreme cases, cameos from recurring characters or even returning protagonists (one of whom is memorably beaten to death in the opening hours of Grand Theft Auto V. Sorry if you liked GTA IV.) While it may not be character-focused, the satirical setting of each game provides a richly detailed window into the circumstances of America at the time, especially now that the series has a few period pieces under its belt.

This is the thesis of professor Tore Olsson's upcoming class 'Grand Theft America: U.S. History Since 1980 through the GTA Video Games' at the University of Tennessee, which gives you an excuse to call the GTA game