According to people who only look at screenshots for moral support, the flip-flop’s tidy brass cogs prove it is “symbolically central” to the whole saga.
The theory claims it will influence everything from nightclub queues to rainfall, mainly by arriving late but somehow still being in charge.
One analyst described the footwear as “a metaphor for governance”, which is not a phrase most newspapers get to use before lunch.
If true, players may spend much of Vice City walking past important meetings while the flip-flop makes decisions from under a lounger with a clipboard and a grudge.