For many years we've seen people go on a killing rampage and the sole blame goes to one game, the smash-hit franchise, Grand Theft Auto series. Playing the blame game, many lawyers that defended the "intelligent" beings that commited such lewd acts of murder, rape, necrophilia, abuse, the list goes on, GTA is to blame. GTA IV came out recently and it's a great game mind you, but personally I thought it was a little toned down compared to the other entries. While I played with the game, I've learned many things that I can put use to my everyday life and it's a great teaching simulator for many smart people that are out there playing this game.
1.) NOT WEARING SEATBELTS IS A-OK!
This is a great thing I've learned, Niko never wears seat belts in this game. When you take a Banshee and drive it at the top speed and you barrel into the wall, Niko rockets out like he's ******* Superman through the windshield and all and goes headfirst into the wall smearing blood all over the red bricks. He still lives! From now on I'm going to be riding in cars with no seatbelts, pedal to the metal, smashing into walls headfirst, then walking away like nothing ever happened.
2.) I CAN ACTUALLY CARRY UP TO 5,000 AMMOS ON ME!
Niko can carry up to 1,000 ammo per weapon! Yet he does not carry a pouch. I guess he has some really large pant. So I recently bought some baggy pants from "XXXL For Men" and I stuffed 5,000 rounds each for my M95 Baretta, MP5 Sub-Machine Gun and M16 Assault Rifle. I hope they don't fall out of my pockets when I buy something at a liquor store. Don't want to make it look like I'm robbing them.
3.) GUNS MAGICALLY APPEAR UPON MY COMMAND!
For years GTA had their protagonist/antagonist have weapons appear out of thin air. I can do the same thing! But I'm still working on that to be honest. But I'm training. Give me some time and I'll be able to make a M61 Vulcan Mini-Gun appear out of thin air.
4.) WAVING GUNS IN FRONT OF POLICE IS ALLOWED!
In GTA IV, Niko can walk around the city with a rocket launcher resting on his shoulder. Cops do nothing as they walk past the cocky protagonist who's looking to blow **** up and he's really looking to blow **** up. Instead of dishing out some extra moolahs for a holster and all, I'm just going to hold out my pistol and walk around the mall. The pistol takes up too much room in my pocket so I guess it's ok to have it out.
5.) WE'RE PRACTICALLY BULLETPROOF!
Niko is like a freaking terminator but takes a lot less hits. He can take eight rounds to the face and still live! His face doesn't get disfigured from it either! Even shooting him point-blank range doesn't seem to do the damage at all. So I guess I can have someone shoot me in the face five times for fun ![]()
6.) COPS GIVE UP LOOKING FOR YOU WHEN YOU GET TOO FAR!
Apparently if Niko drives out of the police's sights during a cop chase and stays out of their viewpoint for five seconds, he's home free. They don't even bother to arrest him later when he's spotted! So I guess it's ok if I kill ten people then run out of the police's sights and stay out for five seconds then I'm home free. Won't be bothering with warrents, will they.
7.) FALLING 500 FEET OUT OF THE AIR WILL NOT HURT YOU!
Niko jumps out of helicopter, falls 500 feet, and still lives! No broken bones, no cuts, no bruises, nothing. He's a walking like he ain't even busted a nail from that fall! So I'm going to practice my Spider-Man web-crawling abilities by climbing the Empire State Building, don't worry, the fall won't kill me, I'll probably get a scrape from falling all the way from the 50th floor.
8.) RENT?! NO RENT TO PAY!
Niko currently owns four safehouses or apartments. Never does he pay rents to his landlord let alone did he have to pay for it. (except his cousin bought the one uptown) So I'm going to break into a condo and make it my home. I don't have to worry about paying the bills, rent, or any of that crap.
9.) BURGERS, CHICKEN, HOT DOGS CAN HEAL ALL INJURIES!
If Niko is short on health, all he has to do is go eat some burgers, chicken or hot dogs and he'll be BRAND NEW! The next time I have a knife stabbed into my stomach, arm shot off from the Predator's plasma caster, a big gaping hole from the Xenomorph's second mouth and a missing tooth from smashing into the wall headfirst for not wearing my seatbelt, I'll just eat a burger and I'll regrow my missing arm, close the hole, regrow my tooth and stop the bleeding in a split second as soon as I finish eating it.
10.) THE STATUE IS ALIVE!
All placards that you see at the Statue in NY is a freaking lie... go to it's feet, there should be some doors, one of them you have to walk THROUGH the door, climb the ladder, bust out your NES Arcade Pad, plug it into the heart and fight the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
Those are the top ten things I've learned from GTA IV. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to wreak some havoc ![]()

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