Baking news: GTA IV meth recipe flawed

by James Ransom-Wiley { Jun 22nd 2009 at 5:15PM }

From the obscure annals of May 2008 comes the testimony of BBFC head David Cooke, who confirmed that the now irrelevant UK ratings board had investigated the authenticity of "instructional information about how to make the drug crystal meth" in Grand Theft Auto IV. The incident was brought to light today in a Times Online article examining PEGI's recent appointment as the sole UK video games classification authority and allegations that the organization might not be as thorough as the BBFC had been in its review process; for example: testing out GTA IV's so-called meth recipe.

We're not certain just how far the BBFC went in its drug trial, but "independent advice" was sought in order to deem that "crucial ingredients and techniques were missing" from the scrutinized game content. What does this mean for the rest of us? Well, one, if you're in the planning stages of a homebrewed meth lab, you should probably look beyond GTA IV's suggestions. And, two, if you've already got your lab up and running, you may want to contact your legal team and tell them that the "GTA made me do it" defense isn't going to work this time. That is, only if the coppers catch you before you blow yourself up.

[Via GamePolitics]

Tags: bbfc, crank, crystal, glass, gta-iv, gtaiv, ice, meth, methamphetamine, recipe, uk

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

nukee @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:23PM

Fuck. That's why my house blew up.

fffunfarm06 @ Jun 22nd 2009 7:55PM

well you need 10 boxes of red sudifed capsules, paint thinner (acetone), 50 boxes of matches, and a big pickle jar....

it'll fuck you up

ArchiGamer @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:23PM

lol at the tabs

ArchiGamer @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:23PM

*tags

Hydrophobicfish @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:31PM

Heh, look at the "crank" tag, there's more than one article associated with it!

aristokrat @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:49PM

Wow, that DS crank is awesome. I want to hire a manservant to follow me around working that thing while I enjoy unlimited portable gaming!

Shagittarius @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:28PM

There are way more orange skittles in the recipe than GTAIV uses.

Dopple Boppler @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:46PM

Speaking of which, when are we ever going to just get bags of orange skittles sold by themselves? By far the best skittle, though purple is also pretty deece. Hoping for Mars to drop that bomb at the next E3, maybe Tokyo Gameshow if we're lucky.

Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:33PM

There was a meth recipe in GTA4!?

Ashkental @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:37PM

I second that... was there? when?

Wow... i don't remember :P gotta replay it

kavendano14 @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:41PM

Didn't Kat Williams make a joke about pot and how it's natural compared to chemical drugs?

Lucky @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:47PM

I think it was somewhere on Craplist.

MarioSpitza @ Jun 23rd 2009 9:04AM

@Kaven

No, the Katt Williams joke is that it is illegal, yet it is supposedly safer than available drugs like aspirins. Having never taken the drug, I can't vouch for how true it is, but he would know since he basically admits that he smokes the stuff constantly.

uncle jesse @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:44PM

Damn! I thought It was totally working, too! You know, like that time I drank all those beers. Those were non-alcoholic beers?! Well what about that time I got so high with all that weed, man? Those were pencil shavings?!

ArchiGamer @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:46PM

I just hope those non-alcoholic beers were not yellow.

XBL: Burritoclock PSN:Herbie Hat @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:47PM

Classic Sandler, reminds me of simpler times!

Shagittarius @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:11PM

You mean the acid I sold you? Yeah that was just a piece of paper i tore off my notebook.

Jack @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:21PM

@Shag
Yeah man, I've been making money selling my spiral notebook clippins for years!

Shmil @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:34PM

Thats it man, I can't go on with it any longer
*pulls out gun*
POW!

awww i'm dying
What? Its a cap gun? There's no possible way I could've killed myself?

iFester @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:44PM

Could have sworn the show Breaking Bad made me do it. ;)

Diskoboy7 @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:00PM

WARNING!! Cooking meth can cause airplanes to unexpectedly explode over your house.

Jason Statham (Aka Vegeta) @ Jun 22nd 2009 7:17PM

Cooking meth may also make you shave your head and become a badass.

XBL: Burritoclock PSN:Herbie Hat @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:46PM

But, can I sue for lost revenue from these crap instructions!!!

YES!

The Baron @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:59PM

The BBFC aren't now completely irrelevant - they still do what it says on the tin: Film Classification.

alienterrorist @ Jun 22nd 2009 5:59PM

Well, thats one less reason for me to get it.

CH3BURASHKA @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:31PM

"After extensive testing, we can now confirm that the alleged methamphetamine recipe in Grand Theft Auto Four is real, and is, in fact, the best shit out there."

markB0SS @ Jun 23rd 2009 12:43PM

ditto

vgxtremist @ Jun 22nd 2009 6:58PM

This is funny because I can remember watching movies about meth in physical ed class and at the end they should many of the key ingredients and I seemed to be the only one that noticed that a lot of my classmates were scribbling shit down and smiling sadistically.