Whilst the lonely, bile filled world of the blogosphere goes into melt down over guessing what could and could not happen in GTA 5, I thought I would take a wistful view back through the franchise’s finer, morally upstanding points for which has aided guide young minds into a better tomorrow.

Whether it be its honing of our ability to use chainsaws as a tool of threatening, or shatter our faith in the legal system as a corrupt bag of money grabbing thieves, Grand Theft Auto has always been there to guide us and give us valuable life lessons.

Here are 10 of the best…

Disclaimer: In the process of jokingly arguing that all of these things are valuable lessons for humanity to have I take on the persona of having done all of this, I haven’t. Call off the Police Investigation.

 

1. Driving Laws Only Get You There Slower

How GTA taught us this:

Long gone were the days of sitting behind people who did 23 in a 40mph zone once GTA unlocked the world of speeding, driving on the pavement, driving on the wrong side of the road and driving over old people.

I will admit, for my introduction I used to drive within the lines and behind other cars in a morally upstanding way. Thankfully, GTA showed me the correct path and after a series of high speed car chases and death-defying drive by gun battles I was aware of how the benefits of driving fast and out of supposed ‘legal limits’, because how else am I supposed to avoid the cops and rival gangs in my day to day doings?

If GTA didn’t exist we would…

Still be stuck in traffic. And that would suck.

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