third person shooter
A GTA IV Baseball Bat? The Better To Beat You With, My Dear
Posted by Michael McWhertor at 7:40 AM on July 2, 2008
From the Good Ideas Division at Rockstar Games comes new Grand Theft Auto IV branded swag that's sure to get the game violence wonks in a lather. Popular Mechanics bloggers were on the optimal end of an aluminium baseball bat recently, something they wanted to show off. No word if that's fake blood or just sloppy calzone eating. Now, the mailman has already come to my house, but perhaps Rockstar has dispatched these via UPS or DHL. They always run a bit late.
You know, I actually live in a sketchy neighbourhood, Rockstar bat-givers. If I'm assaulted by a local vagrant, you'll have my blood on your hands. Just a thought.
GTA IV Baseball Bat Moves Gaming Violence From Couch to the Streets [Popular Mechanics]

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shak_0
Posted 8:55 AM 2/7/08
Why the hell are they distributing (potential) weapons which are actually branded with the GTA logo? Its like they want to get sued. I'm sure we can expect a lawsuit about some kid hitting another with one of these.
@Fox: That's a pretty cool grandfather though.
P.S: The game has knives and bats!
shak_0
Krondonian
Posted 8:40 AM 2/7/08
@Pezdispenser: That's pretty great. I can only get TF2 running at 10FPS, but one day; one day I'll have the joy of bonking people too.
Krondonian
Chewbenator
Posted 8:37 AM 2/7/08
@Pezdispenser: OMG with all the taunts going off at the same time.
Yeah I'd rather have a scout bat.
Chewbenator
Jamaces
Posted 8:30 AM 2/7/08
@Marikir:
Coquiton probably isnt joking, I never knew there was a knife until now, I have played the entire game carrying a bat never once have I come across a knife.
Jamaces
Pezdispenser
Posted 8:30 AM 2/7/08
@Krondonian:
+ Watch video
Pezdispenser
Mega-Driven
Posted 8:19 AM 2/7/08
Ug. I have lived in shaky neighborhoods in downtown Detroit for most of my life, and am finally considering leaving.
Thankfully, I have never had to use violence or defend myself directly from it; but I do keep a bat in the kitchen and a shotgun upstairs. Know what? that is effing ridiculous. Because if someone ever did break in (11 daytime home invasions in my neighborhood this last year, 1 rape) I would be out the back door so fast... They can have my PS3 and projector, I have homeowners insurance.
Mega-Driven
kickass solo just got the Interweb again
Posted 8:17 AM 2/7/08
i like how its designed to be held with one hand
kickass solo just got the Interweb again
xeleion
Posted 8:15 AM 2/7/08
@xMindPrintsx:
Haha... Buster Femur ftw.
xeleion
Krondonian
Posted 8:15 AM 2/7/08
@Pezdispenser: Okay, I still have no idea what you're all talking about...
Krondonian
Pezdispenser
Posted 8:13 AM 2/7/08
Will you just let's go? BONK!
+ Watch video
Pezdispenser
Blues
Posted 8:06 AM 2/7/08
The Scout weapon upgrades for TF2 should include this GTA bat.
Don't question it, just embrace it.
Blues
Mikazukinoyaiba
Posted 8:05 AM 2/7/08
Where can I get one of these?@Fox:
"My 85 year old grandfather has a metal pipe that he leaves behind a door in his house. Some cracked out whore tried to rob him a couple years ago and he knocked her out cold."
I want to nominate you for this, it's just so funny.
Mikazukinoyaiba
xeleion
Posted 8:05 AM 2/7/08
Best headline ever.
xeleion
xMindPrintsx
Posted 8:02 AM 2/7/08
EAT THIS WHORE!!!!!! SLEEP WITH MY BROTHER WILL YOU!!! TRY DOING IT NOW WITH A BUSTER FEMUR!!!!!!!
xMindPrintsx
trogam
Posted 8:00 AM 2/7/08
@InsidiousTuna: BOINK!
trogam
(俗・ ) Grey Gecko
Posted 8:00 AM 2/7/08
Were is my GTA branded pistol? =(
(俗・ ) Grey Gecko
Krondonian
Posted 7:59 AM 2/7/08
@ggodo: @Gouki4u: I'm from the UK, so I wasn't accounting for ready availability. They're more of a specialty weapon in these parts.
@Fox: Your Grandfather is awesome.
Krondonian
Marikir
Posted 7:58 AM 2/7/08
@Coquiton: I really wonder if you're kidding.
If you're not, yes, there is a bat in the game. It's another weapon you can have instead of the knife.
Marikir
bubble-bee
Posted 7:58 AM 2/7/08
Just a bat... kinda ugly? nah?
bubble-bee
gamadaya
Posted 7:58 AM 2/7/08
@InsidiousTuna:
Nice.
gamadaya
InsidiousTuna
Posted 7:55 AM 2/7/08
BONK!
InsidiousTuna
Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer
Posted 7:54 AM 2/7/08
Thats alot of Reggae Reggae sauce on that bat.
Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer
Fox
Posted 7:54 AM 2/7/08
@Krondonian: It's cheap, convenient, most people have one? I mean, whatever you can use. My 85 year old grandfather has a metal pipe that he leaves behind a door in his house. Some cracked out whore tried to rob him a couple years ago and he knocked her out cold.
Fox
Gouki4u
Posted 7:53 AM 2/7/08
@Krondonian: It's a readily available club designed to be swung at speed. What's not to like? I prefer wood over aluminum though.
That fake blood must have come from a 70s movie. Way too orange.
Gouki4u
warxsnake
Posted 7:53 AM 2/7/08
looks like he just smeared Davanni's pasta sauce on it.
warxsnake
bangbangblah
Posted 7:52 AM 2/7/08
@Terrorsaur.: Wow, and you're the mighty TerrorSaur. I'd be screwed.
bangbangblah
Spoony Bard
Posted 7:52 AM 2/7/08
@LittleBigPlaneteer: Not at all.
Spoony Bard
Coquiton
Posted 7:52 AM 2/7/08
Did GTAIV even have bats?
I don't remeber ever seeing one...
Coquiton
Erwin
Posted 7:51 AM 2/7/08
Nice! After I bust some heads this is going on the mantel.
@LittleBigPlaneteer: Nah, to ketchup-y.
Erwin
gamadaya
Posted 7:51 AM 2/7/08
Jesus...
Somebody beat a pizza to death with that thing.
gamadaya
UFO
Posted 7:50 AM 2/7/08
What, no bits of hair stuck in with the blood? bah
UFO
ggodo
Posted 7:50 AM 2/7/08
@Krondonian: A bat's cheaper, perhaps? More common?
ggodo
ggodo
Posted 7:49 AM 2/7/08
@LittleBigPlaneteer: Seconded.
ggodo
Krondonian
Posted 7:49 AM 2/7/08
I never understood the appeal of using a baseball bat as a weapon. Wouldn't a piece of metal be more...useful?
Krondonian
Devil240Z
Posted 7:49 AM 2/7/08
Hey I keep a bat in my trunk just in case.
Devil240Z
Terrorsaur.
Posted 7:48 AM 2/7/08
YOU live in a sketchy neighborhood??
I have to drive AROUND my street and come through the backway to get to my house. Why? Theres a mess of gangs and crooks and all those happy people that hang out at the other end of the street. And the other day I was almost mugged for my car, but I managed to drive off before anyone pulled a piece on me. I carry a bat in my trunk by the way, a slugger. Oh the irony.
=) Welcome to Los Angeles County
Terrorsaur.
Kaizuden
Posted 7:48 AM 2/7/08
If any idiotic politicians see this they'll say something like "OH NAW DAT DER VIOLANCE IS IN OUR REALITY!!!"
Kaizuden
LittleBigPlaneteer
Posted 7:48 AM 2/7/08
The blood is a little too excessive there
LittleBigPlaneteer
D3m0n1k_Ang3l
Posted 7:47 AM 2/7/08
thats actually pretty cool lol
D3m0n1k_Ang3l
TheLastSouthernGentleman
Posted 7:47 AM 2/7/08
To quote the Sin City movie: Yeesh...
TheLastSouthernGentleman
Krondonian
Posted 9:43 AM 2/7/08
@Pete193: Intentional. ;)
Krondonian
DevoL
Posted 9:30 AM 2/7/08
where can I buy that ?
DevoL
Pete193
Posted 9:13 AM 2/7/08
@Krondonian:
...
yes...
one day you might have the joy of *bonking* people too...
hopefully girls
Pete193
fejs
Posted 7:01 PM 2/7/08
I wouldn't mind to swing with this :D
fejs
Satis24
Posted 3:39 AM 3/7/08
haha this is actually the real thing, Candian eb games stores were competing for a GTA swag bag during the GTA4 launch, a GTA bat was in the swag bag, among other GTA branded stuff.
Satis24
HDgam3r
Posted 11:48 AM 2/7/08
Funny stuff, but i prefer the new content for download.
HDgam3r