History GargleBlaster / Videogames

* ''Videogame/RuneScape'' has Braindeath "Rum," favorite drink of Gielinor's pirate population. Ingredients include mashed-up spiders and sea slugs, and it's implied to be able to control people's minds. At one point in the quest dealing with its manufacture, it actually comes to life as an "[[JustForPun Evil Spirit]]" which the player then needs to pacify in combat.

** The ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' DLC "Dead Money" introduces the "[[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Sierra_Madre_martini Sierra Madre Martini]]", created by Dean, a Ghoul who's been in the Sierra Madre for two centuries and had time to experiment. It's created via brewing the residue of the poison cloud that permeates the place with a bag of [[https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Junk_food potato chips]] in a rusty tin can. Tastes hideous, highly addictive and gives some pretty nifty buffs.

** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has the Dirty Wastelander, made of Whiskey, Mutfruit, and Nuka-cola, which grants 3 strength but takes away 2 intelligence, or 6 strength and 4 intelligence with the Party Boy perk.
** ''VideoGame/Fallout76'' introduces Nukashine, made from the incredibly radioactive Nuka Cola Quantum and even more nuclear material, just for good measure. It increases unarmed combat damage and sprint distance, and has a chance to cause the player to [[WhatDidIDoLastNight black out and wake up in a different part of the map]]. Oh, and the first time the player drinks it, they start ''hallucinating''.

* In ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'', Jamie Siu uses a variation of DrukenBoxing that is enhanced by a drink he chugs from his gourd during fights, which he describes as an "herbal blend". In World Tour, when the PlayerCharacter takes a swig, they have a ''very'' strong reaction to the drink and become immediately inebriated.

** Scurrd is preceded in the drinking contest by other potations such as Thayvian Fire Juice, Catoblepas Death Cheese Wine, and a mushrtoom-based Drow concoction known as T'Keela.

** To quote Harkkan; "Thundermar ale is [[BrokeTheRatingScale 220 proof]]; [[HowIsThatEvenPossible I don't know how that's possible]]."[[note]]220 proof is 110% alcohol.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' and ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' has the 3rd Street Saints-sponsored energy drink "Saints Flow". Pierce is contractually prohibited from revealing the ingredients, but at one point is hinted that tiger milk is one of them. In one news ticker, it's also said that a shipment was recalled after testing positive for human growth hormone. According to Asha and Johnny Gat it tastes like ass, it's prohibited in California and it's rumored to cause birth defects ''in adults''. The advertisements sell it as "If cocaine and coffee fucked in an alley, this would be the baby they left in the trash can".

** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' has the Dirty Wastelander, made of Whiskey, Mutfruit, and Nuka-cola, which grants 3 strength but takes away two intelligence, or 6 strength and 4 intelligence with the party boy perk.

** There is but one drink that can beat a Serra Madre Martini... the awesome Large Wasteland Tequila. At 100 survival skill it gives you +9 strength, +3 charisma, and -9 intelligence. (The maximum stat level is 10 and the minimum stat level is 1.) It makes you as strong and as ''stupid'' as statistically possible.

* ''VideoGame/BraveSoul'' has a cocktail called the "Lady Killer" which the bartender claims to be almost 100% alcohol [[CriticalResearchFailure (which would make it impossible for it to be a cocktail)]]. [[TheHero Rudy]] is knocked out. Alicia claims it tastes like juice.

** In the ''Citadel'' DLC of the third game, it's shown that ryncol is so strong that it can function as a MolotovCocktail ''[[UpToEleven without being lit on fire first]].''

* ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13'' has its fair share of gargle blasters, most of which are special mixed drinks which somehow achieve a much higher alcohol content than their constituent parts, as well as a few that - while ''mechanically'' not having alcohol content - [[MushroomSamba will abuse your senses all the same,]] such as [[{{VideoGame/Fallout}} Nuka-cola]][[note]]made with [[IDrankWhat real uranium!]][[/note]], the atomic bomb[[note]]A b-52 shot (which exists in real life) [[IDrankWhat with added uranium]][[/note]] and even the original [[{{Literature/TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy}} pan-galactic gargle blaster]]. Chief among the many impossibly strong drinks on the station is the famous bacchus' blessing, which is created by mixing together absinthe[[note]]able to cause hallucinations, and not the fun, colorful kind[[/note]], the syndicate bomb[[note]]a mixture of beer and whiskey cola, somehow 90% alcohol[[/note]], the manly dorf[[note]]a special mix of beers and ales which is ''100% alcohol''[[/note]], and hooch[[note]]an incredibly potent (and toxic) homebrewed liquor made by fermenting [[IDrankWhat welder fuel]][[/note]]. The result is a [[ATankardOfMooseUrine sickening, frothy mixture]] which is ''[[BeyondTheImpossible 300% alcohol.]]'' It tastes like a wall of bricks, and one sip will have you seeing double, puking up your guts[[note]]not literally, though there is a poison that does that[[/note]], and possibly passing out. If you drink an entire shot of the stuff, you will need a new liver when (or rather if) you wake up.

* Some of the drinks you can craft in ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}'' may qualify, considering that they're made of rather odd ingredients (Bloody Puss, anyone? It's made out of pussplums and [[IAteWhat flesh strands]].) that can provide various temporary buffs. An example that would definitely fit this trope however would be Toxic Juice, which is made from toxitops ([[CaptainObvious which are obviously toxic]]) and alien fruit jam, which can poison anyone who drinks it.

** Kusuha Mizuha from ''Super Robot Wars: Original Generation'' is famous for her "Health Drinks". The exact ingredients are unknown, but what is know is that a single sip is enough to knock adult men unconscious. However, once you recover you feel absolutely ''amazing''. There exists a select few (mostly aliens) who actually enjoy the taste. Most other people run in terror the moment Kusuha offers them a drink, under the cover of flat-out (but politely delivered) BlatantLies.

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' is silent about the composition of the Demoman's "Scrumpy", but general fan opinion is that it's some sort of Gargle Blaster, very likely self-distilled (one of the maps is Granary, and one of the Demoman's teammates is a borderline MadScientist Engineer from Texas...).

** A background event at [[BadGuyBar Kralla's Song]] has the bartender trying to find something, ''anything'', to knock out Nakmor Drack. Eventually, she had to resort to filling a 190% proof drink with tranquilisers, which got Drack's attention. At one point, the bartender can serve Ryder a mix of angaran wine (which has a strong kick with a slow absorption rate) mix with ryncol. HilarityEnsues.

** The "Bar Crawl" miniquest to get into the Barbarian Agility Course involves traveling to almost every pub on the mainland and ordering barbarian-only specialty drinks that are... not exactly on the menu. In some pubs, you have to ''sign a legal waiver'' before they'll let you have the house special. These drinks are described in gruesome detail, wreak havoc on your stats, [[HilarityEnsues lead to much hilarity ensuing]], and since the barbarians are illiterate, they judge whether you've completed the pub crawl based on how wasted your character is, rather than on the bartenders' signatures on your receipt.

* ''Videogame/RuneScape'' has Braindeath "Rum," favorite drink of Gielinor's pirate population. Ingredients include mashed-up spiders and sea slugs, and it's implied to be able to control people's minds. At one point in the quest dealing with its manufacture it actually comes to life as an "[[JustForPun Evil Spirit]]" which the player then needs to pacify in combat.

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' and ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' has the 3rd Street Saints-sponsored energy drink "Saints Flow". Pierce is contractually prohibited from revealing the ingredients, but at one point is hinted that Tiger Milk is one of them. In one news ticker it's also said that a shipment was recalled after testing positive for Human Growth Hormone. According to Asha and Johnny Gat it tastes like ass, it's prohibited in California and it's rumored to cause birth defects ''in adults''. The advertisements sell it as "If cocaine and coffee fucked in an alley, this would be the baby they left in the trash can".

* ''VideoGame/{{World of Warcraft}}''

** To quote Harkkan; "Thundermar ale is [[UpToEleven 220 proof]]; [[HowIsThatEvenPossible I don't know how that's possible]]."[[note]]220 proof is 110% alcohol.[[/note]]

* ''VideoGame/Brawlhalla'': Apparently, everything that Thatch drinks qualifies, as he seems to disregard any grog as bad quality if he can still feel his face afterwards. Also, he likes to mix his grog with ''gunpowder''.