20 Video Games People Are Pretty Sure They Could Warp Into and Survive

It’s the leading nerd fantasy outside of Princess Leia in a gold bikini and the subject of more than one blockbuster movie: getting sucked into the digital world to live out your favorite video game. If that actually happened, though, you’d find out pretty quickly what a disadvantage you’d be at as a newcomer to the pixel realm. In fact, you’d probably die immediately.

But what if you could be more or less guaranteed that wouldn’t happen? What if you could step inside your favorite game as the most powerful guy around? What sort of gleeful mayhem could (and would) you get up to? 

That’s what was on user SteelhandedStingray’s mind when they asked r/AskReddit, “You’re max level and transported into any video game for one year — but if you die in the game, you die in real life. Which game are you choosing?”