Cracked Archive - Video Games
5 Insanely Successful Video Games That Were Total Ripoffs
There are some beloved games that weren't so much 'inspired by' other games as they were 'the exact game, with a minor paint job.' Those knockoffs then went on to make millions of dollars.
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1132 The 6 Most Mind-Blowing (and Pointless) Gaming Achievements
Real dedication means going past hard mode and thinking way, way outside the box.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, Karl Smallwood, M. Asher Cantrell
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5 Famous Video Game Villains (Who Are Actually the Victim)
It's never clear how video game bosses ascended to their positions. We just kind of go with it and find the shiny spot we're supposed to shoot. But you can't help but feel sorry for some of these guys.
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- By CRACKED Staff
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7 Video Game Easter Eggs Designed to Screw With Your Head
Some Easter Eggs have no discernible purpose other than making the player question their sanity.
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- By Codie Martin
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The 6 Worst Ideas Nearly Included in Great Video Games
Cutting scenes from games isn't so easy, so the code is usually lurking around in there for you to find, if it's not sitting right out in the open in some early or foreign edition of the game. This can lead to some bizarre discoveries ...
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
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The 7 Most Horrifying Moments from Children's Video Games
We know that video games are not, by their nature, strictly for children. But that's why we have a rating system for them. Of course, sometimes that's not enough to stop the unnatural, keening screams coming from inside the house.
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- By Codie Martin
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The 6 Craziest Ways Creators Hid Themselves in Video Games
When we're playing video games, we don't really think much about the people who make them. So maybe it's no surprise that game developers come up with devious and quite frankly insane ways to insert their faces in hidden spots of the game.
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- By Codie Martin
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The 6 Most Absurdly Difficult Video Game Puzzles
Here are the men responsible for the thousands of innocent deaths of video game controllers.
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- By Mark Hill
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5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over
Look, we set the standards for video games and we know that being racist, sexist, homophobic jerkholes is wrong ... don't we?
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- By J.F. Sargent
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The 6 Most Insane Video Games About Dating
Dating video games are hugely popular in Japan. Naturally, some of these games go just a little too far.
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- By Mark Hill, Dustin Koski
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6 Japanese Video Games That Will Make Your Head Explode
For those of you who have become numb to video games, allow us to give you feeling again.
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- By Miles Bacchus
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The 5 Ballsiest Easter Eggs Hidden in Video Games
If you're reading this, the odds are good that you 1) hate your job and 2) can't really do much about it. But if you, say, were working on a project that would be seen by millions of people, then you could get creative about expressing your displeasure.
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- By Claire G., M. Asher Cantrell
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6 Acts of Real-Life Heroism Made Possible by Video Games
Video games might actually be good for something after all. But remember, games are neither good nor evil -- it's all in what you do with them.
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- By Mike Cooney, Eddie Rodriguez, Steve Hanley
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A Modern Game The '80s Wouldn’t Have Been Able to Survive
Some inventions come too late, and some would have collapsed the economy if they'd come any earlier.
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- By Fatawesome .com
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7 Classic Video Games That Are Older Than You Think
If your game does something innovative that shapes the industry, we will remember it forever. Scratch that, someone else will do it and bury yours.
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- By Adam Wears, Jim Avery
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