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Why people reject free money they find unfair
If given a choice between accepting an unfair split of free money or burning the cash so no one gets it, humans will gleefully light the proverbial match.…
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Why Marco Polo turns a pool into a sound maze
Forcing a blindfolded person to locate screaming children in a swimming pool is a bizarre exercise in sensory deprivation. Water distorts sound heavily,…
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Balloon keep-up is now a professional sport
The desperate childhood act of preventing a party balloon from touching the carpet has been fully professionalized. Elite competitors now dive across living…
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In this horror game, moving or breathing gets you killed
In a climax full of terrifying creatures, your best defense is literal paralysis. The player must place their hands completely still and refuse to breathe,…
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Why Valve never seems to make a third game
The massive studio has produced some of the most influential software ever made, but they have a comical phobia of the number three. None of their massive…
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A depression metaphor where you grab floating strawberries
Scaling a treacherous, deadly mountain is framed as a profound metaphor for overcoming severe depression. Naturally, the best way to heal your fractured mind…
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Persona's cat really does send you to bed
Saving Tokyo from corrupt adults takes a backseat to your pet feline's demands. This bossy cat lives in your backpack and frequently forces you to go to bed…
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The action hero who punched a rock into lava
Trapped inside an erupting volcano with a mutated antagonist, the highly trained operative relies on his bare fists. He proceeds to aggressively punch a…
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The Heavy Rain glitch that won't let a father stop crying out
A glitch allows players to continuously mash a specific prompt during a deeply tragic sequence. This results in the father awkwardly interrupting perfectly…
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Batman developers hid a sequel behind a fake wall
The developers meticulously crafted a secret room containing blueprints for the next city-wide asylum, but hid it so well that nobody found it. They…
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The silent ape family hidden in Halo
Far off the beaten path in a jungle mission, developers placed a low-resolution, terrifying family of unblinking ape-men holding a teddy bear. It serves zero…
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Control hides a scientist’s bizarre music video
Hidden deep within the brutalist government facility is a completely unhinged live-action video of the head researcher. He passionately acts wildly to an…
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A video game lets players display stolen underwear
After finding the esteemed leader's missing purple fabric in a questionable location, you don't have to return them. You can maliciously put them on public…
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Why General Radahn uses gravity magic to ride
The massive, terrifying general isn't crushing his tiny steed because he loves the animal too much. He supposedly mastered complex gravity magic for the sole…
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Why The Last of Us takes a detour to feed giraffes
In the middle of a depressing, fungus-infested apocalypse, the hardened survivors take a completely unnecessary detour through an abandoned zoo. Why? Just to…
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Why Bloodborne makes you eat cosmic umbilical cords
To unlock the ultimate true ending, your Victorian hunter must scour the gothic city for three literal pieces of cosmic birth tissue. Eating them grants you…
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Watch Dogs lets you pilot a giant street spider
Amidst a serious narrative about hacking surveillance cameras and urban crime, the protagonist can randomly hallucinate and operate a massive, city-destroying…
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Why Cyberpunk citizens keep T-posing
Nothing screams dystopian immersion like citizens suddenly freezing in place with their arms out wide. This infamous animation glitch became a cultural…
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Why The Witcher's horse ends up on rooftops
Summoning your loyal steed frequently results in him standing proudly on top of peasant cottages. The pathfinding software struggles so hard with elevation…
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Max Payne's face came from the game's writer
The iconic, permanently constipated smirk of the gritty detective wasn't drawn from scratch. The studio had no budget, so the lead writer simply mapped his…
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The game where you launch nukes to pick flowers
Instead of avoiding weapons of mass destruction, survivors actively launch them at their own neighborhoods. The resulting radioactive blast zone is the only…
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In Life Is Strange, watering a plant can kill it
While most digital plants require you to engage with them constantly, this teen drama subverts expectations. If you diligently water your dorm room plant…
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Claptrap was designed to be annoying
The irritating yellow robot wasn't a mistake. The creators intentionally engineered his endless pop-up messages, dancing, and arrogant text to be as grating…
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In Yakuza games, bicycles become weapons
While martial arts are an option, the true path to victory involves picking up heavily chained mountain bikes. Protagonists will effortlessly swing these…
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