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Death by the Decade: The evolution of dying in games

From flickering to first-person suicide, we examine gaming’s insatiable death wish

Words: on February 19, 2009
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35 comments

  • norid - February 21, 2009 12:40 a.m.

    "And that......well that was the first time i died" :( saddest ending for me.

  • Xplosive59 - February 20, 2009 1:05 p.m.

    great article but on the last page it was more about deaths in cutscenes that are uncontrollable such as the cod 4 one where you have to go through that phase to continue the game, compare this to the resi 4 death as it is controllable and you dont need it to happen making it into a death animation but if it was an article about deaths in uncontrolable cutscenes it would have been perfectly ok

  • jdog2491 - February 20, 2009 11:49 a.m.

    lol the hunter eating a grenade made me lmao and quake 4 was the best one on here

  • iKOemos - February 20, 2009 9:32 a.m.

    I love The Darkness... Jennie's death scene was really well done.

  • vic88 - February 20, 2009 5:21 a.m.

    really? no link to the RE4 death scenes video on youtube, thats full of die'n

  • revrock - February 20, 2009 1:53 a.m.

    Sonic the Hedgehog drowning in 2D always disturbed me... The music building up and them BAM you are dead.

  • RebornKusabi - February 20, 2009 1:43 a.m.

    I gotta say, I'm with you on a comment you made that Jericho has some cool moments (said death is one of them) but it has some problems. If it would have been done by a better developer, I honestly think it would have been a great game. As is, it's just an okay game.

  • bamb0o-stick - February 20, 2009 1:19 a.m.

    Will we ever see The Darkness on PC? I really am bummed out that this game never got ported and I am really interested in this game. I stopped the video on the Darkness halfway through in this article because it just felt so deep and emotional. I didn't want to have the game ruined for me. I sure hope Seabreeze doesn't screw PC gamers over.

  • aequitas13 - February 19, 2009 11:59 p.m.

    +1 for the Tomb Raider 'broken neck' montage...

  • DaBadGuy - February 19, 2009 11:46 p.m.

    Very great article, every week you guys come up with great stuff, keep it coming.

  • flare149 - February 19, 2009 11:01 p.m.

    The Darkness is the one game I compare all other characters and story too. it was amazing and I've never seen any other game do so much so well. I swear it would've gotten 10's across the board had it not had the mediocre multipalyer tacked onto the side. Really looking forward to a second one.

  • Corsair89 - February 19, 2009 10:32 p.m.

    Oh man, I remember the scene in the Darkness vividly. Thart scene was burned into my memory as much as the Bioshock twist.

  • FrozenImplosion - February 19, 2009 9:19 p.m.

    You have no idea how surprised i was when i first got my head cut off. And also, it wasn't even more than twenty minutes into the game!

  • nyef - February 19, 2009 8:46 p.m.

    ... oh yeah... FIRST!!! <('.'<) <--- Kirby :P

  • nyef - February 19, 2009 8:45 p.m.

    nice job gamesradar. pretty informative. I still love the "WTF?" look on mario whenever he dies to this day

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