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Ludicrous in-game explanations for normal in-game mechanics

We know it's not real. You don't have to make excuses

Words: David Houghton, GamesRadar UK
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NotSteve  - 7 months 10 days ago 
Magic, double jumps are always magic. Or jets.
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IceManYEA  - 7 months 10 days ago 
Also in the GTA series, if you travel to a part of town you havent unlocked yet you get 4 stars for no reason. But i guess this was never justified or ludicrously explained so watever.

Meh
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Person5  - 7 months 9 days ago 
in GTA IV it was a terrorist threat
I like in Earthbound the Onett police are famous for their roadblocks
Also if you go too far out of the area in Halo 3 multiplayer you'll get shot by turrets
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nadrewod999  - 7 months 9 days ago 
No, everyone KNOWS that all people who have to save the world get their own air bubble (which is why they can't be instantly poisoned), and while some air bubbles don't filter out water (making them drown in water), every air bubble that can be used to double jump allows the user to push off the bottom of the bubble as it rushes up to follow the user.














Yes, I did just make that up. nadrewod999 FTW!
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MattYg1  - 7 months 9 days ago 
"Hitman's Agent 47 has legendary chameleonic powers, able as he is to blend in with any nationality of gang by simply donning one of their suits. It's fortunate that he's an ambiguous mixed-race genetic clone with five flavours of DNA flowing through his body, otherwise the fact that he's clearly a big pale bald guy would totally give him away."

F**kin ACE!!!!
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Sash  - 7 months 9 days ago 
Terranigma was an awesome game =]
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rxb  - 7 months 9 days ago 
Assassins creed and its memory system thing blocking off certain areas surely should be here....
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Tomsta666  - 7 months 9 days ago 
I remember one instance of invisable walls being pretty funny. I think it was on MX motorcross (or something like that) If you ventured to far out of bounds you would hear a woooshing sound and all of a sudden you and your bike were sent flying back onto the level.
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Eo1spy  - 7 months 9 days ago 
@Tomsta666

I remember that game! you could make your own dirt tracks. The boundaries of the map were cliffs, and somehow you could drive vertically up them, then when you kept driving forward then whooshing and flying back to the map occured.
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killemall  - 7 months 9 days ago 
its so true... why do we have to define hammerspace, we all know it and love it just the way it is~
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GreyDay  - 7 months 9 days ago 
hahahaa. good images for this one.
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linkganon  - 7 months 9 days ago 
you know, metal gear solid 3 snake eater would fit under the bottomless pocket category. snake has an ak, a bazooka (40 or 50 shells), shotgun, patriot with infinite ammo no matter what (after completing the game once) and other large and small guns in his equipment as well as grenades, tnt, food like giant anacondas, 3 cages for live animals, can hold like lots of dead animals big and small, items like stealth camouflage, metal detector, nvg, some kind of thing to figure where people as well as animals are, and finally, camouflage, and an endless supply of facepaint, not to mention infinite bullets for all weapons if infinity facepaint is on. what's worse, you don't even see the backpack and it will never fit all that stuff in it.
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Thequestion 121  - 7 months 9 days ago 
That was a great article.
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blankpixelsCG  - 7 months 9 days ago 
Great job! It made me perform "teh lols"
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JeffGoldblum1  - 7 months 9 days ago 
What about the Police in GTA 4?
If you go to an island you arent supposed to go to they will instantly find out that you are an illegal immigrant and must be killed. Once I was on a bridge from island to island and I stepped over the line and instantly had a wanted level.
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Baconator96  - 7 months 8 days ago 
God bless you, GR. God bless you.

bonus points for the Marcus V. Water picture.
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samsterman2  - 7 months 7 days ago 
u idiots forgot cod4
How many people park their darn cars across the middle of a freakin street!!!:]
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MGS4SolidSnake  - 7 months 6 days ago 
lol i remember this one water racing game and in a track if u went too far out a big sea monster would tail smack you like 500 yards away
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Meatwad8888  - 7 months 4 days ago 
What about Giant's Knife (i think that's what it's called) from Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time? Doesn't it break when you hit something with it?
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jorhorror  - 7 months 4 days ago 
There are endless games that have the main character have endless pocket space.
Just a few are........
-grand theft auto
-fable (someone already mentioned this)
-DEAD RISING(like seriously, only god can carry 4 shotguns, 2 jugs of juice, 2 sledge hammers, 2 katana's, and 3 baseball bats in his pocket!!)
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