8 surprising trips to video game hell

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The open-world shooter Saints Row franchise recently took a daytrip to the underworld in Gat out of Hell, a standalone expansion that has players flying through an infernal city on broken angel wings. And in addition to that being super-metal, it also represents the latest in a decades-long gaming tradition: random, surprising levels set in the rough part of the afterlife.

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