Too Real: What Happens When Video Games Get Realistic

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One of our main complaints with videos games is that they’re not real. Um, what a waste of time, right? Why, we could be playing outside instead of mindlessly pushing buttons all day. Because there’s just tons of fun things to do in nature. Like…um? Wait, what do you do outside? Besides stand (or sit?). And look around. Ah, screw it — playing outside sucks.

What would also suck? If video games were too realistic. Cracked recently held a contest asking their readers to showcase how silly games would be if developers inserted a wee bit too much realism in them. Example: The Grand Theft Auto series would get really heavy [via Cracked]:

Continue after the break for our favorite ones, including the winner of the contest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the winner: