Technology | video games 5 Worst Video Game Deaths Five Most Painful Video game Deaths By Sophie Goldstein Posted Sep 21, 2007 7:57 AM CDT Copied (Microsoft) Not all video game deaths are created equal. MSNBC selects the top five most gruesome: Spine ripped out: "Mortal Kombat" Sawed to pieces: "Gears of War," "Doom," "God of War," "Star Wars" Stomped to death: "Duke Nukem" Eaten by a shark: "Armed and Dangerous" Flattened by a semi: "Frogger" Read These Next One wrong step costs teen at Yellowstone. Murdered couple died "protecting their little girls." Japan issued a tsunami advisory after a huge quake near Russia. This Fed decision was unlike any other in decades. Report an error