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 Why Catherine O'Hara's death feels like a 'gut punch.' A new 'No Kings' protest is on the calendar. Trump's jokes to 'people I hate' aren't all hits. New batch of Epstein files contains more eyebrow-raising claims. Report an error