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 JD Vance's war skepticism is becoming an issue. Original member of O'Jays may have been victim of serial killer. 'Miracle fruit' is helping chemo patients taste again. Something else being smuggled in from Mexico: cacti. Report an error