Editorials
10 Overpowered And Ridiculous Video Game Weapons
Sometimes, when playing a game, I have to sit back and scratch my head because I suddenly realize that my weapon is not only absurdly overpowered, but is also a little bit on the ridiculous side. Like, laugh out loud ridiculous. Like, laugh out loud, point at the screen, call my pals and dish ridiculous. So I gathered some of my favorites and compiled a list of my 10 Overpowered And Ridiculous Video Game Weapons for all of you. Check it out below and let me know if I forgot any!
Boots (Dead Space, Silent Hill 2)
What do space engineer Isaac Clarke and guilt-ridden everyday man James Sunderland have in common? Their size 12 boots (they shoe shop together) can end the life of nearly any creature you throw at them. Seriously, once an enemy is downed, simply walk up to them and stomp their last breath right out of their lungs.
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Laurels (Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest)
Wanna know how to beat Dracula? Just drop laurel after laurel where he stands and watch that sonuvabitch burn. But think about that for a second. A leaf just killed the king of vampires. A fucking leaf.
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Fists (Saw)
If you’ve ever played the Saw video game, you’ll quickly realize that every single weapon in the game sucks compared to David Tapp’s fists. A nail-studded bat is weaker than his fists. No joke. The only point in using weapons to to get the achievements for them. If you don’t care about those, simply never pick up a weapon. You’ll beat the game in far less time.
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Camera (the Fatal Frame series)
If the Ghostbusters could learn anything, it’d be how a Japanese girl managed to use an ancient camera to capture the most terrifying, hostile, violent ghosts imaginable! Igon, get to work on that!
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Jacks (American McGee’s Alice)
Sure, you could simply throw a handful of spike-studded jacks into an enemy and they’d do their damage before limply falling onto the ground. OR, and the far more sadistic way of doing things, was releasing them into the air, allowing them to stab an enemy over and over, like a twisted swarm of bees.
Bounce the ball once, bounce the ball twice, watch those jacks goes slice, slice, SLICE!
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Bananas (the Worms series)
Not the actual fruit, no. What I’m talking about here are the banana grenades from the Worms series. When you saw that curved yellow piece of produce heading your way, all you could do was coer your eyes and weep gently. Not only did that banana explode, causing horrible fire and shrapnel damage to your body, it also released several other smaller grenades that destroyed the very ground underneath your foot. After plummeting multiple stories (keeping the size respective, of course), your character looked at the screen, waved goodbye, and detonated himself, leaving only a tombstone to memorialize his passing.
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring, banana DEATH!
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Concrete (Mega Man 9)
So there you are in your blue suit with your Mega Buster, going through a bunch of stages and defeating horrible robot bosses. Oh look! You just killed one and got his power of…concrete? Are you freakin’ kidding me??? What the hell am I supposed to do with this soupy, gunky mixture?
Wait, what? It totally whoops Dr. Wily’s ass? Like, completely destroys him? Uh, thanks concrete?
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Signposts (Minecraft)
Once Minecraft introduced experience and enchanting into the game, players found themselves capable of getting unbelievable perks for their tools, armor, and weapons.
But some people thought that wasn’t enough and found a way to enchant signposts. And they can be absurdly powerful. How powerful you ask? Well, you hit a skeleton and it flies back about 100 feet. THAT kind of powerful.
My enchanted sign says, “If you can read this, I haven’t hit you yet.”
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Star (the Super Mario series)
Not the kind in the endless universe. Nope, we’re looking at a cute, personified star that has two eyes and bounces willy nilly upon the ground once you pound it out of a box. The second you touch it, you become an invincible locomotive of pure destruction. Everything living that you touch immediately dies, perishing painfully from your touch.
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Kirby (the Kirby series)
Yes, I’m putting a character here. You see, Kirby is one of the ultimate ridiculous AND ridiculousLY overpowered weapons in gaming history. Why? Because you literally eat everything in your path!! How twisted and horrible is that??? And if you can’t eat something, you eat something else and then spit the starry remains at your bigger foe. Kirby, you are the most demented, vile pink ball of fluff I’ve ever seen.
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Bonus: Foam Finger (Dead Space 2)
The ultimate ridiculous overpowered weapon, Isaac Clarke actually says, “Pew pew!” whilst shooting it. Now, the reason that this is a bonus addition to the list is because it’s just so damn obvious. I wanted to go with things that were a little more…odd? But this is so entertaining that I couldn’t leave it off.
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Editorials
‘The Vampire Lestat’ Concert Event Launches New Season With The Ultimate Expression Of Fandom
There are thousands of passionate fans decked out in gothic chic and champing at the bit like feral creatures. They’re screaming for Lestat, a legendary vampire-turned-rock star, as if the entire crowd has been glamored into submission.
The entire experience is magic, but not because some supernatural thrall has been activated. What’s going on is even more special. It’s the power of the effusive fandom that’s been authentically assembled by AMC’s sublime Immortal Universe, namely Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, now, The Vampire Lestat.
The Vampire Lestat is far from the first Anne Rice adaptation, and it’s not as if there’s been a lack of erotic vampire material for audiences to sink their teeth into. On June 2nd, during a one-night-only spectacle, New York City’s prestigious Beacon Theatre shook from Sam Reid’s bravado performance and an audience full of adoring fans who had already memorized Lestat’s songs.
It’s clear that The Vampire Lestat just hits differently than its predecessors. It’s become more than just a TV series at this point, and this opulent display of ego, swagger, and pure sex is the perfect way to premiere the new season and give back to the fans who helped make Interview with the Vampire/The Vampire Lestat such a breakout success. It’s exactly the sort of hyperbolized hedonism that would make Lestat cackle.
For all intents and purposes, AMC has successfully created the illusion that this concert/premiere is just one of the many destinations on Lestat and his band’s 54-stop tour that is simultaneously playing out on this season of television. It’s such a sophisticated and thorough level of interactive fan engagement that the audience doesn’t just understand, but also manages to accentuate through its involvement.
It’s a level of seamless synergy that’s not unlike the give-and-take relationship of vampire and victim.
Before the concert started, “LeStans” were sitting in the Beacon and flipping through a fake Rolling Stone issue with Lestat emblazoned on the cover, complete with interviews with the undead frontman inside. Other fans were admiring the vinyl pressing of Lestat’s EP as they walked past a section of undead band merch. Fandom and fantasy blur together, and it all becomes this elaborate, immersive experience. Fan celebration, erotic gothic fantasy, and a lavish rock concert transform into one beautiful thing.
To this point, AMC Global Media’s Chief Content Officer and President of AMC Studios, Dan McDermott, introduced the event by reiterating to fans, “You are the heartbeat of the series.” That’s abundantly clear on nights like this as that heartbeat collectively pulses to this performance. In terms of how AMC engages with The Vampire Lestat’s fans, it’s as bold a reinvention as the season itself.
This intuitive gamble speaks to AMC’s creativity in this department and a fandom that is eager to seize such opportunities. It’s the same innovation that led to zombie walks for The Walking Dead and real-life Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant pop-ups from Breaking Bad. It’s a great way to pump up the audience for The Vampire Lestat and then maintain that enthusiasm for the whole season.
For most series, a rock ‘n’ roll concert just doesn’t make any sense as a promotional tool. The Vampire Lestat finds itself in a very unique position where it can deliver an excellent concert at an iconic theater, but also use it to showcase The Vampire Lestat’s music by Daniel Hart (who was shredding on stage alongside Reid and the rest of their band) and, more than anything, Sam Reid’s endless charisma.
The way in which Reid feeds off of the crowd’s energy, modulating his performance and giving different sections of the Beacon life, is a perfect distillation of the series’ thoughtful relationship with its audience and how it’s become such a breakout success for AMC. AMC Studios President Dan McDermott emphasized that the fans are the reason that the show is still here and why an event like this is even possible. It’s rare to see a series in which every single cog in the machine is so perfectly attuned to its fans. Reid’s fans already cheer whenever they see him, so why not translate that to a concert setting?
It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.
Now bring on the encore and get this show on the road!
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