10 Awful Things We All Did In Video Games

10. Throwing Baby Penguins Off A Cliff - Super Mario 64

When somebody gives you lemons, you make lemonade, and when a giant penguin gives you her baby, you throw it off a cliff, right? Wait a minute...

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Super Mario 64 may be one of the most adorable and seemingly harmless platformers of all time, but it nevertheless allowed players to indulge their inner psychopath in the level "Cool, Cool Mountain."

At one point you'll encounter a mother penguin who has lost her baby, Tuxie, and she requests your assistance to locate the child.

Once you bring Tuxie back to her mother, though, you're still able to pick the li'l penguin up and run around with her. So of course, many players couldn't resist but just throw her off the nearby cliff edge.

To make matters more horrifying, Tuxie's mother will look on in an anger when you scamper off with Tuxie, though at least you're not actually committing penguin murder, as Tuxie will respawn at the top of the mountain once you've carried out your horrific act.

Even so, needlessly traumatising a mother and her child for your own fleeting amusement sure is what psychiatrists call a "red flag."

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