10 Most Deranged Video Game Psychopaths

By Sam Heard /

5. Minsc €“ Baldur€™s Gate

Did anybody ever say being a psychopath necessarily meant that you had to be one of the bad guys? Minsc, the iconic Rashemen ranger of Baldur€™s Gate, doubtless saved the hides of gamers an embarrassing number of times with his trusty two-handed sword but this doesn€™t mean he wasn€™t a complete psycho. Minsc may have saved our merry band of adventurers by wildly swinging his gigantic weapon but every now and then he would be seized by a berserk rage and turn his bloodlust on those around him €“ most notably us. Until he calmed down Minsc could no longer be controlled by the player and went on a killing spree against anything foolish enough to cross his path. As if this psychopathic rage weren€™t bad enough, the ranger had a weird relationship with his whiskered sidekick, Boo the Hamster, who hides safely beneath his armour. The thought of the psychopathic Minsc running around the map slaughtering everything he sees while a hamster €“ which he is convinced is a miniature giant space hamster €“ nestles snugly under his full-plate armour is one of the weirdest images in Baldur€™s Gate.