Video games offer a special kind of escapism. Unlike the passive joys that, say, a movie or a television show can bring, a video game puts you in the hot-seat and asks: "Hey, do you want a part in all this?" Generally speaking, then, video games allow us to live out many of our wildest fantasies. You wanna leap from building to building to assassinate a corrupt government official? That's cool, bro. Feel like snowboarding down a mountain whilst clinging to the bottom of a helicopter? You can do that, too. Wanna dress up like a plumber and rescue a princess from a giant fireball-spittin' lizard king? No problem, pal, we can set that up for you. Most of the time we're too busy enjoying the game to acknowledge it. We're too immersed in the story and visuals and gameplay to notice we're even playing something with our hands. But nothing snaps you out of a video game and ruins the experience like a difficult level. It's the kind of thing that - at the time, anyway - makes you feel like you're gonna quit the damn things forever. And we've all been there, haven't we? Screaming at the television and throwing the controller around the room and swearing at our parents because they "don't understand." Think you've had it tough? Check out our list of the 10 most frustratingly difficult video game levels of all-time. Just don't try them at home. Seriously.