8 Video Game "Gifts" That Made You Say HUMBUG

8. Timer B - Metal Gear Solid

Trust Hideo Kojima of all people to thoroughly screw with players after they've just been put through the damn wringer. 

In the first Metal Gear Solid, after players have endured or succumbed to Revolver Ocelot's torture, they'll manage to escape and get their possessions back. 

But keen-eyed players will notice something new in their inventory - an item suspiciously called "Timer B," complete with a number counting down. 

The more astute among us will surely appreciate that Ocelot has sneaked a timebomb into their inventory, having anticipated the possibility that Solid Snake might stage an escape.

In case you don't realise what's going to happen, Colonel Campbell will even call you up on codec when the timer gets close to zero, imploring you to throw the bomb from your inventory before it goes kablam.

In the event you fail to heed Campbell's advice, however, Snake will indeed be blown to smithereens, triggering a Game Over.