10 Absurd Ways To Die In Video Games

7: Sonic Is Outta Here - Sonic CD

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In 1993, long before Ben Schwartz voiced the Blue Blur on the big screen, Sega released Sonic CD.

The game offered up top notch platforming shenanigans and the typical side-scrolling action you’d have come to expect. As Sonic, you’ll take out enemies, collect rings, and clear levels as fast as you can. It shouldn’t come as a surprise then that Sonic’s gotta go fast and he is not a fan of waiting around. While there are plenty of ways to hit a Game Over screen in the Sonic franchise this one might well be the most absurd but also one of our favourites.

Leave Sonic hanging around for too long without pausing and he straight up nope’s out. He’ll stand there tapping his shoe looking mighty pissed at you before wagging his finger and literally saying, “I’m out of here”. He then jumps right out of the level to whatever exists beneath a Sonic level and you get a Game Over screen.

This will only happen if you’ve left the dude hanging for over 3 minutes so you can’t say he’s being totally unreasonable.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.