10 Absurd Ways To Die In Video Games

2: Not-So-Care Package - Call of Duty

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Activision

While we’re on absurd ways to die we should also include the truly embarrassing ways to die. First-person shooters and multiplayer games seem to set the scene best for this brand of death so let's combine the two with Activision’s Call of Duty franchise.

Whether you’ve misjudged a grenade throw, launched off a rocket at your own feet, or dropped a care package on yourself, there are so many ways to brutally and publicly die in a multiplayer game. In the arena where everybody can watch you fail it’s doubly as upsetting to call in a care package to help out yourself and your team only to dump the case on your own head.

I hope you have a good sense of humour here otherwise that instant replay is gonna hurt all over again.

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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.