10 Coolest Video Game Features (That Are Utterly Pointless) - Commenter Edition

6. A Dedicated Swearing Button - Scarface: The World Is Yours

Scarface: The World Is Yours
Vivendi Games

Another flourish-esque fun button that is completely different but equally as enjoyable as whipping a lightsaber around is Scarface’s swear button

Radical Entertainment’s 2006 action-adventure is essentially a sequel to the 1983 film. While the swear button isn’t totally pointless as it helps up your Balls metre, which is going to be a confusing sentence for those of you unfamiliar with the game, it is delightful. As you can imagine it sits in with the context of the game perfectly and, honestly, way more games should have a swear button. It just isn’t the same if you’re not swearing at and taunting the bad guys before taking them out.

I mean, really, how cathartic would it be if you could swear your way through the next Souls game?

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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.