10 Coolest Video Game Features (That Are Utterly Pointless)

The prevailing opinion on why folks play video games is that games are fun. That's totally regardless of the debate on if games are art, should have easy modes, need more accessibility options. The answer to all three is yes, by the way. But in the end – whatever your reason for playing games – it comes down you attempting to have fun.

You know what's fun but pointless? A dedicated fun button.

The quip button from Spider-Man where Peter Parker says a random, often bad, joke. The smoking button in Vanquish that is supposed to act like a decoy in a game where you don't sit still very long. Ni no Kuni's jump mechanic literally explains it as not being very useful, but fun to do.

One could argue the horn button when you get in a car used to count for this, but newer games have made the horn actually useful; though no less fun. So whether you're honking a horn that shouldn't exist on an Apache helicopter or making Peter Parker utter silly non-sequiturs, make sure you mash that extra fun button to your heart's content, even if it doesn't do anything. ESPECIALLY if it doesn't do anything.