10 Gaming Moves That Are Simply Humiliating

6. A (Literal) Slap In The Face (Goldeneye)

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The world's most well-known and therefore worst spy, James 'Jim' Bond a.k.a. zero-zero-seven, usually packs several suitcases for his elaborate and lethal business trips crammed full of single-use gadgets, from an exploding pen to, er, a different types of exploding pen.

All this fancy high-tech kit might wow your gran on Christmas day, and definitely makes for exciting and commercially viable cinema, but anyone who has managed to embarrass three other opponents in N64 classic Goldeneye's Slappers Only! multiplayer mode will know it's also totally unnecessary.

Sure, you can assemble a small arsenal of weaponry, but why bother lugging all those magazines around like a put-upon paperboy when an open-handed chop works just as well? It's also - get this - actually sneaky. You know, how a spy should be.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.