10 Video Game Bugs That Became Features

Inspiration can come from the most unlikely of places...

by Jess McDonell
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Digital Extremes

Video game development is a funny thing. Sometimes great ideas go perfectly to plan and end up being really cool and sometimes a mechanic might be overlooked resulting in a glitch or a bug.

Then there are the times that a mechanic being overlooked and resulting in a bug actually ends up being really cool and that’s what we call a mission failed successfully.

A couple of years ago we did a list on video game bugs that worked so well they became features and in this list we’re breaking down 10 more examples where a technical misstep in a dev studio panned out just fine.

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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.