10 Video Game Fates Worse Than Death (Commenter's Edition)
1. Turned Into A "Soft Jelly Thing" - I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream was the brainchild of legendary sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison, a point-and-click adventure game set in a dystopia where the AI of the Allied Mastercomputer (AM) has eliminated all of humanity save for just five people.
AM has kept these five people alive for 109 years while it tortures them, after which it decides to subject them to a series of adventures based on their own lives, designed to prey explicitly on their own flaws, fears, and insecurities.
Even if you appear to defeat AM, however, five of the game's seven endings will see you transformed into a revolting "great, soft jelly thing," where you're forced to spend eternity with AM while being unable to do anything but simply exist.
Literally, you can't speak per the game's title, your eyes are replaced with white holes filled with fog, and your limbs are now pathetic, fleshy protrusions, making a suicide attempt impossible.
Given that AM itself is effectively immortal, there's no end to the suffering in sight. Horrifying.