10 Video Game Weapons You're A Dick For Using

Not all weapons are created equal.

Be it the unforgiving crucible of online multiplayer or the linear experience of a solo campaign, weapons are often an essential component in creating engaging combat mechanics. They allow the player to spec towards a certain play style, role play as their favourite characters or simply harvest as many kills as humanly possible.

While most games strive for consistency; maintaining balance in combat and giving players an equal playing field, there's always one weapon that's seemingly present with the sole intention of royally pissing you off. Such weapons are often used by many, as everyone flocks to the most overpowered or frustrating weapons to gain the advantage over their adversaries.

This is cause for major annoyance when you're up against a foe who's firepower is simply not enough to overcome. You'll insist that there's nothing wrong with the way you play, but that it's their fault for using such appalling weaponry.

While nothing has been etched into the rule book of gaming that prohibits such actions, there's no escaping the fact that - for better or worse - if you use any of these weapons, you're embracing being a dick.

On the back of the box for every iteration of Mario Kart will surely be the promise of fun for the whole family. The reality, however is nothing of the sort. Families and friendships alike have been ruined by the sight of the blue shell barrelling towards the player who sits comfortably ahead of the pack.

It'll likely be thrown by your younger brother who sits in an unremarkable last place but who's having a grand old time ruining your race. Pole position is a wonderful position to be in right up until a line of item boxes present themselves, as it's just another opportunity for the rest of the players to knock you off your perch while you collect yet another banana or coin.

2014's Mario Kart 8 did, however, provide a way to fight back against the blue shell. The Super Horn's uses are limited, but if executed perfectly, it'll void any effects of, what is, the most annoying weapon in Mario Kart history.

I'm not letting it off the hook that easy, though. While the item is undoubtedly a great weapon for those lucky enough to collect it, it's plainly obvious that actually using it is just petty.