12 Pointless Video Game Details (That Will Blow Your Mind)

10. Give Snake A Shaver And He'll Shave - Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty

Hideo Kojima is the king of pointless game details - a crown he earned with Metal Gear Solid 2. Seeing scores of head-turning randomness included in the launch trailer, we watched Snake shoot pages out of magazines, put bullet holes in different enemy limbs, or tip over an ice bucket and watch the cubes melt in real time.

While this "tech demo" feel is largely resigned to the Tanker area, the Big Shell has a doozie while you're playing as Raiden. Triggered by acquiring the "Shaver" item and giving it to Solid "Iroquois Pliskin" Snake, he'll then appear shaven for the rest of the game - including all cutscenes and even his Codec model.

Snake looks patently worse like this and there's no way to get him to sprout some face fuzz after the commitment, but if you prefer a cleaner cut character, have at it.