12 Tear-Jerking Video Game Stories That'll Melt Your Heart

5. World Of Warcraft's Tribute To The Late Robin Williams

The news of Robin Williams' death in 2014 caught people by surprise: he was a comic genius with seemingly infinite energy and he will be sorely missed. The circumstances surrounding his suicide led to rampant speculation but regardless, Williams was a huge gamer. He named his daughter Zelda after the titular character in the Nintendo franchise and spent a lot of his downtime playing World of Warcraft, where he enjoyed the anonymity of it and could focus on pumping up his character. As a fitting tribute to the man, Blizzard Entertainment inserted a character called Robin into the game. He's a genie who can be summoned by rubbing the Ever-Burning Lamp on an island near Talador in the Warlords of Draenor expansion pack. Robin shouts "INFINITE COSMIC POWER" before disappearing and whispering "itty bitty living space". It's a heartfelt memorial to a great comedian and an avid fan.