9 Video Game Guns That DON'T Kill
2. Evoker - Persona 3
No, your eyes do not deceive you - the above picture does show Persona 3's protagonist preparing for battle by shooting himself in the head. Such is the power of the Evoker - a magic pistol that blasts the user's inner demons out of their head and onto the battlefield.
These demons are the eponymous Personas of the franchise - physical manifestations of their owner's personality, who fight alongside them in the games' dungeons. Their method of summoning differs from game to game, depending on the theme of the title. (Persona 5, for example, had its characters tear off face-masks to summon their Personas, symbolising the game's core message of embracing your true self).
Given that Persona 3's theme is "Memento Mori" ("Remember you will die"), you can see why Atlus chose to have its heroes repeatedly shoot themselves in the head to get the message across. Persona games are many things, but subtle has never been one of them.
Of course, the true terror of the Evoker is that using one will cause one of gaming's greatest ear-worms to burrow its way into your skull. "Baby baby baby baby baby...."