9 Video Game NPCs Everyone Wished They Could Kill

3. Zack Lee - The Longest Journey

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In video games, much like in life, there are personalities that tend toward good-natured, those closer to difficult to root for anti-heroes, and then there are what I would generally call society’s dickbags. Zack from The Longest Journey is one such dickbag. Consisting of zero redeeming qualities, your sexist human tool of a neighbour sucks as soon as you first engage with him in the first hour of the classic adventure game and manages to somehow one up his own suckiness as the game wears on. 

While being a gigantic douche is one thing, Zack rounds out his relatively and blissfully limited appearances in the game by selling you and your friends out to the big bads and getting your best friend shot.

So yeah, we don’t love Zack.

 
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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.