8 Dumb Video Games That Made You Feel Like A GENIUS

1. Buckshot Roulette

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Mike Klubnika

And finally we have Buckshot Roulette, which on the face of it has all the hallmarks of a game designed to be as silly as possible in a blatant, even desperate attempt to go viral.

After all, this is a game that can be bluntly described as "Russian roulette with shotguns" - the sort of hilariously stupid concept someone might come up with after a few too many drinks with mates one night.

But that outrageous, attention-grabbing concept belies the fact that, unlike actual Russian roulette, there's a good deal of cerebral strategy to Buckshot Roulette.

From keeping track of the shells in the shotgun to deciding who to aim the gun at - yourself or the dealer - and when to use items to give yourself a leg-up, there's a staggering amount of game theory in play for a title with such a flagrantly laughable premise.

But if you do defeat the dealer or even triumph over three other players online, you'll be right to think yourself a Machiavellian schemer to rule them all.

 
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