Technology | video games 5 Worst Video Game Deaths Five Most Painful Video game Deaths By Sophie Goldstein Posted Sep 21, 2007 7:57 AM CDT Copied (Microsoft) Not all video game deaths are created equal. MSNBC selects the top five most gruesome: Spine ripped out: "Mortal Kombat" Sawed to pieces: "Gears of War," "Doom," "God of War," "Star Wars" Stomped to death: "Duke Nukem" Eaten by a shark: "Armed and Dangerous" Flattened by a semi: "Frogger" Read These Next 11 people hurt in a "brutal act of violence" in Michigan. White House makes Hegseth put his polygraph away. A new book argues the Sacagawea legend is all wrong. A parent's nightmare, in a white cardboard box. Report an error