From a dog who will rip out a man's throat at your command, to a self-sacrificing horse, to a dinosaur that can literally swallow your enemies whole, here's a list that shows not only the greatest domesticated animals in video game history; but how integral and important they are to all of gaming in general. Enjoy.

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In honor of every outlet in the world making a "badass characters" list in honor of the manliest movie of the year coming out this month (The Expendables), we've gone the other way. What's the opposite of manly? Ponies. What's even girlier? Flowers. So since they get such a bad rap, here are the 8 most badass flowers in video game history. Wake up and smell the roses. The deadly, deadly roses.

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The 20 landmark comic book video games isn't just a list of the best or worst comic book inspired games. This list points out the highlights and progression of comic book video games, where they've started and how far they've come. From Atari's Superman to Arkham Asylum to Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Enjoy.

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Now that Prop 8 has been repealed by federal courts, here are 7 probably gay video game "couples" whose sexualities have been in question for a while now (publishers are just too scared to admit it) that would benefit from partaking in the sanctity of marriage in some way shape or form. Some of these unions would save rocky relationships, while others would save THE WORLD.

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The most addictive games of all time, as chosen by gamers on Ranker. Add your favorite video game addictions by clicking 'contribute'. The list updates automatically when new votes are added, making this an accurate, real-time representation of the 'wisdom of crowds' when it comes to addictive video games. Which games do you have trouble putting down? Add the games you've wasted years of your life playing, and see how your picks stack up against the community's.

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A whole slew of lists have been made about horrible video game endings, but most of those include games that aren't really worth playing to begin with. These are the worst endings to games that are 100% worth your time... until the end. This proves, once again, that for most games, the developers probably think about the ending LAST.

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From water levels, to ice levels, to "moving" levels, to escort missions, many games have fallen into designing levels/missions for us with the same kind of challenges and mechanics. From our 8-bit days, all the way to the most modern of games, we've retained a lot of level types and a lot of these types have retained what makes them so annoying. Here are the most annoying types of video game levels.

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The Boss Battle is the video game equivalent of an orgasm - climactic, exhausting and totally worth it... yet often hard to achieve/beat. Of course, not all boss battles are created equal. Some gaming-gasms are just better than others. These are the hardest ones with the best payoff. From Final Fantasy to God of War, to Diablo III these are the hardest (and most satisfying) boss battles to beat - at least in our opinion.

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With the great new Halo: Reach live-action game trailer/commercial making its rounds on the internet and XBox Live, we've taken a look back at all the best video game commercials involving real humans and picked out the best from throughout history. Sure, a lot of game trailers featuring mostly game play get the job done, but the best commercials in video games are the ones that bring a game, or a game concept, to life using real people. Here's a list of 30 of the greatest, funniest and most epic (at least mostly) LIVE-ACTION video game commercials of all time; from the roarin early 90s, all the way to the past few weeks.

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A crossover is when one character from one storyline enters the storyline of another; be it from game to game, cartoon to game, movie to game, etc. Whatever the situation may be, they often come off as cheesy and like marketing ploys. Inspired by the 4th item on this list, here are the 10 best, most seamless, and exciting crossovers in video game history.

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Let's go ahead and remember all the lives we've lost and which losses have infuriated us the most (in video games). Here's a list of the most annoying, frustrating and frankly insulting video game death screens that we have ever suffered through.

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Being a sports star can be murder. It can apparently also drive you to commit murder. Here are the 8 most bloodthirsty pro-athletes who have been convicted of murder for reasons as silly as a traffic dispute all the way to murdering underworld crime bosses...which would be an awesome job title, minus the whole murder thing...It's kinda shocking that there were more than 8 murderous athletes, but I kept the list for now to the most interesting sports star killers. Pro athletes should have enough money to hire hit men if they must kill, you know? And if you are getting paid huge bucks to be a pro athlete, WTF are you so angry about anyhow? But these jocks aren't the brightest bulbs in professional athletics, as evidenced by their stories below. Be on the lookout for a sequel if this list of murderous athletes is a hit.

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Sometimes, the gaming industry breaks our hearst and souls. From bringing Facebook to your consoles to Duke Nukem Forever, to the entire DLC-points-buying system, here are the 8 biggest disappointments the Gaming industry has brought us in the last few years.

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The playoffs are over now and two teams have the chance to win the ultimate prize: the Super Bowl. Players on both teams have chances gain glory, establish legends and, of course, suffer humiliation. Here's a list of the 10 biggest Super Bowl FAILS of all time and the people behind them.

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This Father's Day, let's remember all the greatest (failings of the) fathers in video games and how they affected/inspired some of the most iconic and awesome video game characters in history. Without these daddy issues, all of these characters would not have brought us through the journeys that they did and we wouldn't have most of these wonderful games. So here's a list tribute to greatest games in video game history that involve daddy issues, and the characters that have them.

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