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Now that Prop 8 has been repealed by federal courts, here are 7 probably gay video game "couples" whose sexualities have been in question for a while now (publishers are just too scared to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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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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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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A game doesn't have to flop to be disappointing. Some of the 2000's biggest hits managed to bore, or failed to impress, or even pissed off a lot of gamers. Madden is the same Madden again some more. Call of Duty 2 is awesome if you like war with no blood. And the Beatles don't play well with others, at least not in Rock Band. So, sorry, goodbye, thanks for playing.

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With this week's release of that brilliant indie-dramedy looking God of War trailer, here are the 13 most memorable video game MOVIE fan trailers ever made, from a Zelda, Tetris, and a Pac-Man movie, to a movie about Paperboy, to a perfect adaptation of Monkey Island.

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Ten of the lesser-known reasons why the PS3 is better than Xbox 360.

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First-person shooters first became popular on the PC, so it's no surprise that the best first-person shooters ever made can be accessed from the hard drive. Hopefully, when that hard drive gets infected with viruses, Norton will make anti-virus software that lets you blast them with a rocket launcher. Until that fateful day comes to pass, here are the top 10 first-person shooters for the PC, in no real order. Sure, some of them are also available on the consoles, but we all know that a mouse is far better suited for your trigger finger than a stupid controller. Reaction time ftw!

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This list is a combination of childhood favorites and current obsessions (House of the Dead anyone?) From shoot 'em ups to plumbers rescuing princesses, these games are the best of the best -- at least as far as this particular girl gamer is concerned.

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Buzz around the modern warfare release is that this call of duty RPG might be the best call of duty yet. The 'Modern' call of duty 6 already has other '09 video games cowering from its multiplayer modern warfare might, particularly as the November 10 release date draws closer. This isn't even exaggeration, all of these games have seen their release dates pushed back because their developers are too afraid of competing with Modern Warfare 2. This game has alreayd pwned at least 12 other games, and it's not even on the shelves yet. If that ain't badass, I don't know what is.

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List of games with girls as the heroes. Women in video games have been growing lately as gamers search for more. Whether you want to play as a female space marine fighting off space pirates in the Metroid games or just looking for more girls in video games, this list of games starring women will help you see what's out there. This list includes a few games that may have a male protagonist but gets support/partners with a strong female as well.

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A list of the least popular and most widely hated video games of all time. These are notable video games people hate or have hated. Although some are classics, they were at some point badly received by critics or popular video game media.

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The world of video games is pretty much like any other mass entertainment market, alongside the music and the movie industries. If you make something good, you're celebrated as a visionary, and critical and commercial praise are easy pickings.If you make something BAD however, you're reviled by critics and peers...but commercial success sometimes follows anyway. Bad games happen all the time, though. And more often than not people can see a bad game coming from a mile away, thus they're left to wallow in their pathetic domain of substandardness, only to be bought up by people lacking the brain cells to know how to wear shoes with laces. (I mean who ELSE could be buying up all the Cabela's Big Game Hunter games?) Every so often though, gamers feel the sting of betrayal from game companies, who dash the hopes of wide-eyed button-mashers to the ground after they'd previously raised them up. Noone honestly expected a game Drake of the 99 Dragons to be good, but when a game that's been made to look so awesome ends up a major disappointment...that's when gamers reach for their liquor. Below I've compiled a retrospective list of 10 games, that likewised dashed the hopes of gamers to the rocks of cynicism below. I've chosen specifically to look at more recent games instead of more famous disasters like Daikatana, Rise of the Robots, or the infamous E.T. game, because those have already made their mark on a historical level, and don't necesarily bear repeating. These however...give them a few years, and I guarantee they'll have a place in the annals of gaming history...in the chapter on gaming history's biggest disappointments. (IN ORDER FROM LAST TO FIRST. 1 = 10 and vice versa.)

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The Top 100 Video Games ever made according to Old Wizard. Old Wizard chose the Top 100 Video Games in Video Game history. For the full story go to: http://old-wizard.com/top-100-video-games

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Here's a list of the top video games out there that could - and should - be considered art. These are games that don't just have good graphics, interesting characters, etc. - but transcend being a simple game and become something more lasting and important.

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A list of the 50 worst video games ever made according to Game Revolution. The 50 worst games of all time can be found on the list. For the full story go to: http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/worst_game_names

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