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Videogames versus the real world

30 comparisons that prove how brazenly bizarre and weirdly wonderful our hobby can be

Words: Charlie Barratt, GamesRadar US

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News flash! Hedgehogs don’t wear sneakers, plumbers don’t save princesses and archaeologists – even when female – don’t dig through the dirt dressed like Hooters waitresses. Yes, yes, yes, we all know videogames are rather ridiculous when you stop and think about them…

Why mock the virtual world for being so bizarre, however, when you can mock the real world for being so damn dull? Our hobby might distort our reality beyond all recognition, but based on these 30 comparisons, maybe reality is just overrated.

Got a match-up you think is equally ludicrous or enlightening?
Suggest it in the comments section below!

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BluePikmin - 8 months 23 days ago

First, This is awesome video games FTW

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Darthkeyblader13 - 8 months 23 days ago

Hey Sonic could totally own anything

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RonnyLive19881 - 8 months 23 days ago

The picture of the Alien and the nuclear Fallout was kind of unnerving... Awesome!

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zymn - 8 months 23 days ago

wow, the real world doesn't stand a chance. we might as well just live in a giant virtual reality machine...

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zombieddeath - 8 months 23 days ago

sonic sucks....period.....just look at the last 12 games...

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Jax - 8 months 23 days ago

The Darkness one was funny, great article, when are you going to run out of great ideas? I hope not soon.

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FrozenImplosion - 8 months 23 days ago

Great article, keep up the great work :D

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SuperBadnik - 8 months 23 days ago

Lol, archaeology! Lara Croft easily owns!
I would argue Sonic is better than real life hedgehogs, but that Hedgehog on the right is so dam cute :p

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X3ni92 - 8 months 23 days ago

Agreed, 100% (espically with the hedgehog)

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skelt - 8 months 23 days ago

I'm gonna have to say real life toads are cooler than toad. Maybe that's just me.

Also, in general, physics in real life really suck compared to videogame physics.

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Wave360 - 8 months 23 days ago

I think games win

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Gahmah - 8 months 23 days ago

Miles per Gallon... in vidyagames, you can juast jurive and jurive

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kingpin202 - 8 months 23 days ago

Maybe old Sonic would of had another win for videogames, but they just aren't what they use to be anymore. =(

I want old Sonic Back!

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tommat93 - 8 months 23 days ago

Hey now! Sonic himself is alright, he just ends up in the wrong situation; usually poorly made, repetitive, boring situations.

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schmeidenkamp - 8 months 23 days ago

Robots:
Videogames: Pose threat to human life, or will kick ass on your team
Real Life: Vacuum your house

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AnonymouZ - 8 months 23 days ago

and i'm gonna have to say skeletons in real life look better. compared to those pics charlie put here. There's perfectly good skelleton pictures from oblivion... but who am i to tell.

What else in videogames owns vs real life?

BOSSES

Little brothers

Swimsuits (xtreme volleyball swimsuits)

LIFE (as in sim life, vs real life, think about it, you get laid whenever you want, eat and sleep as much as you want and then you don't have to even see or remember what you did at WORK)

CARS (aside from real life prototypes)

and that's that.

good job charlie charles... you guys keep the ROFLing going.

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BeefSupreme - 8 months 23 days ago

Two points of contention.
Real street fights are awesome, especially in front of bars with the fighters respective girlfriends screaming at them to stop fighting before the cops show up. Street Fighter the video-games: pretty much button-mashing. Street fighting reality: fighting because you thought someone call you a douche when they didn't.
Dog The Bounty is way more interesting to watch then Samus. Does Samus have Deb or other loser relatives to help her hunt down criminals? Does Samus use paintball guns and a GMC Denalli to hunt down her bounties? NO!

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