Top 10 Most Bizarre Ways to Die in a Video Game

02. Death by Clowns (KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child)

Coulrophobia is a fear of clowns. That's a real psychological condition and everything - there are probably medications people with that disorder have to take to, you know, not freak out around clowns.

The disorder has been used in all sorts of media - books, movies, and TV. Fans of the TV show Bones will be familiar with Coulrophobia - in the season three episode “Mummy in the Maze” Seeley's odd fear of clowns is revealed in his exaggerated fear of clowns.

In another episode a Booth who does not know he has a brain tumor draws his weapon and shoots the clown on top of an ice cream truck, which is how Stephen Fry's character ends up getting a central role in the show.

And that brings us to the video game KISS: Psycho Circus - which as you have probably guessed pits you against a cadre of killer clowns! We can only imagine what a nightmare gaming experience this would be for any gamer suffering from Coulrophobia - then again, that might be more entertaining than the game itself!

You know, considering some of the truly frightening monsters and bosses that we have faced in other games, the choice here was really actually interesting. Bizarre, true, but interesting.

Posted: 1st Oct 2014 by CMBF
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