STACK #245 March 2025

GAMING FEATURE

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Groovitron

Canis Canem Edit/Bully Lacky bands may not have been the most thrilling collectibles, but all was forgiven when finding all 75 yielded this sweet, somewhat omnipotent giant super ball. BOING! Rubber Band Ball

Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction

A series renowned for whacked-out weapons hit its acme with this disco ball that caused all enemies within its radius to stop the fighting and get on down and boogie.

Games and weapons regularly go hand in hand – it could even be argued that in Pong your weapon was a bat. But some are greater – or, in this case, just plain weirder – than others. Like these five… Words Amy Flower 5 OF THE WEIRDEST WEAPONS IN GAMES

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Swordplay and cuddliness – an unbeatable combo! This stuffed mammal may not have packed much punch damage-wise, but it did restore your life with every successful hit. Aww! Teddy Bear

Camera

Project Zero/ Fatal Frame Ah, happy snaps from survival horror! However, here your camera was more than just a creator of shakeable Polaroid pictures, as it also trapped ghouls on film…

Anal Probe Gun

Destroy All Humans The weapon that let you go all zappy on peoples’ bottoms – quite literally. Rather than causing flaming flatulence Cartman style, this one made heads explode. Ouch!

LIKE THAT? YOU’LL LOVE THESE!

SALUTING THE BIG DADDY OF WEIRD

Shark-O-Matic Saints Row: The Third Covers the target in fish guts, which causes a shark to rise from the earth and devour them. Mollusk Launcher Saints Row: The Third Firing live octopuses at targets? Singing, exploding, cuddly, mind-controlling octopuses? Yep! Dubstep Gun Saints Row IV Long range pulses of energy – in beat of course - make all within its area dance to the music. The Saints Row series has never let us down when it comes to the just plain – and gloriously – weird. Here’s a taste…

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Destroy All Humans! 2: Reprobed

56 MARCH 2025

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