Outbreak! Top 10 Video Game Pandemics

May 06, 2009 | By: Adam Swiderski

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Stop freaking out over Swine Flu. That's nothing compared to the plagues, dysentery and viruses have been infecting gamers for years.

Venom Symbiote

It's bad enough when the alien symbiote-infected Eddie Brock is running around causing havoc, but Spider-Man: Web of Shadows gives us a New York City overrun by extraterrestrial black goo that turns civilians into zombie-like creatures and super-beings into nastier, fanged versions of themselves. Whatever you thought of the game, seeing a virtual Manhattan overrun with Venom-spawn was one of Web of Shadows' coolest conceits, and made every save of a citizen about to be infected feel like a colossal victory for your friendly neighborhood web-slinger.

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triforcegirl95 at 3:59 pm on May 15th 2009

this list was funny, i even tried to gross my sister and her friend with the picture of the messed up person on image something. best list ever. i even thick we played oregon trial last year....

bookieworm814 at 12:57 pm on May 10th 2009

lol i love playing Oregon Trail in school

ismellikepikkles at 3:29 pm on May 9th 2009

lol... corrupted blood...

ahomelesshomie at 9:17 pm on May 7th 2009

i love Oregon trail, i played it in school last year!, and my older siblings played at home

hotpepperfrank at 6:02 pm on May 7th 2009

YES OKAMI IS AWESOME. IT'S SO MUCH FUN! I played Oregon Trail once, but I never made it out of town :)

robynxrockstar at 4:12 pm on May 7th 2009

t-virus ftw.

teachthetutor6 at 1:44 pm on May 7th 2009

Jedediahjl do you have any idea how LONG it takes to spell check a paragraph?

jedediahjl at 12:43 am on May 7th 2009

wow, they need to work on the language filter

jedediahjl at 12:41 am on May 7th 2009

oh my god I remember playing oregon trail in grade school. It was great. But there was another game I liked more called Dino Park Ty****. My teacher even let me pirate it!