

The Death Of John Marston – Red Dead Redemption (image credit: rockstar)

Needless to say, there will be spoilers for several videogames. So here they are, moments in video games that really jerked my tears. I am the character I play as, so when something bad happens to that character, it always cuts a little deeper. By controlling the main character of a game, I am inserting myself into a narrative in a way that I can’t in books and movies. A character in a video game feels closer to my heart because, in a way, they are me. Maybe it’s because I’ve spent so long with the characters. But for some reason, videogames just make the waterworks pour from my eyes.

Hell, I didn’t cry when Sirius Black died when I read Order of The Phoenix as a child. Who doesn’t love a good cry? But I really do not cry at movies. Can’t we talk about something that makes me cry a little less? Like these sad character deaths from Game of Thrones? What if we talk about things that aren’t sad in an “ugly cry” but a “lol cringe” way like this sad man’s opinion? Why do you feel the need to make me relive this trauma?Ĭonfession: I’m a hard nut to crack on the crying front.
