10 best drinking video games

Above: Nobody can do this sober

8. PAIN (PlayStation 3 - PSN)

What it is:
A downloadable title with the simplest of premises: strap an unfortunate person into a giant slingshot and launch them screaming into a densely decorated downtown cityscape, causing as much damage as possible.

Why it's perfect:
Because a person falling down is funny. A person catapulted into a giant, rooftop-mounted bowling ball, which then falls and lands upon them in the street, where they get hit by a car and dragged until they hit an exploding mailbox that throws them into the path of an oncoming train, which then sends them careening through an outdoor restaurant's patio furniture ... is hilarious.

Where does the booze go?
This one has a drinking game practically built right in: a "HORSE" mode in which the players try to recreate each others' bone-fracturing feats. You lose, you drink. Before long, you wouldn't feel the pain if it was you yourself crashing into that billboard's 12 foot-wide bowl of cereal.

Eric Bratcher
I was the founding Executive Editor/Editor in Chief here at GR, charged with making sure we published great stories every day without burning down the building or getting sued. Which isn't nearly as easy as you might imagine. I don't work for GR any longer, but I still come here - why wouldn't I? It's awesome. I'm a fairly average person who has nursed an above average love of video games since I first played Pong just over 30 years ago. I entered the games journalism world as a freelancer and have since been on staff at the magazines Next Generation and PSM before coming over to GamesRadar. Outside of gaming, I also love music (especially classic metal and hard rock), my lovely wife, my pet pig Bacon, Japanese monster movies, and my dented, now dearly departed '89 Ranger pickup truck. I pray sincerely. I cheer for the Bears, Bulls, and White Sox. And behind Tyler Nagata, I am probably the GR staffer least likely to get arrested... again.