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* The ''[[Death Gate]]'' adventure-game. Among the spells you learned along the way was 'Self-Immolate', which does [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] - using the spell would instantly kill you. It did, however, turn out useful when fighting a mirror image of yourself. Just scribe a mirrored version of the spell's runes - which does nothing - and your copy would dutifully flip it and kill himself.

* ''[http://www.rrrrthats5rs.com/games/dont-shoot-the-puppy/ Don't Shoot the Puppy]'' is a parody of these: once you've started a level, any action (including moving the mouse by ANY amount) results in failure—the only way to not shoot the puppy is to leave your computer alone.

* There is a similar game called ''[http://www.venbrux.com/blog/?p=23 Execution]'' by Jesse Venbrux. The only way to "win" is to quit. {{spoiler|Restarting results in an "it's already too late" message and shows you the failure screen, ''even if you delete and reinstall the game''. This is because [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|the game records your loss in a part of your computer's registry that's not deleted when uninstalling.]]}}

* There is a similar game called ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150210183918/http://www.venbrux.com/blog/?p=23 Execution]'' by Jesse Venbrux. The only way to "win" is to quit. {{spoiler|Restarting results in an "it's already too late" message and shows you the failure screen, ''even if you delete and reinstall the game''. This is because [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|the game records your loss in a part of your computer's registry that's not deleted when uninstalling.]]}}

* In ''[[Fallout]]'', you can set the timer on a nuclear warhead to 30 seconds. Try to [[Outrun the Fireball|outrun ''that'' fireball]].

** In the sequel, you can try to manually arm a nuclear warhead. While a high science skill character will succeed at this, a character without... Won't.