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The worst (and funniest) enemy 'intelligence' in gaming exposed

More Crysis - curiosity killed the NPC. Everyone knows that barrels explode, especially when they're on fire. So what should you not do?

And just how do you climb a ladder again? An Assassin's Creed guard gets confused.

More Assassin's Creed as the guards squabble over who gets to stand on the barrels. Yes, really.

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Justin Towell
Justin Towell

Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

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