# Most powerful (non-future) man-made game weapon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-powerful-non-future-man-made-game-weapon/590721>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 29, 2011, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-powerful-non-future-man-made-game-weapon/590721 "2011-07-29T09:39:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bosstrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Bosstrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstrain)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-powerful-non-future-man-made-game-weapon/590721/21 "2011-08-02T01:26:53Z")

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Um…guys…this is easy…real easy…the Golden Gun from James Bond

:eek: I hope he didn’t hear me say that, now everyone knows his secret :eek:

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**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-powerful-non-future-man-made-game-weapon/590721/22 "2011-08-02T02:31:16Z")

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> [@Bosstrain](#):
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> Um…guys…this is easy…real easy…the Golden Gun from James Bond
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> :eek: I hope he didn’t hear me say that, now everyone knows his secret :eek:

Killing one person\<\<killing lots of people. Plus the grenade launcher or RCP-90 were better in many situations anyway.

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**Author:** ![Telperion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telperion/32/509_2.png) [@Telperion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperion)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-powerful-non-future-man-made-game-weapon/590721/23 "2011-08-02T12:55:40Z")

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If we’re talking player-controlled weapons, it’s probably hard to beat the Spooky mission in Modern Warfare. An airborne 105 mm howitzer will ruin anybody’s day.

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**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-powerful-non-future-man-made-game-weapon/590721/24 "2011-08-15T20:58:33Z")

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> [@Gorsnak](#):
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> This was going to be my answer, and when someone inevitably complains about it being set in the future I was going to retort that when they get to the Borealis in Episode Three, they’re transported back to the 60’s and have to elude the minions of Cave Johnson. 🙂

wait what?

please please don’t let this be a whoosh  
you would not do this to me…right?

please…

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**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-powerful-non-future-man-made-game-weapon/590721/25 "2011-08-16T01:24:32Z")

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> [@willthekittensurvive](#):
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> wait what?
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> please please don’t let this be a whoosh  
> you would not do this to me…right?
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> please…

The bit where you solve the original Portal puzzles using the gravity gun instead of the portal gun is really inspired.

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