Stake Gun, Painkiller series
When considering a favorite video game weapon, a key criteria should be whether it’s something that feels satisfying to use however many hundreds of times over a play-through you let that baby rip. It’s with this rationale that I’m nominating the Stake Gun from People Can Fly’s Painkiller series. Not only is the Stake Gun powerful, delivering a one hit kill against most enemies, but also nailing dudes to walls and seeing enemies viscerally flung back from the Stake Gun’s righteous force never gets old. — Eric Schulkin, video lead
