The ones I hate the most are where you MUST pass this god-awful bit because you're trapped there. And usually, either there's a timed thing going on or just something so fiddly that you must get it exactly right or you die. And you've just played ages so can't bear the thought of having to do it all again, so you're basically tired and a bit fed up playing but desperate to save. It's so soul destroying because you know you're going to have to just keep trying, over and over. Since I lost my cheat-code virginity things are a bit different. It's not that I've been using cheats but since I know they are there it has become simply a matter of pride to beat the game rather than some mad addiction thing.

if my character dies and I was so close to beating it, I flip out and chuck my ps2 controller.

Your the second person I've heard of actually throw the disc. I think its a new trend.

Well, the one I remember most is an area in Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time. It's the part where you're practically done with the game, but you're in an elevator and have to fight off tons of zombies while trying to keep the stupid girl alive. I swear, if it wasn't for her being there, I would have passed it already. I five times each time I played, and always got closer each turn. But by the fifth try, I was so frustrated that I didn't even want to continue anymore even though I was getting closer. This was when it first came out. To this day, I haven't passed it. I gave up a long time ago. That's why I have so many old games lying around; there are parts I can't pass and just put them away to never play again, though I'm thinking of taking another crack at POP...

wellllll.... magically the diablo 2 disk reappeared.. so i had to know how bad the damage actually was.

I was on nightmare level and was just starting act 3. the spider cave was EASY on normal - yet on nightmare i got swarmed by uniques and must have died 15 times prior to my furious rage and tossing the disk. i was fortunate enough to be fiendish with the town portals so i could get to my body, but never successfully got to any of them - the damn spiders were surrounding the portals.

well - by the time i gave up there must have been 10 corpses... when i loaded it yesterday - i discovered all my super cool, rare and set stuff that i've been collecting for a game and a half were gone :-( the only thing i managed to make it out with was my fav shield... everything else is gone.

*le sigh*