Despite playing second fiddle to the PlayStation 2 back in the day, Microsoft's first Xbox has plenty of worthwhile games.
From light-hearted jokes to red-hot jabs to everything in between, these are some of the best ways games have made fun of us for dying.
Challenge, cranked up to 11.
Life isn't easy. Neither are these games. But they're certainly worth the effort needed to master them.
Can you face yourself and live? These 15 examples sure did.
You can never have too many ninja/samurai games.
It wasn't the broken controller with these cheap bosses, they were just out to get you.
Does the series suffer in the transition to the handheld again?