Death by Duckie

I picked up Crackdown for the XBOX 360 today, not just for the Halo 3 Beta Invitation, but because it looked like a cool game. I downloaded the demo from XBOX Live some time ago, and found the game to be different than the standard GTA clone. Yeah, it’s a sandbox game like GTA; you run around and kill gang members, getting intel from an agency that acts as the law enforcement. You also level up your abilities – strength, agility, firearms, explosives, and driving – so you can take on more powerful gangs.

One of the things you can do when you gain strength is pick up things like tables, dumpsters, and cars to throw them at enemies. You can also jump from rooftop to rooftop a la Spider-Man. So, I jump up on top of a high rise, where there’s a swimming pool. I picked up a table and tossed it at a guy who was shooting at me. Wasn’t enough to kill him, just dazed him. So I look around for something else to throw (I was out of ammo) and find –

a duck.

Yellow, rubber tubby type duck. Sitting by the pool. Okay, so where else would you find a tubby duck?

At a loss for anything else to throw, I picked up the duck, and tossed it. It hit the guy and knocked him off the building. Strange thing for something so seemingly harmless, but that duckie saved my life.