DLC (die soms nog op de disc ook staat) is een mooi en tegelijk een vreemd iets. Want zo heb je mensen die enkele Euro's ophoesten om een overgroot oorstokje voor hun Xbox Live Avatar te kopen. Maar het kan nog gekker, daarom heeft de website Cracked.com nu deze top tien gemaakt. Hier op staan een aantal bekende oude irritaties maar ook een aantal nieuwe zoals:

#9. Weapon Skins (Gears of War 3)

Many more people were so stupid. Again. Five years after Oblivion's failure, Gears of War 3 launched with more ridiculous frills than a ballerina's wardrobe. Except ballerinas are good at something real and are meant to look like that. Gears of War players were asked to buy dozens of "weapon skins," which would be awesome if the weapon in question was a Terminator, and the wrapping was human flesh in the shape of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Instead, players who purchased the DLC got a paint job for their gun. The complete set is offered at a bargain 3600 points. That's only $45!

This went beyond being just useless, since you were paying money to paint your weapon a bright color in an environment where anything that isn't "dirt brown" gets seen and shot immediately.

To confirm that they hated the people who they were scamming, many of the skins are "cute flowers" and "animated rainbows," though makers Epic Games managed to hold themselves back from releasing "our sweaty balls" drawn on the side of the Lancer. We have to assume they got the idea after observing all the homoerotic trash talk on Xbox chat, and deciding to create an ill-advised feature for the many gay men who play their game.