This is the potential a video game has for the player to do awful, horrible things to enemies or even friendly and neutral NPCs. It can be knee shots causing screaming, telekinesis to literally play catch with guards, punching out scientists, or many, many other things. Something Awful has dubbed two specific variations of video game cruelty as Asshole Physics and Asshole AI. Some games specifically cater to this; these often skip out on a Karma Meter. This can also be the carrot along the path to The Dark Side for players in a game with a Karma Meter. Sub Tropes to Video Game Cruelty include: