Board Thread:The Reference Desk/@comment-25566332-20121215234206/@comment-4139960-20121215234759

Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting question, but still, do game overs and life losses count as alternative endings, or do are you referring to something in the line of an actual "bad ending" that's appeared in several video games? (I'm not really familiar with games that use alternative endings depending on playthrough or playtime, so I can't give a specific example)