This one’s pulled from the forums.  Seeing as steroids and whatever other performance-enhancing substances our beloved pro athletes are injecting into their balls are back in the news, let us now apply the same probing eye to our video game characters.

Lots to choose from, for sure, but who sticks out to you as someone who is no doubt on the juice?

h/t Mach6

Dave: Chris Redfield from Resident Evil 5.  Normally it’ s the female body that is laughably out-of-proportion in the land of the consoles, but there is just something freaky about this dude’s musculature.

I’m all for bad-ass Alpha males as virtual protagonists, but when the homeboy you’re playing as appears to be either a) manufactured in a Petri dish, with one part human DNA and three parts HGH  or b) from the planet Bicepetra, then it’s tough to relate.

Well, maybe tough for you to relate to, you puny weakling.

Adam: While Haggar from Final Fight is a tempting selection (nobody who holds their arms out at that angle can possibly be chemical-free) I’m going old school with this one. He’s four hundred pounds of fire-breathing and mustached muscle, and about five feet tall.

STAY OUT OF MY WODKA

That’s right, baby. Karnov! If ever a video game franchise needed a reboot, it’s the Slav strongman. And Karnov’s Revenge doesn’t count. And he could totally kick the Bad Dudes‘ ass. He got robbed in that game, man. Robbed.

But seriously: look at the dude. He’s got a head like a basketball and a body like a transport truck. And he breathes fire. It’s probably a side-effect from the steroids.

Steve: Gotta give it to the guys in Delta Squad from Gears of War. Four of these guys together could bench press Optimus Prime!

"Dom, you utter the name 'Maria' one more time and i confiscate your Creatine!"