Cock-up Cascade

A unbroken chain of bad decisions, usually resulting in the creation of something that is bad in theory and even worse in practice. First used by video game reviewer Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw.

Yahtzee: "Homefront: The Revolution is a perfect example of a cock-up cascade."

by Father Gascoigne January 17, 2017

Cock-up cascade

A stealth video game situation where stealth is no longer an option and you can either fight and will probably die, or restart from the last checkpoint.

"cock-up cascade isn't a problem in that game"

by Labradorite July 28, 2022