* Hiding a body results in it SINKING INTO THE GROUND.
** The death animation for killing someone inside a vehicle, specifically a bus passenger... has the killed guy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHqOmAWntsI&t=52s begin to slump over in his seat before literally teleporting outside to fall over dead]].
* As far as some of the Let's Plays go, look no farther than this:
-->'''Sacriel''': "Player, over there, in the radar station."
-->'''Squadmate''': "Wait, where is he?"
-->''*A large CRACK issues forth as he fires his [=AS50=].*''
-->'''Sacriel''': "[[BondOneLiner Heaven]]."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru5RglF-I3E NO TEARS NOW, ONLY DREAMS!]]
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcbG1bUCG9s A man once tried to high-five a guy coming out of Grishino.]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint It really cements how brutal the world of DayZ can be.]]
** On the meta note, ''1TimeGames'' uploaded this then slept for 4 hours, only to wake up and find 250,000 views on the video.
* The Steam user reviews are [[http://imgur.com/a/ZGuDe comedy gold.]]
-->"A group of males handcuffed me and took my pants off. 10/10"
-->"Killed [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys a french man who]] [[AvertedTrope didn't]] [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys retreat]], only in Day-Z 10/10" [''sic'']
-->"This game offers a very realistic depiction of UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}}."
* The practice of sleeping inside the trunk of empty hatchback, in the middle of nowhere.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q2jn6N6LXU The DayZ Psychopath.]] Basically, a livestreaming player is [[ImplacableMan repeatedly chased down]] by a viewer, who screams [[UnstoppableRage hilarious, bloodthirsty rage]] all the while.
-->'''"I'M GOING TO WEAR YOU LIKE A CONDOM!"'''
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyBPp6TFx54&feature=share&list=UU4Ding5W4J7iU_lCWElylQw&index=2 DayZ: An Anthropological Study]]. The games journalist treats this as an actual case of ''field journalism'' and directly calls himself a "war correspondent" --and in the hostile, anyone-can-kill-you-for-any-reason environment, he really ''is'' a war correspondent.
* There is a ''Advertising/DumbWaysToDie'' involving this game. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tRkUpHXPSM See for yourself]].