@slim934: Bravo.

@Shinta: Why is it common sense? They are not making money off this. They are not trying to claim ownership of the brand or idea. They are not competing with an existing Streets of Rage game. If Sega got off their asses and decided to actually make a new SOR game, would people not buy it because they had this 16-bit…

Fuck you, Sega. I remember playing it while it was still in development, and tearing shit up with Shiva was amazing. I'll have to find somewhere to grab the finished version now.

Heh heh... "gaping hole".

@ThreeOneFive: Figurine Bukkake is the name of my new art-noise electronic musical project.

@nz: I know some models that would beg to differ.

Can you stop posting these during the day? I don't have a change of pants at work, you know.

It's the Scouring of the Shire! Tolkien warned us!

@Dan Lee: 12 years old and already read 1984? And duznt rite liek dis? There may be hope for humanity after all!

Simple answer: because being evil in real life carries consequences few of us are prepared to deal with (unless you're a Wall Street banker or other corporate figure). So it's something that we can only experience through games.

@unruly: Yea, but come on, how can you not want to look like these guys?

This just goes to show that we have now gotten to the point where if you buy a game, you're not buying a physical product - you're buying a 'license' to play the that can be terminated at the company's discretion. I realize that the physical game disk-in-a-box paradigm is no longer relevant in the digital world, but…

@Smooth JA: At least this looks better than the movie, though that's not saying much. I dig the music.

@VincentGrey: Yea, exactly. The people who keep putting the first Mario Bros. game or the original Legend of Zelda (or stuff like Tetris and Pac-Man) on these lists are the people who grew up in the 80's. To anyone younger who doesn't share the nostalgia, these games simply aren't relevant. It's good to have a sense…

@Bubbleman! gets the Lead out.: Mr. Iwata, don't you have important CEO business to attend to?

Hmm... what could have been done to make these games sell better?

Third paragraph up from the rating system, "Seek my council in ranking a target" - should be counsel.

@killakoopa: They do make him the king of the desert people, so...

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. And I'm gonna come out and say it stronger than the people below - I fully support 'pirating' old games. Yes, legal re-releases on Steam and XBLA are great. But we all know that they'll never re-release more than like 5% of all the old games that would have been lost to time if not for…

@RightFootStar: Seriously? The "Jewish mother" joke has been a staple of Jewish and American comedy for decades. I'm Jewish and every single Jew I know makes jokes like this. Please, let's not let political correctness destroy harmless humor.