“Well, I really do love Super Smash Brothers. It’s a great series…but, Nintendo hasn’t asked me yet if they can use Mega Man in their game. I’m still waiting…we have a little bit of time left, it’s not coming out for another few months. They might get around to asking us if we’d like to put Mega Man in Super Smash Brothers. Maybe if somebody from Nintendo is listening to this podcast, they’ll give me a call.” - Keiji Inafune

The following statement was made during a Q&A session the latest Bionic Commando podcast by Keiji Inafune. He tells us that Nintendo has not approached him for Mega Man to be in brawl, however he said there is still time and he is still waiting. It sounds like he wants Mega Man in Brawl. I only wished I could get the e-mail address from Nintendo so I can tell them how much people want Mega Man in Brawl. Another honorable mention who should be added to Brawl and would be a great addition is Simon Belmont from the Castlevania series by Konami.

Guess we might need to wait and found out. There have been rumors of a new Megaman game for Wii. While no proof and its all speculation and I hope Megaman goes to his old roots. The Network crap isn’t even fun to play.

Ah yes, the age old question that has existed since the arrival of video games themselves. Do games cause violence in kids? Do they make kids want to fight each other? Are kids mixing up reality with fantasy? Well, obviously the general answer is no, of course not. But opponents of video game like super conservative Jack Thompson, have made it their personal crusade to make sure that “violent” video games don’t make it out into the market because apparently they believe it does causes violence. And while it’s a good thing that the majority of us don’t believe the BS, there are a growing number of people who do. Which is why the stupid dumbasses i’m writing about here is just contributing to the false pretense that games do cause violence in kids…or in this case teenagers.

Two teens in Colorado were charged on Tuesday with child abuse, resulting in the death in one of the teen’s 7 year old little sister, Zoe. Apparently they were acting out the fight scenes from Mortal Kombat. The game console they were playing was not mentioned however. Heather Trujillo, 16, and her boyfriend, Lamar Roberts, 17, of Westminster are currently being held on $100,000 bond. The little girl known as Zoe, had died from blunt force trauma to her brain and central nervous system. The Weld County Coroner stated that her her right wrist was broken, her body had more than 20 bruises, her neck muscles were bleeding and skin near her tongue had been torn. Jesus Frickin Christ. How the hell can someone do such a thing?

Now here is where it gets even more stupid. Heather Trujillo was suppose to be babysitting her sisters when her and her boyfriend began to savagely hit and kick Zoe, reenacting Mortal Kombat. Lamar Roberts who claimed to be a martial-arts expert with his hands registered as “lethal weapons”, said Zoe had asked him to stop hitting her but that he didn’t because “…I was drunk.” Roberts had performed a back kick on her, and then kicked her again as she ran towards him. I’m not quite sure what the hell was going on here if Zoe asked him to stop hitting her. Zoe then fell down, stopped breathing, and didn’t get back up. The two teens wait 15 minuted before attempting to revive her. They placed her into a bathtub which temporarily revived her, but then she stopped breathing again. Roberts then, of all dumbass things decides to cracked an egg in her mouth “to see if she was messing around with them.” Of course it didn’t work.

A famous fatality scene for the original Mortal Kombat game that caused a stir in the 90s.

Now there’s a lot of things going on with this piece of news. Was it the the game that caused the violence? Was the alcohol? Or was it just the stupidass teens themselves? Personally, I think the teens were dumbasses on their own terms. The alcohol also obviously play a part in it since teens shouldn’t be drinking anways (yeah we all did we were under-aged :P, but it doesn’t make it right). As for the Mortal Kombat game itself, I don’t believe it mattered at all. They could of have been watching some Jet Li flick, Lord of the Rings, or even the Rocky series which could have triggered the idea to start beating up on the girl.

This kind of incident just makes me sick. I feel bad for the little girl’s family and I seriously hope these two idiots gets whats coming to them. Not to mention, this incident also provides more ammo for anti-video game activists to complain about. Its bad enough that we have Jack Thompson running around trying to banned any potentially cool game that comes out, but now he gets to run his mouth again about how video game is causing violence. So if any of you out there have the urge to reenact your favorite video game, quit being stupid and stop now! Join a martial arts gym, take up boxing, or MMA instead.

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One more post for the night. I am a huge fan of James Rolfe and his work. Especially his angry nerd stuff. He has posted a new holiday special here: Angry Video Game Nerd.

I have been watching this guys stuff for close to two years. Word of caution, if you are offended by poop humor or harsh language, the ‘Nerd’ is not for you. He is basically a guy who reviews crappy games (most of which, are from the Nintendo and Atari Era) and goes on and on about how horrible they are. Some people get tired of his constant swearing, but I actually find it quite funny.

Discuss the Angry Video Game Nerd (formerly the Angry Nintendo Nerd) on our forums: Here

Then, if you like his work, check out his Site.

While doing some searching for 8-bit gear and info I found this awesome Tie that I just couldn’t pass up without posting.

I definately want to order one of these, especially since I actually have to wear a tie for work.

8-Bit Tie

Since I am so into the whole nostalgic gaming thing. You know, with my whole series on it and the cool Nintendo Raps, I figured I should continue that trend.

So here it goes. A bunch of ol’ skool Nintendo commercials for your viewing pleasure.

A few of the commercials didn’t load, but most of them played just fine.

Old NES Commercials

Also, if you are an OS X user, like me, you can view MPEGS with this quicktime plugin: Perian 

Take a look at these videos and have fun discussing the old days in our Forums.