Nothing instigates Holy Forum Wars like Top Ten Lists. I've seen them all; I've smelled the blood as it flowed across the text. Top Ten Toothpicks. Top Ten Clothes Pin Brands. Top Ten Dog Breeds (From one to ten: German Shepherd, Newfoundland, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Pharaoh Hound, Corgi, American bulldog, Redbone Coon Hound, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Scottish Terrier, thine Mother, Ha ha ha).
Video game-related Top Tens generate the most fun through flaming bitchslaps and the subsequent weeping. Screw Attack, a site that normally never seeks cheap attention through tits and swears has put together a video collection of the Top Ten Genesis Games with the aid of tits and swears.
The list seems straightforward enough, though some boneheaded things are undoubtedly said. I never played Strider on the NES or Genesis, but I remember it being near and dear to the hearts of those I love. Did the NES version really, er, suck? That really wasn't the impression I got.
I also question Screw Attack's choice of Sonic game. I was blown away by the first Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic 2 perfected near-perfection. Sonic 3 made me aware that the formula was getting a bit old. And I've never, ever been a fan of Sonic 3's music. I know that Michael Jackson contributed to it. I'm not even going to go for the cheap child-diddling joke here. Heck, I grew up in an era (the '80s, far better than your era) where every kid worshiped Michael and wanted to be just like him. Wow, did we ever dodge a bullet. Still, Michael was going through, um, a transition by the mid-'90s and it didn't translate into any kind of video game music I enjoyed. When I listen to the digital equivalent of raindrops hitting an empty tin of beans, I demand the best.
There. I thought I was above Top Ten controversy and I went ahead and got myself sucked into a round of "Sonic 2 was better than Sonic 3, a-bloo-bloo-bloo." I can't wait for Screw Attack's next big project: The Top Ten Game Music Pieces. Ever.
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