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God Bless 'Merica: Top 10 Patriotic Games Evar

Posted by Cole Stryker

 

Whooo! Break out the tater salad and grill up some lil' smokies! You'd better be dang sure them pigs are in blankets, too. With Independence Day coming up, this is the perfect weekend to indulge in a little casual ethnocentrism! Our international readers can skip this one, because they're not invited! USA! USA!

The list, AFTER THE JUMP.

Patriotic Pinball: Maybe you like pinball, but wish it had more WWII dogfights and boyish navy dudes. 

 

Smash TV: "Big Money! Big Prizes! I love it!" In this fictional 1999, reality TV was like American Gladiators, but with fewer mulles and more disembowlment.

 
Wolfenstein 3D: At the end of this game you face off against Adolph himself, dual-weilding a pair of gatling guns. 

 

Dukes of Hazzard: Return of General Lee: Help the Duke boys save an orphanage from Boss Hogg's greed. 

 

Big Mutha Truckers: Ma' Jackson challenges her four children, Cletus, Earl, Rawkus, and Bobbie-Sue, to a "Trial by Truckin."


Redneck Rampage: You could actually buy a downloadable "Cuss Pack" for a buck, unlocking the FPS's naughty language.

 America's Army: We all know this was developed by the real army to train tomorrow's super soldiers. Developed with your tax dollars.

 

Ikari Warriors: While the Japan-only sequel had you play as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara (no joke!), the original featured Paul and Vince taking down a brutal banana republic. 

 

Cabela's Big Game Hunter: The farm kids who went to my school all loved playing this game at our local Walmart. 

 

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: The opening sequence actually freaked my WWII vet grandfather out a bit.

 

Happy America Day everyone! Now go bake a flag cake. Stay the course.  


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Comments

Brocken said:

You wound me, sir. FYI, I'm American.

July 3, 2008 11:10 PM

Joel Button said:

You forgot Metal Wolf Chaos.

tvtropes.org/.../MetalWolfChaos

July 5, 2008 8:27 AM

Demaar said:

I woulda SO bought Metal Wolf Chaos had it come out in a region that matched my Xbox's.

July 6, 2008 6:44 AM

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