Welcome to Hawty McBloggy’s Video Game March Madness, where the traditional participants of college basketball teams have been replaced with your favorite video games! This is the first round of games in the Sidekick Division. Confused? Lost? Have no idea what you are doing here? Go read up about the tournament specifics here.
Posted by BBJynne on March 19, 2009 at 7:03 am
Voting between Oregon Trail and Super Mario Bros almost broke my heart.
WHYYYYY did they have to face each other!? *cry*
Posted by Rhamsey on March 19, 2009 at 7:11 am
another fairly easy day of voting choices, sure i loved oregon trail, but it holds nothing to super mario bros
Posted by Mike on March 19, 2009 at 11:14 am
There are very few games that I would vote over Super Mario Bros ….
Posted by Socket on March 19, 2009 at 8:23 am
Halo…100%….lol
Posted by Das Kalk on March 19, 2009 at 8:45 am
Madden 94 stood no chance… nor did Shenmue
Posted by pancho on March 19, 2009 at 8:45 am
doesn’t anyone know about shenmue? well, i guess halo ce’s just that good…
Posted by A Shaky Shotgun on March 19, 2009 at 9:05 am
The only one that gave me any pause was CoD4 vs Conker.
Posted by BerserkerBarage on March 19, 2009 at 9:07 am
Conker FTW!!
Posted by BerserkerBarage on March 19, 2009 at 9:07 am
If Chrono Trigger doesn’t beat MK2 I will lose all faith in humanity.
I have SOTN over Gears of War as well. Sorry Cliffy B., if it would have been UT99 instead of GOW I might have actually gave a damn.
And Shenmue and Shenmue 2 are good games. They just aren’t anywhere near as good as HCE in it’s prime.
~B.B.
Posted by Ragingterror on March 19, 2009 at 10:22 am
If Chrono Trigger doesn’t beat MK2 I will lose all faith in humanity.
You and me both… and it looks like it’s actually going to happen. :(
Posted by BerserkerBarage on March 19, 2009 at 11:20 am
It didn’t get tough for me until I had to decide between Chrono Trigger and Halo CE later on in this bracket. I had CT beating SMB in a close close battle and then finally falling to HCE. Might not even get to see that lineup :**(
~B.B.
Posted by Mondo Titan on March 19, 2009 at 10:28 pm
it’s not looking very good.. *sadeface*. it cant get out this early on! people! if you know what’s good for you, vote! (it’s your right)
Posted by Kato on March 19, 2009 at 9:16 am
Kato has died of dysentery.
Posted by BerserkerBarage on March 19, 2009 at 9:29 am
This is how I knew I was going to be a video game nerd when I grew up. I named my kids stupid shit in Oregon Trail like “Exploding ass” so I could get funny messages like, “Exploding ass has died of dysentery”.
God I loved that game.
~B.B.
Posted by bs angel on March 19, 2009 at 1:50 pm
I played Oregon Trail recently and named all my people after Halo characters. :)
Posted by Kato on March 20, 2009 at 9:29 am
Maybe they need to make a Halo version of Oregon Trail:
Captain Keyes has died of flood infection.
Posted by Queen 0f Blades on March 19, 2009 at 10:41 am
Halo: 73 votes.
Shenmue: 1 vote.
Take that, Shenmue.
Posted by BerserkerBarage on March 19, 2009 at 11:23 am
I’m going to say this again:
If you don’t vote for Chrono Trigger, the terrorists have already won!!
~B.B.
Posted by Goopyshrey on March 19, 2009 at 11:54 am
This one was easier
Castlevania vs Gears though was tough
Posted by triptup on March 19, 2009 at 12:00 pm
i cant believe so many votes for rb2 over super metroid!
Posted by NartFOpc on March 19, 2009 at 12:10 pm
SotN losing to anything is disheartening
Posted by BerserkerBarage on March 19, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Chrono Trigger shouldn’t be losing. But then again, neither should Metroid, Quake, or SOTN.
How can people be voting Metal Gear Solid over Quake?!?!
Are John Carmack and American McGee going to have to kick your ass?
I mean Quake built internet-based FPS in ‘96. Pretty much the whole reason people like Halo is because of fundamentals built in Quake.
GAHHHHH!!!
~B.B.
Posted by Don A K Bab on March 20, 2009 at 2:56 am
People like me vote MGS over quake.
Quake was ok but I never really cared too much about it, whereas I loved the MGS series. The first of which was a great blend of stealth, action and in depth story telling.
You may not like it but this isn’t just your opinion now is it?
If that doesn’t work for you think about it like this, it’s just a bit of fun and doesn’t mean the slightest thing in the real world.
Posted by BerserkerBarage on March 20, 2009 at 6:56 am
We can argue subjective opinions all we wanted but Quake’s open source mods and Carmack’s TCP architecture in Quake revolutionized the market and pretty much every single PC/Console FPS game that came after it.
There is no way (IMO) that the “grand-daddy” of every online FPS should even be close to losing to Metal Gear Solid. I didn’t like the series until MGS3: Snake Eater, which thankfully was the first game in the series chronologically. So it actually partially made sense after playing the first 2.
Maybe some of my old PC-bias is coming out, I just don’t see a console game as being quite as influential as compared to Quake and really UT99.
~B.B.
Posted by DethPwn on March 23, 2009 at 7:56 pm
cough cough Quake=Machinima cough cough
Posted by Apollo Running on March 19, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Who voted for Shenmue? For shame…
Posted by Fezzer on March 19, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Can’t believe GOW is beating SOTN. :(
Posted by BerserkerBarage on March 19, 2009 at 3:48 pm
It makes no sense!?!? Did people not play SOTN? That’s the only thing I can tell myself to make sense of how a lot of these opening rounds are going today.
~B.B.
Posted by Phantom on March 20, 2009 at 3:07 am
Man. It’s close between Rock Band 2 and Super Metroid. haha. But for the three of you who voted AGAINST Halo: CE, I just don’t understand :(
Posted by StealthSpeed3 on March 20, 2009 at 5:38 am
Chrono Trigger and Conker should win…Chrono was one of the best RPGs on the SNES next to Secret of Mana and Super MArio RPG. Hell i’m still waiting for it to be released onto the Virtual Console, that’s a no-brainer for purchase.
As for Conker who doesn’t love a swearing squrrel and his escapade against the evil Teddiz? Recently had the chance to do some multiplayer with some friends and it was a blast! Conker BFD FTMFW!!
Posted by NartFOpc on March 20, 2009 at 10:21 am
Come on people, have you never played a castlevania game? If you have recently and enjoyed it, it is because of SotN! It was the first to introduce the open-ended rpg-element castlevania we know and love! So sadface…
Posted by TheChrisD on March 20, 2009 at 11:31 am
OK, who are the four wise-asses who voted for Shenmue :|
Posted by Draul on March 22, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Just voted for Super Metroid. I love Rockband 2 but I have to go with a classic.
Posted by DethPwn on March 23, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Mortal Kombat always angered me with the whole ‘k’ thing. Do they think they’re Kool? I’m gonna Kome to their Kastle and Kick them in the Krotch, or maybe Kill them by Kramming Krab Klaws in their Kornea… while listening to Korn. *giggles*