Q: What has two thumbs and has been featured in 14 games in 12 years, losing all the charm that might have at one point made it the unofficial mascot of a very successful game console, and which now, frankly, just makes us sigh every time we hear that another game in its series has been released?
A: This guy.
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When I worked in LA our company did a flash version of a Crash Bandicoot boss level. It might have been better than the real thing. I still remember that feeling playing CB for the first time and thinking why the fuck do people like this game?
Much like 20″ rims, I think the appeal was in the spinning.
RCP — I barely remember playing it at the time, but I do remember Mario 64 and a plethora of exotic Sega Saturn titles.
I considered doing a similar entry about Lara Croft, but the term “whoring” in that context just seemed ungentlemanly.
*imagines a picture of Lara Croft in an identically leering pose and falls over laughing*
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So true. I remember a pair of naive, wide-eyed roommates who were agog at the likes of Crash and Lara Croft, only to see their own careers easily eclipse those of their video icons in the intervening years.