Originator of ALL YOUR BASE Terrible Secret of Space (jesus christ bananas, you guys) and producer of fine flash cartoons the world over, Something Awful occasionally posts something game related and it's usually gold. Sunday's front-page article was an expose of the all-time worst video game title screens.

This title screen is proof positive that the ESRB rating system is ineffective. You really want to keep kids away from violent video games? Just put some horrifying mascot like this one on the title screen. Hell, "College Slam" isn't even a violent video game and I know for a fact its logo worked - my little brother used to be terrified of it. He wouldn't even go in the living room when I was playing PlayStation for fear that I'd turn the game on just to scare him. Not many people can claim they made a five-year-old piss his pants by chasing him around the house with a basketball they found in the garage, but by god I can.

I can actually share this claim to greatness, as I too chased Evan "Pantsfish" Wade's tiny brother with sports equipment and yes, eventually he squirted.

Other victims of this almight List include the Genesis' Shove It! The Warehouse Game, Mission Impossible for the N64, and Dennis Miller: That's News to Me for the 3DO. Thanks for the tip, Dorcas. Eliza gauger

Shove It! The Dredd of Sgt. Slaughter's Basketball with Teeth [Something Awful]

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