And the Greatest Video Game Dog of All Time Is...

MTV Multiplayer tapped a number of industry folks to judge their latest stop on the road to their naming the Greatest Animal in the History of Video Games.

In January they named the greatest horse of videogamedom, Epona, from the Legend of Zelda series. This month they selected the best dog, PaRappa the Rapper, of course.

The judges this time around were Leigh Alexander, of Gamasutra and Sexy Videogameland, Tofuburger of I Can Has Cheezburger, Evan Wells of Naughty Dog, and myself.... of here.

Hit up the site to read everyone's reasoning and their number two and three spots. I picked the dog in Duck Hunt and the zombie dogs of Resident Evil as my runners-up.

And The Award For Greatest Video Game Canine Goes To... [MTV Multiplayer]

Developer NanaOn-Sha has churned out some pretty great music games like PaRappa The Rapper and UmJammer Lammy. Games so great they deserve to be immortalized in musical instruments. Over the holidays, reader Landon found these Parappa guitar picks in Osaka. He writes:

I play drums, not guitar, but I had to PICK (get it?) them up.

PaRappa Creators Re-Team For Wii Exclusive

"We are incredibly excited to be working with talent of this caliber and believe our game shares the same broad mass market appeal as successful music-based products like Activision's Guitar Hero and MTV's Rock Band."

At Least Threadless Love E For All

Community t-shirt vendor Threadless is no stranger to video game collaborations/sponsorships. They've held design contests centered around themes like PaRappa the Rapper, LocoRoco and Bioshock—and they ain't stoppin' now. Partnering with E For All for their latest competition, budding Illustrator users can win fabulous prizes, including a Wii, cold hard cashola, and tickets to the E For All expo.

So make with the puns and emo imagery, kids, and let's do this.

E For All Loves Threadless [Threadless]

J-Pop, Robotic Dogs and Parappa the Rapper

by Brian Ashcraft

Nana0n-Sha's office isn't an office. It's an apartment. For those who've been in Japanese houses, the entry way contains familiar items like a shoes box and slippers. A short hallway leads into a living room and a partition. On the other side of the partition, I can hear keyboard clacking and mouses clicking. The office is 60 percent women, and women drift in and out. "I want to make games that appeal to both men and women," Nana0n-Sha founder and PaRappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura tells me. "It's the same as music. If music only appeals to men, it sounds very, very ugly."

Matsuura tells me he didn't really buy that many games before becoming a game designer. He was busy with other things, namely being a major Japanese pop star for Sony Music.

Frankenreview - PaRappa The Rapper (PSP)

PaRappa the Rapper has been re-released for the PSP. A cult classic on the original PlayStation, the prospects of portable embarrassment were just too much for developers to pass up. So now, for $29.99, you can get an unlimited number of crazy looks during your commute to school/work/rap school.

How has the game aged? And how is it on the portable platform? Hit the jump for our Frankenreview: (almost) every single review in the whole entire world.

Threadless Gets In On PaRappa T-Shirt Craze

Attention all budding Paul Frank wannabes! If you think you've got the t-shirt design chops to create the best PaRappa the Rapper tribute (specifically for shirts) head on over to Threadless with your copy of Adobe Illustrator and/or Photoshop primed and ready, then get crackin'. The PaRappa the Rapper Loves Threadless competition kicked off yesterday, just in time to promote the PSP remake, giving John Q. Designer an opportunity to show Paul Frank Industries exactly how it's done. Hurry, the contest ends August 16.

PaRappa the Rapper Loves Threadless [Threadless]

Week in Games: Post E3 Edition

Chop Chop Master Onion's Rap Showdown

Paul Frank's PaRappa The Rapper Tee

PaRappa the Rapper 3 Coming to PS3

PaRappa Music Designer on Game Music

Vib-Ribbon For PSN A Possibility

Gallery: Parappa - Original Gangsta

SCEA Confirms PSP PaRappa for U.S.

Rumor: Parappa Online Sequel Coming?

PaRappa Creator Wants Less Violence, More Rhythm, Faster TVs