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Oh, hi there. Didn’t see you enter. Anyways, welcome to my humble little blog. For those of you not familiar with who I am, the name’s Brian. I’m 24 years old and hail from Findlay, Ohio. I work at the local newspaper here as a copy editor, putting my four long years of college to actual use. Kind of. I think.

For those of you who might recognize me from elsewhere, I work as Assistant Gaming Editor over at Blogcritics Gaming and as Features Editor over at Tomopop. It's a lot of work, but it's worth it because I get to do a lot of cool shit with a lot of cool people.

I've been gaming since the relatively young age of around 3 and I've played plenty of games, both good and bad. I'm continuously expanding my gaming collection, which has become more of an archive in recent years as I'm focusing on collecting older, less well-known titles. You'd honestly be surprised on what people are missing out on in bargain bins...



Other than gaming, I love anime, manga, sports, movies, TV, and a whole lot more. I also happen to have something of a legendary love for Cammy, to the point that I am the site's unofficial official Cammy fanboy. And yes, I do play as her in Street Fighter and do so quite well, too.

Also, I am Chad Concelmo's B.F.F., my prize for coming in first in The Great Retro Quiz .18 - ActRaiser. Accept no substitutes. Not even Aerox.

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Worst. Character. Ever. - TRIPLE THREAT THROWDOWN OF TERROR
Brian Szabelski | 10:54 PM on 02.19.2008 36 comments


The time is here. The votes have been counted. For the past three months, you have made your voices heard, whittling a field of 48 characters from all genres and consoles down to three. And now, it's your turn to decide which one deserves the crown of being the king of bad. It's time for:

Worst.
Character.
Ever.
TRIPLE
THREAT
THROWDOWN
OF
TERROR

Yes, it's finals time! You get to vote for the winner finally. But who among these three will walk home as champion?

Shaq Bracket Winner: Bam Margera



Games: Tony Hawk series (2001-current), Scarface: The World is Yours (voice-acting role) (2006)

Why he sucks: Widely considered to be annoying as hell, Bam Margera snuck his way into Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, where he hada small presence until Underground. It was at that point, where Bam started becoming a major character, that the series nose-dived and finally got embarrassed by EA's skate. this past fall. And for a large part of it, Bam's annoying and stupid antics can be blamed for it because those antics helped turn the series from semi-arcade to full-on arcade game play. And that, my friends, is why Underground 2 is the last one in the series I bought or asked for.

On top of that, Bam, while being in the Tony Hawk series, has not skateboarded professionally in YEARS. He's a member of Team Element, yes, but he does not compete in the highly-competitive events or the X Games. So why bother including him anymore?

Navi Bracket Winner: Glover



Games: Glover (1998)

Why he/she/it sucks: It only took Glover one chance to completely become forgettable. He's a glove, who uses a ball to attack enemies. No voice acting, no real story, no personality. Not to mention Glover the game was buggy and looked ass-tastic.

Tingle Bracket Winner: Aerosmith



Games: Revolution X (1996), Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (2008)

Why they suck: Though they've never been playable characters, they've been a part of one of the worst games ever in Revolution X and may be gunning for a second one in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith. As a band, they're generally fine, but we're not talking about their music. We're talking about them being a big part of an atrocious game where you shot CDs at enemies to save music and overthrow a lizard humanoid queen. There, I saved you the effort of playing the game.

So here you go, Destructoid community. Voting ends February 24, 2008 at midnight EST. Pick your poison, make your voice heard, and determine once and for all... who is the




Worst.




Character.




Ever.



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power-glove's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 22:58
power-glove
Wham!
Bam!
Thank you maam!
Aerox's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:02
Aerox
Bam
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:02
MrSadistic
IT HAS BEGUN!

Tough decision here... but I'll go with Bam based on douche baggery alone.
DanielMachine's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:14
DanielMachine
Aerosmith. I've played Revolution X. Ugh.
Urashima's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:15
Urashima
Hrmm...this is truly a tough call.

Im gonna have to LIVE ON THE EDGE and vote for...........

Aerosmith. So much fail in one band.
Upgrayedd's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:17
Upgrayedd
Glover
JRisJunior's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:23
JRisJunior
merrrr...

bam is going down.
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:26
Samit Sarkar
I gotta go with Bam here. What a waste of life.
wesman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:39
wesman
bam.
I would rather play glover 64 with my butt cheeks than see bam slap his half naked father again.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:49
Wedge
Michael Jackson.
Silverhertz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:53
Silverhertz
That cock sucking prick Bam
F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/19/2008 23:57
F Whipple
I used to play Revolution X at my bowling alley all the time...it was awesome

I guess I'll go with glover
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 00:14
Guagloves
This was a tough choice, but I have to go with Glover.
Floyd1911's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 00:27
Floyd1911
bam
Cutie Honey's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 00:33
Cutie Honey
Glover, him and his stupid ball...
007's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 00:43
007
Bam
Atlas's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 00:56
Atlas
GLOVER
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 00:59
Darren Nakamura
My vote goes to Bam Margera. You said it yourself, he almost singlehandedly turned the Tony Hawk series from gold to crap (Neversoft might have had something to do with it too). Glover was crap, but he was destined to be crap. Revolution X, despite being completely awful, also had the "so bad it's kind of maybe a little bit good" quality to it. I'll admit, I liked it, despite recognizing it's inane story and cheap thrills.

But Tony Hawk's Pro Skater was the best. Then Bam's character's presence (and his influence on the design) totally ruined the experience for me. Bam Margera is the worst. Character. Ever.
Gangles's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 02:16
Gangles
SORA!

really Bam
stevephoenix's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 03:42
stevephoenix
Bam, THUG2 was a pile of shite, before that i didnt mind him so much, i thought the Alcatraz level in THPS 3 or 4 (whichever it was) where you go down in a shopping trolley was quite fun and even though they seemed to have shyed away from him in the last 2 games just the fact that he's even in them at all annoys me to the point of madness.
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 04:24
Knivy
Bam!
Cowzilla3's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 07:44
Cowzilla3
Bam brought down an entire franchise that was good, the other two just failed at starting them.

I vote Bam.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 08:25
king3vbo
Bam Margera, FUCK THAT DUDE
Dynamic Sheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 08:55
Dynamic Sheep
glover
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 09:59
mix
Glover
PsychoSoldier's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/20/2008 11:46
PsychoSoldier
Glover
No shutdown's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 09:49
No shutdown
glover.
Simply because the other two were actual people turned characters in shitty games.

And all glover has is being a shitty character in a shitty game.
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