10. You are flat-broke and it costs like, 99 cents a pack. Come on. You really need to buy another game? You're living off of kool-aid and bread. Priorities, man.

9. The promise of tomorrow - tomorrow you will not be hungry with Top Ramen.

8. It takes only about ten minutes to cook. You can eat it in the morning, eat it in the evening, eat it at suppertime. It's like Bagel Bites, but it's better because it's ramen.

7. People in Yakuza 3 probably eat ramen, irregardless of English language skill.

6. You can make it while drunk and not screw it up. Probably not screw it up. Okay, you can probably burn yourself, but really, that's just learning a life lesson. You can't learn life lessons from Gears of Wars and Killzones, unless that lesson is about bro love.



5. Avatars - Top Ramen will never have them. Or, alternatively, you could consider yourself the real-life Top Ramen Avatar. If you are a crazy person.

4. You can eat ramen in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Sons of the Liberty Eaters. Old Snake likes his noodles.

3. There is a wide variety of flavors, such as spicy chili, or perhaps shrimp.

2. You're hungry.



1. Yojimbo. You all know what I'm talking about.