Hello Destructoid, I hope you're all doing well. As Sir Cantler has graciously informed us, it is indeed Friday, (at least, it still is here in Seattle) the most glorious day of the week. Some folk are just getting out of work, ready for their weekends to begin, others are engaged in fierce battle, and some, like myself, are ready, willing, and able to partake in one of the grandest weekend traditions: the imbibing of much alcohols.
Some may frown upon it, but as a 24 year old living with three other gents of similar age and interest, drinking and the end of the week have always come hand in hand. In our house, we all do our fair share of gaming, but while drinking always seems to coincide with the gaming, the two activities are never truly united. With that in mind and also in the interest of expanding on our weekend gaming habits (i.e. not just getting wasted and playing Rock Band), I bring to you what I hope to be a series of Friday installments of video game themed drinking games.

First up, MK vs. DC. One of my roomates recently acquired this from Gamefly. For the most part, I can't stand this game. I've never been partial to fighters (read: I suck balls at them), but when I do play them, my alliegence stands firmly behind Capcom. I've also never been an avid reader of DC comics, so even before turning it on I knew this game held little for me.
What I found, though, was some of the most hilarious cutscenes I have ever seen. You see, Marvel vs. Capcom succeeds because it doesn't try to drown you in some bullshit story. I just want to see Wolverine and Ryu beating the crap out of each other, I don't need to know why it's happening. For some reason, MK vs. DC really thinks we need to know just how Flash ends up going toe to toe with Kano. While this is completely absurd from the standpoint of a fighting game, these cutscenes make for a damned good drinking game.
Also, I only played this game for a little while before getting frustrated and quitting, so these rules are best suited to playing DC Universe.



MK vs. DC Rules
These rules mainly apply to the story mode cutscenes, add more drinks or rules wherever you see fit.

1 Drink:

A MK character says the name of another MK character
A DC character says the name of another DC character
Outside of the title screen, something that should be spelled with a C is spelled with a K
Someone has glowing yellow eyes (other than Scorpion)
Scorpion says "Get over here!"

2 Drinks:

A character inexplicably turns into another
A MK character says the name of a DC character (or vice versa)
Someone says, "Boom Tube" (one drink from that point on whenever you see one)

3 Drinks:

A character says their own name

The second drinking game is actually not a video game, but related enough to warrant inclusion. Consider this situation: you've got some friends over and you've been doing some drinking and some gaming, maybe toward the end of the night the gaming is starting to dull out. Reaction times are slowing, perhaps some heated arguments during losses over the functionality of controllers have occurred. Everyone still wants to drink, but nobody really wants to game. Well, keeping things thematic, that is when you turn to none other than Captain N: The Game Master!
It's one of those things I bought for nostalgia purposes, but unlike The Adventures of Pete and Pete, it does not hold up. This show is absolutely awful. Watching it today, I cringe at how brutally its creators pinned down and raped some of my fondest gaming memories. Although, if there are a few rounds coursing their way through my system, all of a sudden the show's glaring inconsistencies and misinterpretations turn from damnable behavior to comedy gold, and nothing helps to get me to that point of mental retardation more than this drinking game.



Captain N: The Game Master Rules

Drink anytime any of the following occur:

Mega Man preceeds a word with "mega"

Kid Icarus uses the suffix "icus" where it doesn't belong

Kid Icarus says "Simonious"

Mother Brain laughs hysterically

Simon Belmont looks at himself in a mirror

Eggplant Wizard excretes random vegetables

Kevin recalls a past gaming memory

Kevin uses his NES controller

If you want alcohol poisoning, use this rule:
Drink whenever you hear an NES sound effect

So there you have it, Dtoid. I hope you have an excellent and somewhat responsible Friday.
Also, I take no responsibility for any hangovers or blacked out misadventures you may have as a result of playing these games, nor for any of the underage kiddies getting any wise ideas and sneaking off to pop's liquor cabinet.

Cheers!