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Video gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry, and the production values of the latest console or PC titles usually show it. Of course, it didn't always used to be that way. Thanks to the folks at GamesRadar you can now enjoy (or suffer through) the most spectacularly bad openings of all time without even having to play them. Admittedly, it doesn't start too badly. "Zero Wing" led to one of the Internet's most endearing memes, for example, and there are plenty of movies out there with terrible acting to laugh at. But when a poor imitation of James Earl Jones narrates the long winded introduction to "Savage Skies," nothing really makes sense. And perhaps "Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance" lost something in the translation? The true winner (or loser) is "Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road," released back in 1998 for the NES. This one is so bad that even GamesRadar dares you to walk the entire victorious path: "Think you have the stones to watch it from start to finish? We dare you to try, punk."

When Nintendo launched its Wii games console last year, many were surprised at just how quickly it took off (quite literally, for many). With every Wii comes a Mii of course, but for those uninitiated in such techno-babble, a "Mii" is simply a character you create on the console to represent yourself to friends and the Nintendo community. Here's the key, though: Miis don't have to look like you. Maybe you'd like Mr. T to be your gaming face? Or is Jay Leno more your style? Why not abandon celebrities and go for someone more historic, like Einstein or Honest Abe? Browse through the thousands of creative characters who have already crowded the Mii public square in categories like cartoons, science fiction, and music. We're pretty sure you'll find something here that'll make you wave your Wiimote in the air with joy.