"Mass Effect keeps getting pulled into the spotlight for its potential to create a gay character. Through certain choices, your character can get some lovin' from characters of either (any?) gender. Combine that with the news out of various US states legalizing same-sex marriage (and the on-going struggle of my home state of California to eliminate Prop 8 altogether) [Don't worry, it's actually unconstitutional. ~Nick_Tan] and it's time to think about games that make me a proud LGBT gamer.
The initial thought my brain went to, however, was Cho Aniki." - Kevin Schaller
COG writes - You want to talk about bizarre games? We've got you covered with part two of our look at some of the strangest things you'll ever see in gaming.
Hey Poor Player's Francis DiPersio writes - "Flash back to February of 1995. Ai Cho Aniki, the second game in developer Masaya’s over-the-top Cho Aniki (Super Big Brother) series, flexed its way onto the PC Engine in Japan, delivering a staggeringly strange blend of testosterone-tinged horizontal shooter action to NEC’s 8bit powerhouse. While the original Cho Aniki put players in control of the hero and mystical maiden duo Idaten and Benten as they soared through a variety of stages, blasting biomechanical baddies and dodging bullets in a relatively conventional shooter, the sequel instead opts to squeeze players into the skin-tight swim trunks of the musclebound brothers Adol and Samson as they embark on what can only be described as the most gloriously homoerotic space shooter in homoerotic space shooter history. "
This reviewer certainly gave this game about muscular, sweaty, nearly naked men a pretty good score!
Some games are unique and innovative, while others are just flat out bizarre.
This game was rediculous.