{"id":42,"date":"2011-07-20T12:21:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T12:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gamingforgod\/?p=42"},"modified":"2011-07-21T10:50:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T14:50:46","slug":"should-game-marriage-be-legal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gamingforgod\/2011\/07\/should-game-marriage-be-legal.html","title":{"rendered":"Should Game Marriage Be Legal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/281\/2011\/07\/ds-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45\" title=\"ds 1\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/281\/2011\/07\/ds-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>That&#8217;s right, I went there.\u00a0 Game marriage.\u00a0 You know all about it, the sin where two video games come together to make one game.\u00a0 Mario vs. Sonic, Tekken vs. Street Fighter, E.T. vs. Duke Nukem Forever&#8230; okay that last one wasn&#8217;t real<strong> BUT WHAT IF IT WAS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Is there one good thing that game marriage has brought to this world?\u00a0 Marvel vs. Capcom, you say?\u00a0 Okay, but I mean really, that was more like two big Japanese\/American families fighting with each other (<em>awesome!<\/em>) than a true game marriage.\u00a0 Kingdom Hearts?\u00a0 That was a video game and a bunch of movies, still a little terrifying but TOTALLY different.\u00a0 Super Smash Bros.?\u00a0 Well, that was more like polygamy, and you know who was polygamous?\u00a0 KING DAVID <strong>AND<\/strong> KING SOLOMON.\u00a0 Yeah, how many books of the best selling book-of-forever have <strong>you<\/strong> written?\u00a0 That&#8217;s what I thought.<\/p>\n<p>Are you giving up yet?\u00a0 Ready to accept the truth?\u00a0 Here it is:<\/p>\n<p>All game marriage results in is horror and strife for everyone.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Contra vs. Duck Hunt\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/16U394NZSTk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>These games are threatening the very existence of normal games that are living normal lives!!\u00a0 Yeah, sure, half of them are junk too, but <strong>THAT ISN&#8217;T WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT<\/strong>.\u00a0 Look at all the lives ruined by game marriage, look at all the awful things it is doing to our society!!<\/p>\n<p>They can&#8217;t even have <em>sequels<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gamingforgod\/files\/2011\/07\/Mario-Sonic-at-the-London-2012-Olympic-Games-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46\" title=\"Mario-Sonic-at-the-London-2012-Olympic-Games-Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/281\/2011\/07\/Mario-Sonic-at-the-London-2012-Olympic-Games-Logo-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a>Shoot&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s right, I went there.\u00a0 Game marriage.\u00a0 You know all about it, the sin where two video games come together to make one game.\u00a0 Mario vs. Sonic, Tekken vs. Street Fighter, E.T. vs. Duke Nukem Forever&#8230; okay that last one wasn&#8217;t real BUT WHAT IF IT WAS. 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