The Game Years
Sony releases the PlayStation 5
2020
Crash Bandicoot
Bandicoot
"Commando"
This "In Living Color" star played a hyperactive version of Dr. Robotnik in 2020's "Sonic the Hedgehog"
Jim Carrey
A small Colorado town that's plagued by a Mecha-Streisand, a mob of change mooching homeless and zombies with pinkeye undergoes beautification initiatives designed by city employee Leslie Knope
South Parks & Recreation
Atari paddle game that became a breakout hit for the arcade in 1976
"Breakout"
Pac-man first chomps his way into arcades
1980
Tails Miles Prower
Fox
2006 James Gunn film about an alien species of slugs that turns a small town into acid spitting zombies
"Slither"
The controversial director of video game film adaptations of "Bloodrayne," "House of the Dead" "Alone in the Dark" movies that have a combined Rotten Tomatoes score of 8%
Uwe Boll
Archie Bunker opines on everything from his famous chair when Peter Griffin says "You think that's bad?" and the whole scene cuts to an unrelated pop culture reference joke
All in the Family Guy
Mojang Studios' sandbox gaming hit in which players mine, craft and build in a pixelated world
"Minecraft"
Harmonix's "Rock Band" adds drums and a mic to the "Guitar Hero" experience
2007
Conker
Squirrel
Prospero tells Miranda, "Be collected. No more amazement. Tell your piteous heart/There’s no harm done" in Act I of this Shakespeare tragedy
The Tempest
Mark Wahlberg
Sylvester Stallone returns as the rampaging Green Beret alongside a fallen stallion star voiced by Will Arnett who plots his own comeback
RamBoJack Horseman
Esports legend EternaLEnVy is known to do tattoos on his arms for this Valve game on which he went pro
"Dota 2"
The Xbox Kinect puts players' bodies in control of the game (badly)
2010
Winston from "Overwatch"
Gorilla
1974 Queen hit in which Freddie Mercury sings about a woman who "keeps her Moet et Chandon, in her pretty cabinet"
"Killer Queen"
Lara Croft leaves her life as a bike courier to pick up the trail of the tomb of the mythical Queen Himiko started by her father named Lord "this" Croft
Richard
A hired assassin pursue an actor career while also pursue his love of children's literature with the help of host Levar Burton
BarReading Rainbow (Barry & Reading Rainbow)
This creator of "The Sims" says he will write an AI simulation game based on the player's memories called "Proxi"
Will Wright
Nintendo releases the first "Super Mario kart" game on the Super Nintendo
1992
Knuckles from the "Sonic" Universe
Echidna
Physics term for the smallest amount of any physical entity involved in an interaction
1999's "Wing Commander" featured Matthew Lillard has this crazed wingman from the game
Todd "Maniac" Marshall
Father Eugene Levy and his son Daniel created and star in this Fox's 90 sitcom about a purple feline whose motto "It never hurts to help" ends up hurting him
Schitt's CrEek! the Cat
Epic Games was originally called Potomoc Computer Systems when it released this action-adventure title for DOS in 1991 using the studio's ZZT-oop computer language
"ZZT"