A good character can represent an entire generation or just a game genre that is powerful. No matter how far back we may go in gaming there is always a connection to be found and an experience that others can share with you. These mascots of the gaming world are much more than a person in a rubber suit representing our colleges or favorite sports teams. They represent a feeling, an idea and most importantly the power of the human mind.

1. The Mario Brothers:

Well this one is obvious, they’re basically the little Italian men that started it all. Hell, Mario is the guywho is dodging barrels and saving the damsel in distress before he even had a game himself. His nemesis is a guerrilla with an identity crisis who thought he was a donkey and there were more ladders than most of us would care to ever actually climb.

Then he met up with his brother and they went on to fight Bowser and save the Princess as well as the Mushroom kingdom. Mario and his brother Luigi are the most iconic characters in video game history and probably the most popular plumbers to never actually unclog a pipe. They’ve had cartoons, a movie and merchandise named after them. The Mario Brothers are where many of us started as gamers. We will always have fond memories of these brothers no matter what platform we’ve chosen as our favorite.

Valve is getting to me nerves now. No, not really. But come on, already! Announce Half Life 3, or Half Life 2- Episode 3 or what have you!

AusGamers asked Valve’s marketing boss Doug Lombardi in a video interview- “”Will we ever see [more Half-Life]?”

To which Lombardi replied by saying- “You will ever see it, yes. We are not done with Gordon Freeman’s adventures. I have nothing other than that to tell you today, but hang in there with us.”

Come on, Valve. Enough of this already. Stop tormenting us.

After an interview done by Edge about the future of Freeman, he responded by saying :

“We haven’t had a reason to change that. Most of what I’ve seen to date has been gimmicky and is entertaining for just a minute or so.”

And when asked if we will finally hear Gordon speak for the first time in a future title, he said:

“We’re not philosophically opposed to this, but we don’t have any good reasons to do it. Right now making your companions more interesting and compelling seems a more fruitful avenue to explore.”

No announcement of Episode 3 yet, even though its what the fans want, it seems that Valve has other things to do, you can understand them with the constant updates to Team Fortress 2 and with their latest release Left 4 Dead 2, i guess the only thing we have to wait for (again) is E3, surprise us Valve.

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