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?FUCK AND YES. PARAPPA THE RAPPER IS COMING BACK. Well, at least according to the new issue of Game Informer (according to Playstation LifeStyle). I really don’t have the words to tell you how delighted I am by this, as I love all the PaRappa games.
However, this alone won’t get me to buy a PS3. You know what would, Sony? An Um Jammer Lammy sequel — yes, the guitar-based sister game to PaRappa — using a Rock Band or a Guitar Hero guitar peripheral. Hell, bring back Katy Kat and Maa-san and let’s get the whole band back together. The music for Um Jammer actually blew PaRappa away; “Got to Move” has been on about 77% of all the mix CDs I’ve ever made. You know, perhaps I’m not being clear: I would murder every single one of you in your sleep if it meant getting a new Um Jammer Lammy game. And I’d buy a PS3, too.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.