At OGN, we often turn to Dorkly and their video gaming humor, insights and opinions. One of the reasons for this is that most of their material is quite funny. The second reason is that they seem to have an affinity for retro games, with older games making many of their lists of the greatest, biggest, baddest, coolest etc. Well, once in a while we have to look at the other side of things…just to add a little balance.

In their Dorklyst presentation of June 21, 2011, Dorkly announced (in their opinion) the ten lamest mascots in video gaming history. There are bound to be some. Not every company has flagship characters like Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog. And some games maybe go too far off the beaten trail in an effort to be fresh with their mascots.

Often times, as much as 75% of the “cool” lists feature older games. How many of the lame game mascots could be considered classic? Well, a lot. Hey, it was a time when video games were still trying to find themselves. So who will you see on the list?

Crash Bandicoot was a shoe-in, coming along in 1996 for Sony well after Sega had the market cornered on kick ass, unusual creatures. The game is not so bad, but just what is a bandicoot, anyway? Similarly, everyone loved the Adventure Island series, kicking off in 1986…but Master Higgins is pretty much Mario in a grass skirt. And Hudson already had Bomberman, who wasn’t nearly so weird.

Like Sony’s attempt to make a funky mascot out of a strange animal, Tengen had to get in there and dig with Awesome Possum in 1993. But is he worse than Interplay’s gas-packed Boogerman? Check out the list and see who else is on it. If you are an old schooler, you will likely recognize them all…because this week’s Dorklyst is 100% retro. See it here.

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