Growing up with the Ninja Turtles and Saturday morning cartoons, we also had some of the strangest TV commercials—especially when it comes to video games.

Mike offends Perry. Allison offends James. The Bender offends all. Download now!

WTFriday shines a spotlight on an awesome Mega Man/”Beat It” mash-up, Microsoft’s decision to lure potential Internet Explorer users with freakin’ Nickelback music, and This Week in Crime. Also, our weekly awards and an ode to Canada.

An interesting episode of The Bender, no Allison, no game talk till about 15 minutes in, you’ve been warned!

We love our video game music around here. Not enough to pick up an instrument and record ourselves like the people on this list, but we still love our video game music.

Will Wright leaves EA… to join EA. Yu Suzuki leaves SEGA… to join SEGA. Konami announces a game based on the Iraq War, Midway is sinking faster and faster, and rumor has it that we’ll be hearing about a new Xbox 360 bundle. Awesome? You bet your ass.