Charles Barkley should have had a fighting game. This is the truth my mind has reached after almost of week of having Barkley on the brain. It seem like such a simple logic to me, but perhaps you may need to be convinced. That’s okay. I’d be happy to explain. The sad fact of the matter is that Charles Barkley did not have his own fighting game, nor did his lease his likeness for use in a fighting game (Shaq-Fu), but he did have his own basketball game (which makes sense for a basketball player). Growing up, I had some sort of idea, from watching whatever games I happened to watch and talking with friends, as to who Barkley was.
1. Charles Barkley loves easy money (which he calls scams). This is the main motivation as to why Charles Barkley would ever lend his likeness to a fighting game, buckets of money.
2. Reason 2 (labeled twice as 2): Charles Barkley threw a man through a plate glass window. Guy loves fighting. This was during his “I am not a role model” and what better way to play up his bad boy image than having a fighting game.
3. Now, more than ever, Shaq and Charles are “rivals.” This really needs quotes because I don’t know what their rivalry is over any more. Who can say/mumble the most nonfactual statement? Maybe who can punk Ernie or Kenny? Because it certainly has nothing to do with actual played basketball. The best thing to legitimize their rivalry is for Charles Barkley to have fighting game to compete against Shaq-Fu. Maybe Shaq will demand a new video game called Shaq-Two. This is all just speculation but if any of them comes to fruition: Charles gets paid, Shaq gets his demands met, fans/writers get something to go “what?” about, and two people who have really been dying to experience Barkley Kombat will finally experience their dreams become a reality.
