I can't hate Ronin Warriors (for purists, Samurai Troopers, yadda yadda).

It's like hating Godzilla or the old Star Trek. Actually, I think my parents would disown me if I dared to hate Star Trek. I'm sort of a purebred geek.

So I picked up a pretty cheap DVD at Suncoast 'cuz it was on sale, Kerri and I wanted to relive the glory days of our youth, and fuck if I didn't need me some good ol' fashioned '80s anime.

So now I have Ronin Warriors sitting among Neverending Story, Willow, and Indiana Jones.

Of course we watched it. We kind of had to, because Becca had gotten Silence of the Lambs which frankly scares the bejesus out of me. Right up there with 'The Ring'.

And of course we watched it dubbed.

I forgot how much I missed phrases like 'Radical' and 'I'm gonna kick your butt', complete with one guy talking in what I'm assuming is an attempt at a British accent. A British person that says 'Totally radical man!'.

I thought my spleen was going to explode, I was laughing so damned hard.

What I never realized was how freaking gay everyone in that show is. I mean, you don't notice these things when you're nine years old and these blokes are tiding you over until you can get your next ninja turtles fix. Nor when your 13 and doing your homework while watching toonami.

But you sure notice it when you're 20, snuggled in a beanbag chair with your roommates, and it's movie night.

And then there was the watermelon Smirnoff.

Thus was born the Ronin Warriors Drinking game: Every time there is something gay going down, take a shot.

Double shot when the blonde guy does the hair flip.

Double shot every time the pudgy guy says 'Hard Rock'.

Triple shot if 'swords' are mentioned. For example: "He sure gets worked up when it comes to swords".

Double shot for when someone sparkles.

Now, I don't recomend playing this with heavy-duty alcohol. Believe me, you'd be shitfaced before the end of the first episode. We recomend fruit flavoured Smirnoff, 'cuz it's not too strong and tastes like jolly ranchers. S'yummy. Prolly the only alcoholic stuff I'll drink. That and Irish Cream. But Irish Cream is special and reserved for Thanksgiving, Christmas and St. Patrick's Day...

Anyway, that is our drinking game for Katsucon and nights when we don't have anything better to do than get tipsy and make idiots of ourselves.

Stay tuned for the Batman Forever Drinking Game...