Dear Namco & Interplay,

You may be wondering why I am addressing this humble letter to both of you, for on the surface, you have nothing to do with each other. You are two completely different companies in two completely different places. However, you are inextricably mentally linked right now due to the proximity with which announcements were made regarding two of your venerable retro IPs -- namely Splatterhouse and Earthworm Jim, respectively.

In this letter, I want to make a request to both of you. I know I am but a humble blogger, but please heed my call. You see, I don't want either of you to drop the ball here. You don't need me to tell you, but you each have in your hands a pair of titles that hardcore gamers know well, and would love to enjoy all over again. But it is not just one's selfish desire for a good game that has urged me to write this, it is something slightly more than that. I am not merely writing this for myself, but for all gamers who found the day in which two long dead franchises rose from the ashes to be a good one. Together, you did the impossible. The unthinkable. The amazing.

You made gamers happy.