Not content with his cameo appearance in EA’s Fight Night Round 3, The King (Burger King’s masked psychopath-cum-mascot) has made the transition into games of his own. As reported earlier this week, in November Burger King will be offering up a trio of King-themed 360 games at their restaurants for the curiously-cheaper-than-an-XBLA-game price of $3.99 apiece.

This announcement had me interested for a few reasons:

First of all, my wife’s intense fear of the creepy burger monarch is an excellent source of entertainment. On more than one occasion, I’ve entered the room to find her balled up in a chair with her hands over her face—because she’d just seen a Burger King commercial, for God’s sake. With that in mind, the early screens of one of the BK games, Sneak King, appear to hold the promise of more than a few “holy shit” moments when she innocently walks in on me playing it. (presuming it’s palatable enough to play for more than 45 seconds in total—a presumption I’m really not willing to make)

Secondly, I have a checkered history of actually enjoying these kinds of shameless marketing attempts. I spent much too much time in the 16-bit era with the likes of Cool Spot and Mick and Mack: Global Gladiators. You’d think it would be much more difficult to market to someone in marketing, but I’m just that much of a whore. Speaking of which…

The real draw for me, predictably, is the promise of Xbox 360 Achievement Points—for Burger King games. I can think of no better way to demonstrate just how much of a pathetic Gamerscore addict I’ve become than to have, listed in my profile, three sets of points for games I got in a fucking value meal. I’ve not yet seen verification of what the achievements might be, or even if they’re indeed in the game. But, if they are, I’m hoping they look something like this:

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