I picked:

Walk This Way by Aerosmith
Takin' Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Gin & Milk by Dirty Pretty Things
Backwater by The Meat Puppets

Gin & Milk is the only one that I would consider obscure ("Backwater" will be immediately recognizable to anyone who listened to 90s rock), but it really rocks!

If can always look on Craigslist as well.  If they don't have games listed, they'll have garage sales listed.  You can get the best deals there.  "Atari 2600 and 30 games?  Hmm...I could give you $5 because they're so old." 

Mortal Kombat was sliding downhill ever since MK2, but MK4 buried it.  I tried to reconcile with Deadly Alliance, but that game was awful.

Devil May Cry is dead to me.  DMC2 was very boring and mediocre by every standard, but I didn't really like DMC3, either.  I think God of War and Ninja Gaiden showed me a better way, and DMC just doesn't stack up anymore. 

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) is the group that reviews video games and assigns ratings to them.  They are not a government agency, but rather a non-profit independent regulatory board (this is much the same as how movies are rated).  Retailers typically enforce ratings, but in its truest sense compliance is voluntary.  However, like movies, most retailers will not sell mature rated games to children.  That doesn't stop it from happening, but it does limit it significantly.  However, several states have attempted to pass legislation that further restricts game sales or fines people that don't comply with the ESRB.  Every single one of them has been stricken down as unconstitutional.

Getting a gun is fairly easy, no matter how you cut it.  Once you're 18, you are allowed to purchase your own handguns, as that right is protected by the U.S. Constitution.  For legal sales, there is a "cooling off" period that requires you to wait for a few days between purchasing and taking possesion of a gun, and you have to undergo a background check (most of the time).  There are tons of laws on our books about how to restrict and regulate gun sales, but they are not enforced uniformly, and different states require different rules be followed.  That being said, I don't own any guns (though I have fired a few).   Gun legislation is not something I know a lot about.

Automatic weapon sales were restricted sometime in the 90's (I think), but I'm not sure if those laws still hold. 

Here ya go:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/game/919989.html 

29? Nice...me too.

Congress just passed a minumum wage bill (yesterday, I think) that ups the national minumum to $7.25/hr. Interesting.

Most everyone I know of that has a full-time job uses direct deposit (including myself), but part-time jobs tend to get actual checks. However, you don't HAVE to use direct deposit. I used to get a paystub sent to my place, which broke down my paycheck (retirement savings, gross pay, taxes, that sort of thing), but I don't even get that anymore; my company stores it electronically on our intranet.

I would've asked more questions about the UK, but I work for a British company, so half of the people I work with on a day-to-day basis are on the other side of the pond.

Thats sad...go listen to some ColdplayBourbons3

STAY AWAY FROM RADIOHEAD!!!!

Don't worry about it; you'll be fine.  Take some time to regroup and then go get yourself a new girlfriend.

Do you have a social studies paper due? :D. I'm not saying that I have 100% of all of the following answers, but I did try to check my facts before writing this. (i.e. "If this is for a paper, better to do some research beyond posting to Gamespot." ;)):

1. $5.15/hour (about £2.6/hr) is the federal minimum, but individual states may or may not have minimum wages higher than that. I live in Pennsylvania, where the minimum wage will be $7.15/hr in July. There are no provisions for education levels or age.

2. There's no national healthcare, if that's what you mean. My employer pays an insurance company for my medical coverage, though I have to pay an $18 premium every paycheck as well. If your employer doesn't offer that, you can get coverage yourself, though it's typically very expensive. I know someone who pays $200/month for insurance that pays for nothing by emergency care. I also know someone who pays $500/month for standard coverage (emergencies, checkups, etc.). The elderly and disabled may apply for government sponsored coverage (Medicare/Medicaid), which is paid for through taxes collected from working Americans. If you don't have insurance, I'm not entirely sure what all of your options are, but they're not good, and a lot of hospitals will refuse to treat you.

3. Yes, you may collect unemployment if you lose your job. This assumes that you have not been fired from your job (for poor performance, breaking the law, or violating company policies), but lost it through no fault of your own, like redundancies or layoffs. Each state handles unemployment a little differently, but the federal government sets some basic rules, including the amount you can collect, the period when you can collect it, and proof required to collect. I was on unemployment about five years ago and received around $300 every two weeks for up to 26 weeks.

4. Good question. This is pure speculation, but think there are two major reasons for this. First, think about what that change would cost. We'd have to change every road sign, every textbook, every piece of lab equipment, every food package (since we have to publish nutrition information), etc. Second, simply stated, inertia is keeping us from changing. This is a hugely complicated change to make, so I don't think our society knows how to tackle it. It's not as simple as the government saying "ok, we're using metric now." A lot of planning is required, and I'm not sure that anyone knows who to look to in getting us started.

"Would you like to play a game of Lucky Hit?

"How about a game of Lucky Hit?"