Gaming's greatest badass mo-fos

Duke Nukem - Duke Nukem 3D
Forget the ultra-cool lines like "Damn, those alien bastards are gonna pay for shooting up my ride". Forget handing strippers a crumpled $20 bill to watch them jiggle for him. Forget doing unspeakable things down the neck of a defeated end-of-level boss. All strong stuff, sure, but you know what the most badass thing Duke has done is? Making us wait over a decade for his next game.

Shadow the Hedgehog - Sonic Adventure 2, Shadow The Hedgehog
Just kidding.

Above: We didn't think the 'Forever' bit meant we'd have to literally wait that long. As for the guy on the right... there's so much wrong with that picture we can't look at it any more