I’m trying to sort through 23 years of fluff and memories of SR. I can’t remember if some things are fluff or stuff we came up with in my games.

Neil the Ork Barbarian started as a minor character in a Rambo movie?

Green Death beer?

Melt Down beer?

Weapons World?

Samuraiclaus?

A gun store chain wholly owned by Ares.

That's the only one that rings a bell for me.

The only places I can recall seeing anything of "Neil The Ork Barbarian" is from the Denver mission modules, and then only in the artwork. As for where he (Neil) started, I haven't a clue.

And I'd agree about Weapons World, though I can't recall where I might've read it at this time.

Off the top of my head, Neil was a simsense character but not from Rambo. Both Neil and Weapons World both first appeared in the Street Samurai Guide from first edition IIRC. I'll look it up later when I get hold of the book.