I have always had such an immense respect and admiration for the Destructoid community, and finally getting to meet the people I love so much is an altogether overwhelming and emotional experience.
After this weekend I really wanted to put all of you in my pocket, take you back to Los Angeles with me, and pull you out whenever I was feeling blue (Which, if my sad feelings writing this post are an indication, is right about now. Where is my pocket keener when I need him?!)
So, first, a few thank yous.
Thank you to all the people that gave me gifts while at PAX. While I still don’t feel like I deserve anything, it doesn’t change the fact that I am completely honored and touched that you all went out of your way to bring me presents that you knew would make me happy.
And, trust me when I tell you this: I love my gifts. From the singing dolphin to the beautiful Destructoid comic sketches; from the Japanese Chrono Trigger poster to the freakin’ PAL PlayStation 2 that will allow me to play SingStar Disney. Everything I received has found a special place in my heart. You guys are too amazing for words.
I also want to say thanks to all my fellow Destructoid editors. It is an absolute honor to write on the same site as you guys, and for the ones that showed up at PAX, it was great having a drink with you.
And, finally, thanks to everyone that is part of Destructoid in one way or another. This Web site has completely changed my life and I really can’t find the words to express my gratitude and adoration for every person that has ever written for, read, or even clicked on Destructoid.com.
I want to put babies in each and every one of you.
Okay, now I am done being really gay. Let’s get to the main point of this post: Musical theater! ;)
This year at PAX, during the Destructoid panel, I decided to create the ultimate love letter to the community. As we all know, Destructoid prides itself as being a site where the community is key. Obviously, I agree with this sentiment. So much so that I recruited a bunch of Dtoid editors and community members to help me deliver a musical surprise ending.
Here is the result.
Actually, before you watch, just know two things:
1. I have not watched this video. I get to the 30 second mark, become horribly embarrassed and then turn it off. Hopefully the quality is okay.
2. This was created 100% because I love all of you. What better way to express your love of an online community than with a super gay musical number set to the tune of “Belle” from Beauty & the Beast?!
Okay, go ahead and watch. Just don’t make fun of me too much!
Thanks to everyone involved in the performance of the song.
And, most of all, thanks to the Destructoid community. Without you guys, my life would not nearly be as interesting.
This is fantastic, and a perfect example why Dtoid is a great place to hang out. There are very few other sites around that have this kind of personality.
That was an awesome panel. Although after the musical (I really have to give Chad some ballsy points for getting up and singing in front of a room full of people) the best part of the panel was the after panel mingling in the foyer and utterly dominating the stairs for a picture. You are super mega awesometastic dude.
This turned out so well, especially considering you were still recruiting the cast the weekend before! I'm glad there is such a good recording for those of us who couldn't make it to PAX this year.
Truly amazing!! Well done!
... and y'all are pretty good singers, so I'll be sure to NOT play Singstar (especially against Collette) when I go to PAX next year!
:)
It was so great to finally meet you, Chad! And your Beauty and the Beast cover was probably one of the greatest musical performances I have ever had the pleasure of seeing. It was seriously amazing. <3
I love you Chad, you're amazing. The lack of RetroforceGO! made me miss your voice, and then suddenly, there's a video of you singing a five-minute song. Also, Colette is a great singer!
Chad you are absolutely incredible man!. I really wish I could have come to PAX and met you in person. <3 <3 <3
All I want to know is how I got lucky enough to be mentioned in your awesome song? I pretty much jumped up from my seat with joy when I heard my name. :-D
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What I'm playing (11/22/09 - 11/28/09): New Super Mario Bros. Wii God of War Collection Metroid Prime Trilogy LEGO Indiana Jones 2
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My Top Ten Favorite (updated as I play) ...
... Role-Playing Games: 1. Final Fantasy VI 2. Mother 3 3. Chrono Trigger 4. EarthBound 5. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King 6. Final Fantasy IV 7. Lost Odyssey 8. Kingdom Hearts 9. Paper Mario 10. Final Fantasy XII
... Adventure Games: 1. Day of the Tentacle 2. Full Throttle 3. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 4. Sam & Max Hit the Road 5. Grim Fandango 6. The Secret of Monkey Island 7. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 8. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 9. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney 10. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
... Action/Adventure Games: 1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2. Super Metroid 3. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 4. Resident Evil 4 5. Shadow of the Colossus 6. Beyond Good & Evil 7. God of War 8. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 9. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 10. God of War II
... Action Games: 1. Contra III: The Alien Wars 2. Gears of War 2 3. Gears of War 4. Contra 4 5. Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos 6. Ratchet: Deadlocked 7. Blast Corps 8. Gunstar Heroes 9. Ninja Gaiden 10. Viewtiful Joe 2
... Strategy Games: 1. Valkyria Chronicles 2. Fire Emblem 3. Pikmin 2 4. Advance Wars: Dual Strike 5. Advance Wars 6. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones 7. Pikmin 8. Advance Wars: Black Hole Rising 9. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn 10. Little King’s Story
... Sports Games: 1. Punch-Out!! 2. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! 3. Wii Sports Resort 4. Wii Sports 5. Super Punch-Out!! 6. Mario Golf 7. Mario Tennis 8. Pilotwings 64 9. Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour 10. International Superstar Soccer 64
... First-Person Shooters: 1. Half-Life 2 2. Bioshock 3. Goldeneye 4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 5. Resistance 2 6. Left 4 Dead 7. Perfect Dark 8. Killer 7 9. Resistance: Dawn of Man 10. Call of Duty: World at War
... Racing Games: 1. Mario Kart DS 2. Diddy Kong Racing 3. Mario Kart 64 4. Mario Kart Wii 5. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 6. F-Zero GX 7. F-Zero X 8. F-Zero 9. Wave Race 64 10. Excitebike 64
... Platformers: 1. Super Mario Galaxy 2. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island 3. Super Mario Bros. 3 4. Mega Man 2 5. LittleBigPlanet 6. Super Mario World 7. Banjo Kazooie 8. Super Mario 64 9. Mega Man 9 10. ‘Splosion Man
... Puzzle/Variety Games: 1. Portal 2. World of Goo 3. Tetris Attack 4. Shatter 5. Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box 6. Braid 7. Wario Ware: Twisted! 8. Katamari Damacy 9. Pac-Man: Championship Edition 10. Professor Layton and the Curious Village
... Rhythm Games: 1. Elite Beat Agents 2. Parappa the Rapper 3. Rock Band 2 4. Rock Band 5. Guitar Hero 6. Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol 7. Karaoke Revolution - Volume 2 8. Guitar Hero II 9. Karaoke Revolution Party 10. Karaoke Revolution
... Shooters: 1. Ikaruga 2. Star Fox 64 3. Gradius III 4. Air Zonk 5. Space Invaders Extreme 6. Galaga Legions 7. R-Type III: The Third Lightning 8. Omega Five 9. Sin & Punishment 10. R-Type
... Party/Multiplayer Games: 1. Mario Party 2. Mario Party 2 3. Mario Party 6 4. Mario Party 7 5. UNO 6. Mario Party 3 7. Mario Party 5 8. Mario Party 4 9. Wario Ware, Inc: Mega Party Game$ 10. Pac-Man Vs.
... NES Games: 1. Super Mario Bros. 3 2. Mega Man 2 3. Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! 4. StarTropics 5. Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos 6. Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse 7. The Legend of Zelda 8. River City Ransom 9. Ninja Gaiden 10. Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II
... Super NES Games: 1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 2. Super Metroid 3. Final Fantasy VI 4. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 5. Chrono Trigger 6. EarthBound 7. Final Fantasy IV 8. Contra III: The Alien Wars 9. Super Mario World 10. Tetris Attack
... Nintendo 64 Games: 1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 2. Paper Mario 3. Banjo-Kazooie 4. Super Mario 64 5. The Legend of Zelda: Majora�s Mask 6. Goldeneye 007 7. Conker's Bad Fur Day 8. Star Fox 64 9. Banjo-Tooie 10. Diddy Kong Racing
... PlayStation Games: 1. Final Fantasy IX 2. Final Fantasy VII 3. Metal Gear Solid 4. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 5. Final Fantasy VIII 6. Resident Evil 2 7. Spyro the Dragon 8. Parappa the Rapper 9. Dino Crisis 2 10. Ape Escape
... GameCube Games: 1. Resident Evil 4 2. Beyond Good & Evil 3. Pikmin 2 4. Metroid Prime 5. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 6. Pikmin 7. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 8. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 9. Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 10. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
... PlayStation 2 Games: 1. Shadow of the Colossus 2. God of War 3. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 4. God of War II 5. Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King 6. Kingdom Hearts 7. Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando 8. Ico 9. Final Fantasy XII 10. Okami
... Wii Games: 1. Super Mario Galaxy 2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 3. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption 4. Punch-Out!! 5. Wii Sports Resort 6. Super Smash Bros. Brawl 7. Boom Blox 8. Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure 9. Super Paper Mario 10. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
... PlayStation 3 Games: 1. Valkyria Chronicles 2. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 3. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots 4. LittleBigPlanet 5. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time 6. Resistance 2 7. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune 8. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction 9. Resistance: Fall of Man 10. Killzone 2
... Xbox 360 Games: 1. Half-Life 2 2. Portal 3. Lost Odyssey 4. Bioshock 5. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 6. Batman: Arkham Asylum 7. Gears of War 2 8. Dead Space 9. Street Fighter IV 10. Prince of Persia
... PC Games: 1. Day of the Tentacle 2. Full Throttle 3. Sam & Max Hit the Road 4. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 5. Grim Fandango 6. The Secret of Monkey Island 7. Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 8. Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge 9. King’s Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow 10. King’s Quest III: To Heir is Human
... Game Boy Advance Games: 1. Mother 3 2. Fire Emblem 3. Wario Ware: Twisted! 4. Advance Wars 5. Drill Dozer 6. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones 7. Advance Wars: Black Hole Rising 8. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 9. Metroid Fusion 10. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
... Nintendo DS Games: 1. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story 2. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass 3. Elite Beat Agents 4. Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box 5. Advance Wars: Dual Strike 6. Professor Layton and the Curious Village 7. Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime 8. Contra 4 9. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 10. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
... Xbox Live Arcade Games: 1. Shadow Complex 2. Braid 3. 'Splosion Man 4. Castle Crashers 5. Pac-Man: Championship Edition 6. N+ 7. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 8. Ikaruga 9. Sam & Max Save the World 10. Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures
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Awesome post man, and I loved the song. Wish I could have experienced it in person. Next time!
This is fantastic, and a perfect example why Dtoid is a great place to hang out. There are very few other sites around that have this kind of personality.
It was great meeting you Chad and hearing you sing live was quite a event I will never forget!
YAY! Best song ever :D
I love you Chad. <3 <3 <3
No Chad, we love you.
Also, has your voice returned?
Colette needs to sing more often.
@NihonTiger90,
Yes, it is back! Whew! <3
@wanderingpixel,
I agree. :)
Hanging with you was easily one of my highlights of the show. You're my BFF Jill!
That was an awesome panel. Although after the musical (I really have to give Chad some ballsy points for getting up and singing in front of a room full of people) the best part of the panel was the after panel mingling in the foyer and utterly dominating the stairs for a picture. You are super mega awesometastic dude.
I have already watched that video three times. It's incredible.
Mad respek
I started screaming like a schoolgirl when the music started playing. Amazing!
amazing. seriously.
This is fantastic.
~AMAZING!~
@Gatorsax2010
Amazing or GTFO! =]
That song was the high point of my entire trip, I'm still working out the best way to turn it into a ring tone.
<3 Chad and all of Destructoid.
I'll be sure to upload and share my video of this incredible musical from the other side of the room! =D
A masterpiece of music.
Oh man. Wish I was there- This is why I love Destructoid. Disney Parodies.
there are no words, should have sent for a poet
i <3 everyone @ destructoid
This is art.
This turned out so well, especially considering you were still recruiting the cast the weekend before! I'm glad there is such a good recording for those of us who couldn't make it to PAX this year.
I had no clue that a majority of the community had such lovely singing voices. Hanging with you guys is something I have to do one of these days.
Truly amazing!! Well done!
... and y'all are pretty good singers, so I'll be sure to NOT play Singstar (especially against Collette) when I go to PAX next year!
:)
Awesome!
It was so great to finally meet you, Chad! And your Beauty and the Beast cover was probably one of the greatest musical performances I have ever had the pleasure of seeing. It was seriously amazing. <3
Can't wait till next PAX, greatest weekend ever!
<3 <3 <3
So good!
:D!!!
It really turned out great chad, don't be embarrassed
This was so much fun. Thanks to everyone who liked my voice *blush*
epic song is epic
wish i was there
That song was incredible!
Best Panel EVER!
Amazazing. I don't see how anyone could make fun of you. We all love you too much.
that was the chadiest song ever!
Thank you Chad!
Thanks so much for doing that song, it was brilliant. Made me feel kinda proud to be part of this community. :)
FAP! Wish I could have been there!
OMMIGOD; Chad just sang my name! I feel as giddy as a school girl!! :D
I love you Chad, you're amazing. The lack of RetroforceGO! made me miss your voice, and then suddenly, there's a video of you singing a five-minute song. Also, Colette is a great singer!
OMG, I can't stop smiling after watching that. If only I could have been there. I'd gladly accept your baby batter anytime, Chad.
We are so getting married. >:3 I'm glad you like your gifts future husbando.
You have the voice of an angel chad, hugs all around!
Um, you put me in the song. How could I not have an immense love for you Chad?
As always, you put a smile on my face every time I see you.
Also Colette sings like an angel.
Wow Colette, just wow.
And Chad, amazing as ever.
Now you two get back to your computers and get crackin on RetroforceGO!!!
Hey, Chad, I'm going to Home Depot. Do you need me to get you anything?
<3
We love you Chad.
Chad you are absolutely incredible man!. I really wish I could have come to PAX and met you in person. <3 <3 <3
All I want to know is how I got lucky enough to be mentioned in your awesome song? I pretty much jumped up from my seat with joy when I heard my name. :-D
@GoldenGamerXero
I didn't want to look like I was stealing catchphrases, sorry!
Also, AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING!
That was... Crazy. Cool, but crazy.
Was kind of hoping, maybe, near the end everyone bust-out singing! =)
That would have been amazing!
Chad, you are simply awesome. Great song, great fun, great weekend.
That was awesome, great work!
This place is the greatest!