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Our opening gambit for this week's Destructainment isn't really videogame related, but we don't play by the rules on Destructoid, even if we made the rules ourselves. I don't think you'll mind much, given that it's a ridiculous toy commercial from the 60's, and they're always good for a chuckle. Ding-A-Ling Fireman to the rescue, indeed.

Yes, it does advertise that the Ding-A-Ling Fireman has a "built-in pumper."

Hamza is at PAX, getting drunk and having sex with all his girls, so we're holding the fort in his stead. After the jump, you can see a Manhunt-influenced cuddly monkey, a fun Mercs 2 commercial, drunken Castle Crashers glitching, MEH-DI-BOT and some Street Fighter IV combat.

Spunky, the videogame-influenced monkey:

 
Silly Mercenaries 2 commercial, as found on DaedHead8's CBlog:
 
 
A drunken Castle Crashers glitch from XBUDZ:
 


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Random Robot Intermission: Medibot, taken from spoof 70's educational show Look Around You:
 
 
And finally, Vega takes on the scarily mannish Chun Li in Street Fighter IV:
 

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gingerbreadben's Avatar
gingerbreadben at 08/31/2008 07:37
Oh man, I lol'd so hard at the King Ding part.
eternalplayer2345's Avatar
eternalplayer2345 at 08/31/2008 07:40
Watch out kids make sure ding a ling pedo isn't peaking in your window, and her comes pastor ding Come to save the ding a ling's from eternal daming a ling
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Fusiontr at 08/31/2008 08:16
The Look Around You video makes this weeks Destructainment so awesome
Peter Serafinowicz (spelling?) is so awesome

And Ding A Ling things are just weird
DR EGG's Avatar
DR EGG at 08/31/2008 09:08
I'm interested in that 'black smoke' counter that Balrog pulled 1/2way through the match. Outside of that, which seems to be a SF3 parry, the gameplay looks to be extremely like the original.

@ Reaprar: If you hadn't noticed yet, every damn character in this game has big hands. And big feet. And big muscles. BIG EVERYTHING!
dephect's Avatar
dephect at 08/31/2008 09:11
SPY DING A LING!

And I want SF4.. please.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 08/31/2008 09:16
Dude some of those videos really creeped me out.
MEE's Avatar
MEE at 08/31/2008 09:39
i am scared of medibot.
Mekanikles's Avatar
Mekanikles at 08/31/2008 10:07
Couldn't see the Castle Crashers glitch because there was a god damned ninja in the way.
Dunsparce4Prez's Avatar
Dunsparce4Prez at 08/31/2008 10:33
lol. Ninjas are irritating.
TurboSpaz's Avatar
TurboSpaz at 08/31/2008 10:40
Wow, 3 million dollars?
Lewis Bell's Avatar
Lewis Bell at 08/31/2008 10:49
Spunky the monkey is from Ashens, if you don't already watch his videos gaddamnit!
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fetusmilk at 08/31/2008 10:53
that fight was awesome in the street fighter 2 animated movie where vega fights chun-li in a t-shirt and panties, fresh from the shower..
njsykora's Avatar
njsykora at 08/31/2008 11:03
Peter Serafinowicz makes my ding-a-ling pump.
JtheYellow's Avatar
JtheYellow at 08/31/2008 11:09
I like how Vega/Balrog and Chun-Li are fighting in a brewery.
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MechaMonkey at 08/31/2008 11:54
Every Ding-A-Ling comes complete with a free innuendo!
Batthink's Avatar
Batthink at 08/31/2008 12:36
Where do I start?

Aside from the obvious 'Ding-A-Ling' and fireman's pumper-based innuendo, I also found a Ding-A-Ling Construction Worker who functions by pressing his helmet to use his 'jumping jack-hammer'.

Then, a Ding-A-Ling [b]enters King Ding's groin[b]. O_O

Also, lines like;

"...King Ding's actual brain!"

"...boys all over America right behind him to help him perform his tasks..." XOD

All this, and it features the Mastermind theme-tune. O_O
Batthink's Avatar
Batthink at 08/31/2008 12:38
Also, BB Code fail. :O(
zeroword's Avatar
zeroword at 08/31/2008 13:42
ME-DI-BOT. I love it!
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Jack8274 at 08/31/2008 14:39
Ding-A-Ling's sapping my sentry!
TurboSpaz's Avatar
TurboSpaz at 08/31/2008 15:58
Vega = Balrog??
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Scary Womanizing Pig Mask at 08/31/2008 16:49
@turbo Spaz
Yeah, in Japan:

Vega = Balrog
M. Bison = Vega
Balrog = M. Bison

I believe it was changed because Vega was seems as too feminine for the manly final boss, so they renamed him M. Bison and the rest shifted around to accommodate it.
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TrailerParkJesus at 08/31/2008 19:09
I like how Chun-li sticks her ass out for Kikokens
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TurboHyperFighting at 08/31/2008 19:59
Think about the time period that SF2 became a hit. The boxer character is M. Bison (in Japan). Mike Tyson's controversy was going strong and the localizers didn't want to infringe on likeness rights, and also didn't want to associate a video game with a raping lunatic. Thus the switcherooskis.

And I'm pretty sure that Balrog was Bison's name in Japan... This threw me a bit, too.

Also: @Fetus, Yes. The fight scene post-shower in the SF2 movie was fantastic. Lots of action and fan service.
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ace of knaves at 08/31/2008 22:31
That Mercs 2 spot is the best video game ad I've seen since the Gears of War Mad World commercial.
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zeroword at 09/01/2008 10:11
Vega = M. Bison - he was played off of the Latin American dictator stereotype.

Balrog means snake, thus the American "Vega's" tattoo.

M. Bison = Balrog.

The reason it was changed was due to Capcom not wanting to be sued by Iron Mike since they were parodying him after his rape case.

Vega is a Spanish last name. It is definitely NOT feminine.
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