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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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25 comments | showing # 1 to 25

gingerbreadben's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 07:37
gingerbreadben
Oh man, I lol'd so hard at the King Ding part.
eternalplayer2345's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 07:40
eternalplayer2345
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
Fusiontr's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 08:16
Fusiontr
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 - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 09:08
DR EGG
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 - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 09:11
dephect
SPY DING A LING!

And I want SF4.. please.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 09:16
Holyetheline
Dude some of those videos really creeped me out.
MEE's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 09:39
MEE
i am scared of medibot.
Mekanikles's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 10:07
Mekanikles
Couldn't see the Castle Crashers glitch because there was a god damned ninja in the way.
Dunsparce4Prez's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 10:33
Dunsparce4Prez
lol. Ninjas are irritating.
TurboSpaz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 10:40
TurboSpaz
Wow, 3 million dollars?
Lewis Bell's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 10:49
Lewis Bell
Spunky the monkey is from Ashens, if you don't already watch his videos gaddamnit!
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 10:53
fetusmilk
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 - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 11:03
njsykora
Peter Serafinowicz makes my ding-a-ling pump.
JtheYellow's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 11:09
JtheYellow
I like how Vega/Balrog and Chun-Li are fighting in a brewery.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 11:54
MechaMonkey
Every Ding-A-Ling comes complete with a free innuendo!
Batthink's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 12:36
Batthink
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 - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 12:38
Batthink
Also, BB Code fail. :O(
zeroword's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 13:42
zeroword
ME-DI-BOT. I love it!
Jack8274's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 14:39
Jack8274
Ding-A-Ling's sapping my sentry!
TurboSpaz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 15:58
TurboSpaz
Vega = Balrog??
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 16:49
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask
@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.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 19:09
TrailerParkJesus
I like how Chun-li sticks her ass out for Kikokens
TurboHyperFighting's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 19:59
TurboHyperFighting
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.
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/31/2008 22:31
ace of knaves
That Mercs 2 spot is the best video game ad I've seen since the Gears of War Mad World commercial.
zeroword's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/01/2008 10:11
zeroword
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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