This clip is from the new T.V. show called Life. This clip is also one of the worst representation of what videogames are that has ever graced prime time. A lot of shows lately like The Office, My Name is Earl, 30 Rock, House, Boston Legal and a bunch of others have recently been dropping videogames into episodes as a throw away gag or as part of the main plotline. With these shows though, they didn't butcher the games or our culture. But this show takes the cake. Not only does the show's writers think that videogames all still have levels (in the style of NES games), but they also make fun of gamers with the lines the guy says who plays Prince of Persia. At least they show a girl can be just as good a gamer as a guy (if not better). Oddly though, the girl gamer was for some reason "air controllering" (think air guitaring) ... or she was just practicing how to give a mean handjob. Spotted on tsunamikitsune's C-Blog.
I give this Weekend Destructainment a CTZ out of 10. After the jump, the Destructainment gets started with a hot chick giving Portal cheats. Next, the horrible ending to Sub-Zero Mythologies. Then it's a machinima of Big Daddy, Mario, Nariko and a few other characters dancing. Next up, it's the greatest Wii mod ever: The Rocking Horse Wiimote mod.
Random Robot Intermission breaks things up with the robotic exoskeleton. Then, a video review of the badass Halo laser tag weapon. The Destructainment ends with a (most likely) mentally challenged guy telling his teammates in Team Fortress 2 that he really wants Kane & Lynch but his grandma won't give him the money for the game [Update: It's not really a retard. It's Shawn Elliot of GFW pretending to be a retard! IT'S OK TO LAUGH AT IT NOW!].
Hot chicks with cheat codes: Portal edition. Way to go staring off screen the whole time you fucking tart. The horrible ending to Sub-Zero Mythologies. Spotted on GamerHelp.
Master Chief, Mario, NiGHTS, Big Daddy, Rachet and Nariko dance. This is so retarded.
The Wiimote Rocking Horse mod.
Random Robot Intermission: The robotic exoskeleton. DO WANT
The Halo laser tag weapons are freaking awesome! This is so sad/fucking hilarious. Some guy playing Team Fortress 2 really wants Kane & Lynch.
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Wow, one part of me is just downright speechless and the other just wants to yell in frustration, not only at the writers for having no frigin' idea what they are talking about (the original Xbox is in no way a computer just because it has a hard drive inside), but at Ubisoft for letting the writers misrepresent their game. This is a damn shame. Another step back for the video game industry.
Aw that Kane and Lynch one was really sad. The beginning was funny until I realized the poor kid was probably operating at the level of a 5 year old. Fucking with retarded people really isn't all that funny.
Was that Life clip a joke? That was the worst thing I have ever seen. The way he was adjusting his tie when the guy kept dying; the way he wordlessly led the girl into the room all slow and dramatic-like. Seriously, that was the worst thing I have ever seen in my entire life.
That's actually Ziff Davis's Shawn Elliott doin a character 'Ralphy', that guy is so fackin hilarious. If yu wanna hear more i suggest listenin to GFW radio podcast.
at least 30 rock had a bona fide game in there. if it was any other show the exchange would have went like this:
Lemon: hey younger man! i got you one of them newfangled 'interactive videos'!
Coffee guy: 'Alien vaporizers 300000?' wow! thanks! i'll just pop this into my saga Gream Greer!
(pull out game gear, tries to insert game DVD inside
Coffee guy: Tubular!
Also in life theres a scene where the main guy pours coffee on a pc's keyboard which suddenly fuzzes the screen. I just thought that was utterly mongtastic in this day and age.
I agree with Aerox. I was laughing until...well until I realized the guy was on the slow side. But, all things considered, some of his come backs were pretty funny.
Yeah, that last video was pretty tough to stomach. There you have what sounds like a fourty year-old redneck fucking with what seems to be a developmentally challenged young-man. They were both plenty immature, but at least one of them had something of an excuse for his behavior. The likely fat, aged hillbilly? Not so much.
Oh, and the developmentally challenged guy slung some pretty nice insults at the fat redneck, a few of which went unchallenged, or at least not challenged in any significant way. Good for him. That much of the video was entertaining. That dude got ripped on by a handicapped kid. And he deserved everything he got.
Update on the last video: It's not really a retard! It's Shawn Elliott of GFW pretending to be a retard! IT'S OK TO LAUGH AT IT NOW WITHOUT FEELING BAD!!!
A good example of how rival media look down on games, despite their success against the established status quo. Even if it wasn't meant to be, it was very The Wizard and a bit patronising too.
Don't forget, many believe all the shit they see on tv.
My "gamer sensibilities" (fuck that) aren't offended by the first clip. That's just plain bad writing and production. Bleh. I'm impressed with the Halo gun's quality. Very well-made. And, uh, Kane and Lynch... yeah. That was unfortunate. Whoever's viewpoint we were seeing the game from was owning as a Pyro for a while, though.
And may I just say that the woman who played Sareena in MK: Mythologies... SCHWING.
Now i know how to hide my unicorn porn.
I just need a hacker to program my folders in a game so they unlock when you finish a game. I´ll make sure it´s not Kane and Lynch, cause it´s an awsome game and everyone will want to finish it, it´s like an 11 out of 10.
This clip was horrible, funny enough I missed this episode of the show. However, in defense to House M.D., he played a number of different platforms. I don't recall him making fun of them, but the gameboy advance, nintendo DS and a psp if I recall. A doctor playing your portable console, there's not greater publicity.
Like CrackHippo mentioned, the last video is of 1up's Shawn Elliot doing a character he calls Ralphy. The man is hilarious. He always talks about it on the GFW podcast so I'm glad they finally recorded one.
I definitely recommend the GFW podcast even if you don't like PC (like I generally don't) for his "Hero of the Web" section if for nothing else. It's the only podcast that makes me laugh out loud at work consistently.
What impresses me is that someone actually did that modification to the Prince of Persia footage. Someone has to have realized that this isn't how the game works, and yet, they still changed it.
I'll admit that at first that Kane and Lynch thing was actually real but as the video progressed I realized that it was fake. I mean if the guy was actually operating on a childlike level in vocabulary then how the hell is he capable of playing the game at all? Fake video.
I'll admit that at first that Kane and Lynch thing was actually real but as the video progressed I realized that it was fake. I mean if the guy was actually operating on a childlike level in vocabulary then how the hell is he capable of playing the game at all? Fake video.
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4:18 PM on 12.01.2007
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That Life video left me wanting to punch several walls.
Who the fuck does that? Believe me I've tried it out of curiosity.
That's actually Ziff Davis's Shawn Elliott doin a character 'Ralphy', that guy is so fackin hilarious. If yu wanna hear more i suggest listenin to GFW radio podcast.
"She shouldn't have stopped"
That was hilarious
I fucking hate stupid people.
Although he dished out some awesome insults near the end. "Your... dick has a pin head if you don't mind my French."
Lemon: hey younger man! i got you one of them newfangled 'interactive videos'!
Coffee guy: 'Alien vaporizers 300000?' wow! thanks! i'll just pop this into my saga Gream Greer!
(pull out game gear, tries to insert game DVD inside
Coffee guy: Tubular!
and it just had to be some guy who lives with his mom...and a star trek fan? PHAIL. That's some crap you'd hear in the 90s or 70s shows.
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LOL really?
Oh, and the developmentally challenged guy slung some pretty nice insults at the fat redneck, a few of which went unchallenged, or at least not challenged in any significant way. Good for him. That much of the video was entertaining. That dude got ripped on by a handicapped kid. And he deserved everything he got.
Don't forget, many believe all the shit they see on tv.
PLAY AGAIN?
My "gamer sensibilities" (fuck that) aren't offended by the first clip. That's just plain bad writing and production. Bleh. I'm impressed with the Halo gun's quality. Very well-made. And, uh, Kane and Lynch... yeah. That was unfortunate. Whoever's viewpoint we were seeing the game from was owning as a Pyro for a while, though.
And may I just say that the woman who played Sareena in MK: Mythologies... SCHWING.
I just need a hacker to program my folders in a game so they unlock when you finish a game. I´ll make sure it´s not Kane and Lynch, cause it´s an awsome game and everyone will want to finish it, it´s like an 11 out of 10.
It sounds like the guy is arguing with Donnie Darko. Also, if the guy did have mental health problems, who let him on the game?
I definitely recommend the GFW podcast even if you don't like PC (like I generally don't) for his "Hero of the Web" section if for nothing else. It's the only podcast that makes me laugh out loud at work consistently.