The penalty for failure is video death
Posted on
March 24, 2011 by
Rev. Stuart Campbell
Despite the passage of almost 30 years, this is more or less exactly the way that the mainstream broadcast media still sees videogaming.
Fuck.
Could he say "literally" any more often?
Energisers, surely powerpills.
"Bars and taverns"? Does this guy live in fucking Norrath?
That was like being in the 1980s watching something from the 1950s.
Wonderful stuff, and well worth it for the sounds of Robotron.
"Videogames have literally exploded…"
Those ruddy Nyko coolers!
"I'm literally saying literally literally. This is is Larry Lite Rally for Literally News. Literally."
But anyway. What a charming little vid – it kind of makes me wish that arcades were still like this. Today you're lucky if you can find one that isn't entirely populated by blimmin' fruit machines, and you're unbelievably lucky if you can find one with games that aren't murderously expensive variants on Outrun or Duck Hunt. Sigh.