7 Fads That Seemed Like a Great Idea at the Time

As people thrilled by both games and technology, we’re susceptible to a buzzy new game gimmick that, in retrospect, was faddier than extreme planking. It’s obvious now these trends couldn’t last, but at the time they were hotter than the harlem shake circa 2013. Subscribe for a list like this every Thursday!
Consider novelty peripheral controllers, movie tie-in game, rad animal mascots, all doomed to wind up on the junk heap of videogame history. Got another? Let us know in the comments.
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[@Torthrodhel]

"8 Fads That Seemed Like a Great Idea at the Time" 8: Microtransactions I can dream, damnit!

[@vamplust667]

I hope some day.

[@quixoticsonnet]

Sadly, micro transactions work very well to make money. If anything we'll be seeing more and more of that as mainstream console games start to fade.

[@blooddragon5352]

Hell yes

[@fearanarchy]

If you do not support it, that is why some of these "fads" died out. No more support/sales.

[@Xpegasu]

I hope you're right, brother, I really do...

[@darthmarth87]

ha, I actually know a guy who worked on the Iron Man game, the company he worked for was bought buy Sega where they laid off or split the staff to other projects, then forced the smaller demoralized crew to work on Iron Man with a ridiculously short development cycle to get it out in time for the movie. He told me that the fact it functioned at all was a miracle

[@EmmaEquinox]

darthmarth87 doesn't suprise me

[@fulanodetal3614]

As a fan of SEGA and Sonic games, I can confidently say I've unfortunately heard this story on way too many SEGA titles. It practically doesn't even count as an excuse anymore... Why do they keep doing this??? Isn't it clear enough that splitting the dev team just doesn't work?

[@pepsia6508]

I still loved that movie

[@pepsia6508]

+Pepsia Gaming *game

[@crystallakedood]

One of my teachers worked on Iron Man 2. They had to start production super late in the game because Marvel insisted they use one of their writers, instead of an in-house team of them, but the guy didn't start writing until 3 months had passed, so large parts of the game had t be rushed and the code (that the player never sees) is held together with duct tape and chewing gum.

[@weedjuul6519]

I’ve had a 3D tv for about 5 years now and forgot about the 3D feature until I saw this video

[@primegoat]

I love watching movies in 3d

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

You should appreciate what you've got. I've been trying to find a good one ever since I could afford one.

[@pbiasizzo]

I love my 3D TV and use it all the time...

[@LadyOnikara]

I'm just happy to finally have a TV that's bigger than a 12 inch CRT.

[@omicronfinger2388]

Been using it?

[@JennyTheNerdBat]

I do think there should be a line between "fad" and "that silly thing bigwigs tried to turn into a fad but failed" - a lot of entries in the list didn't even caught on in the first place, really

[@ohsweatbret]

JennyTheNerdBat this is my biggest issue with Nintendo. Novelty does not equal quality

[@Macephtopheles]

Also a line between "fad" and "generally awful idea" considering how movie tie-in games have been released for around/over 40 years now. Seeing as a fad is something which is short lived then a period of time literally longer than a generation can hardly fall under that definition.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Kojima incorporated the controller shake well in mgs4 for deactivating octocamo, but that's it haha

[@richardschneiderjr.5878]

We're not even going to talk about the "How every game apparently needs a Battle Royale game mode fad"?

[@richardschneiderjr.5878]

A00A that is true but they're talking about implementing it into games that wouldn't even make sense for the mode. Like for ex. A mainly story driven game

[@richardschneiderjr.5878]

Aldo Frakulla in Red Dead Redemption it would be a good option but if we're talking about a game like PUBG it's in it because it's the concept of the game and the only thing you can do in the game.. it doesn't have a story mode so that's the main reason why it works. Now if it was different and had a decent story and battle Royale this conversation probably wouldn't exist and same with the fad. Also, theres more than 2 battle Royale games just check Steam there's PUBG, Fortnite battle Royale, Last man standing, H1Z1, and probably many more I don't have to get into but you get the point.

[@masonmann4104]

R/ agedlikewine

[@vampirenv]

You nailed it mate, I'm from the future in 2020 and every game you can think of has a battle royale mode. And we all still hate it. P.S. Ninja is a fkboy.

[@irrespondible]

Tetris got a Battle Royale, for Pete's sake.

[@TvTrollByIvy]

Mike's joke about the MK Devs reminded me of something Ed Boon said in a interview once: when brainstorming about fatalities he would sometimes be concearned about the mental state of some people on the team, that we would not believe the moves they keep off the games and that sometimes you would start seeing someone in a total different light after those meetings. It was so funny.

[@sadgirlhours4088]

Rock band and guitar hero are legendary games and nothing can ever compare to them. They have a never ending legacy and I will never forget them

[@zeekatayde0619]

I agree man those were awesome but then they became a problem with mass production and then that one game with the spice girl song happened..............sad days and I miss them so much but they need to go back into the good old days

[@rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr0]

I mean rocksmith compares, plus you're actually learning an actual instrument :)

[@KaitouKaiju]

@@rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr0 the problem is, Rocksmith is not a game so much as it is a practice tool

[@fryenchill2817]

Especially since there are still people playing Clone Hero, a fan made successor to the Guitar Hero Series

[@williamnanney4799]

@ZMan1471 Did you ever complete through the fire and the flames 100% on any difficulty?

[@Nerobyrne]

the best movie tie-in video game I ever played was the one for the third Lord of the Rings movie. It came out before the movie released, and it actually came with an advent-calendar counting down to the movie release. Every door contained a fact about the movie. Oh, and it actually contained scenes from the movie, which was really neat.

[@notoriousbmc1]

''You can flip the skateboard, push the skateboard, grab the skateboard, turn the skateboard, fry the skateboard, roast the skateboard, sauté the shrim...erm

[@Safiyahalishah]

Seems you have your mind on other things, Brendan. Perhaps it's time for lunch!

[@AmaranthOriginal]

Life's like a box of skateboards....

[@thelordofdarkness3064]

@@AmaranthOriginal you never know what your gonna get 😂😂

[@carryeveryday910]

Thelordofdarkness you’re*

[@joelsalminen5309]

”...except those Mortal Kombat guys. They’re still at it.” That was really funny.😂

[@MissCinny]

The joke of them chasing her over Gex kills me every time

[@Twwinzer]

I used the Tony Hawk skater board controller as an actual snow board near my house with my friends, we learned that day that A. The board is not indestructible and B. That neither are we.

[@burningapeable]

Who knew Gex would be the beginning of the end for the infamous and malevolent Jane Douglas?

[@timfaulkner7097]

She's talking smack about Gex! Get Her!

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

gex honestly wasn't a bad game for the time. though the camara sucked even back then.

[@chrisdively6305]

I was looking for this comment lmao

[@SJtheMFZB]

@@plasmaoctopus1728 Gex generally reviewed well, save for those N64 ports.

[@levithorstone2876]

She's wearing a solo t it explains why

[@CryptoJordanVR]

Not only that, she talked smack about Jazz Jackrabbit! Burn the heathen!!!!

[@ta1yn_88]

"SHE'S TALKING SMACK ABOUT GEX! GET HER!!!" Just what i was thinking, lads! 🤣🤣🤣

[@djquixi9791]

SAME. and was about to make this same comment

[@Alvaro1o1]

I never played gex but that clip had me rooting for him for the next smash dlc and yelling get her

[@eatachodeutube]

"It's tail time!"

[@abeardwithtattoos]

ta1yn At least she didn’t talk smack about Conker!

[@KingNae]

What about ty the tasmanian tiger

[@Metalocalypse654]

“The vast majority of FMV games could be described as not-very-good movies, with which you occasionally, superficially interacted.” So David Cage is the spiritual successor to FMV?

[@psychodrummer1567]

YES.

[@McDDcM]

I wish the fad of quicktime events during cutscenes would end.

[@mattybutler1985]

And Sonic Unleashed is hosting the party

[@johnrad9512]

To be fair FMV brought us Tim Curry in a Russian officer uniform, doing a fake Russian accent, spouting about the glory of communism and the ignorance of capitalism, as escapes to the moon with those magnificent and beautiful last words: "SPACE!"

[@KingOfTheLycanthrops]

Is that FMV? I always just thought it was Live Action cutscenes, since the gameplay was still animated

[@RemembermeSF]

they are cutscenes, but they are also technically fmv cutscenes. so there's that.

[@jamesburk8145]

he couldn't even keep a straight face delivering that line. it's beautiful. i want it to be my text notification tone.

[@ellwill5709]

*"But then, I've been busy today too?"*

[@clarkmeyer7211]

first thing that came to mind when they brought this up XD

[@mikeluna2026]

Well, as an Indie Developer (who works on projects for Rift and Vive), I feel VR won't become more mainstream until 1. The headsets become as powerful or more than the current high end headsets for PC, BUT become cheaper (having to own a pretty decent computer doesn't help much...). And 2. Until so many developers out there stop being so obsessed about making every game a First Person game, where usually, you do everything with your own hands... I mean, when I entered the VR development scene there were (and still are I think) so many devs who practically think it's a sin to use the controller buttons, other than the grip and trigger, for gameplay... I mean, like "everything" has to be done manually with your hands. ie: using a button to reload a gun in VR = "sin"... (really, I felt if the video game trope of flushing the toilet would appear in VR they'd have you wipe your butt realistically and all...). Anyway, experiencing the game world in VR is amazing, but I agree with the video, most people just want to sit and play at their leisure, but so many VR games right now tend to leave you pretty beat after just one hour of play, and that's not all that good...

[@ionastewart8814]

Nice analysis, bro!

[@AirNeat]

pooping simulator where there's a butt wiping minigame would be *_AWESOME!_*

[@Dargonhuman]

Yep, that's pretty much how I feel about the current VR trend of incorporating motion controls with the headsets too - not everyone has 100 square feet of open space for motion simulated games, and even fewer people actually want to run around and tumble about while playing games. I'm sure VR headsets offer a wonderfully immersive gaming experience, but I don't want to learn gymnastics to experience it either. If I want a workout, I'll turn off the game and go outside to exercise.

[@reMARKable118]

@@Dargonhuman gross exaggerations aside, there are plenty of VR games that can be played sitting with a normal gamepad, a HOTAS, or at least sitting using the motion controls, and from there standing in place, and finally you have the option of the "large" play space and "tumbling around" (although this is where VR really shines, side stepping and turning around and crouching hardly counts as tumbling). in addition very soon the PC will no longer be necessary with the launch of the all-in-one, wireless, computer free Oculus Quest in 2 weeks (yes its a bit expensive at $400, but it does away with the 2 biggest hurdles most people inflate against VR)

[@AirNeat]

I think once we make it cheaper it will become mainstream. Also when we adopt omni-directional treadmills

[@damionstr1ke]

Hey, I loved Wing Commander 3 with Mark Hamill (FMV). And don't mess with Gex. 3DO forever!

[@JaronOdele]

"She's talkin' smack about Gex, get her!" I got a good laugh out of that because I literally have a copy of Gex 64: Enter the Gecko on my desktop next to my computer screen. XP

[@FuryousD]

gex is a good game so yea of coarse

[@djquixi9791]

Gex was fun xD

[@johnarcane9915]

I remember Spiderman three only because I played a demo in store and quickly discovered you could turn evil and wreck the city and proceeded to do nothing else for the next hour

[@cluckeryduckery261]

John Arcane anyone who played prototype should remember spiderman 3. It wasn't just built on the same engine, it was basically just a spiderman 3 mod... that was much better than spiderman 3

[@draconicrain7609]

Did anyone actually try to use the boat as an actual boat

[@fearanarchy]

My issue was the cord for my tv wasn't long enough to go to the creekside

[@Zezlemetkun]

If they did I imagined it something they did once

[@disenchanted987]

That Shrek game was my first ever Xbox game and I remember loving it, although in retrospect it was weird af.

[@nashdiy8570]

"That's bulls**t, Mom." Made my ****ing day.

[@domlocke3845]

I ran that part back like 10 times.

[@guyshepard9658]

It was pretty good.

[@wiggledixbubsy98]

Timestamp?

[@nashdiy8570]

Just the most _solid_ acting. 10/10

[@l0n3w01f117]

Beat me to it 😂

[@quintonis1]

When I was younger I had the Tony Hawk: Ride controller. It didn't work and I took it back and they gave me a new one and when I hooked it up it didn't work. I wasted $100 that day...

[@kamrongrant]

When I was younger I had to try and sell those stupid things lol

[@chanelg3810]

i fell off it and ironicly twisted my ancle...

[@MerkhVision]

Wtf?? Were they non refundable?! Thats messed up

[@crowokatagi4547]

I actually got the controller and game for like 45 USD at Walmart when I was younger and the board worked perfectly (up until my cousin did an actual kick flip on it and broke it like the fat ass he was) ((hes lost alot of weight, he's not dead))

[@Dargonhuman]

I worked at Toys R Us when those things came out; the returns bin was always full of them by the end of the week. It was so bad that we eventually had stacks of unsold board controllers because no one wanted to buy them anymore. Still not as big of a failure as DJ Hero though... I still remember laughing my butt off the first time I saw a shelf full of those stupid things at Grocery Outlet for $10, and still no one was buying them.

[@cutesuicune]

You know what else was another interesting fad? The whole giving every character (including Link and Sonic the Hedgehog of all things) a wolf or werewolf form. That was huge for a while.

[@jameshart2622]

How did I miss Andy's little...gestures...after saying "Now we have to towel off the rest of him." Brilliant.

[@nickm-s]

You forgot the fad of every damn thing being turned into some form of cart racer.

[@burnsy96]

That was more an industry trend

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

Ahem... I think you misspelled "Kart racer"

[@nickm-s]

Plasma Octopus *only slightly sarcastic* you're absolutely right, I don't know what came over me that I would make that mistake.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

I think if even the Arma 3 dlc spells it as "Karts" it basically is the correct way to spell it, lmao.

[@dirpyturtle69]

Plasma Octopus it’s really not cart is spelled with a C just like combat is spelled with a C not a K

[@CraigMetalHead]

"Strap on plastic instruments to fulfill the fantasy of..." *faints*

[@agonleed3841]

Lmao

[@rileybrowne3334]

Mum walks into room you *AHHHHHH I CAN EXPLAIN*

[@Funkopedia]

Still waiting for this fad to surface

[@krovek]

the chronicles of Riddick game was dope as hell

[@Hogscraper]

LUL that look on Andy's face as he towels off Ethan's body. Keep up the great videos!

[@VGamingJunkie]

Jazz Jackrabbit was a damn good game for what it was, in my opinion.

[@P3x310]

I personally played Jazz Jackrabbit before even hearing about Sonic... I would have though Sonic was some weird homage, had I known what the word "homage" meant.

[@VGamingJunkie]

And it's not just like Sonic, I'd describe it as Sonic meets Metal Slug or Sonic meets Contra, since the shooting factors into it too.

[@P3x310]

True. And the soundtrack is great as well. I still play the Rock Christmas music from the special version every year.

[@kaiosamatlj4031]

One thing is for sure, Jazz Jackrabbit is one of the few mascot characters I can respect for using a gun. At least he didn't try to be "serious" like Shadow the Edgehog.

[@oldschoolhiphophd]

For me Jazz Jackrabbit will always be the mascot of my childhood!

[@SpitFireBuz]

Yuuuuup!

[@420sakura1]

So you are a fan of fortnite.

[@SpitFireBuz]

@@420sakura1 wut?

[@Lead_Foot]

Great co-op game.

[@DrGonzoChronic]

I was expecting LGR in the comments defending Jazz.

[@IamCoalfoot]

I liked Gex... I mean, I never actually owned it, but I liked what little I played of it.

[@atomicbrain9401]

4:13 - trust me, my dingy is not inflatable but instead rather small and deflated.

[@Eagles4theewin]

Holding you to that promise. I'll be back here in five years expecting my Coke.

[@DanStaal]

I'll be with you.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

VR coke

[@joejeffries7445]

Juan Isasi I remember the New Coke debacle, they were basically saying "we want our product to taste more like Pepsi, but we can't say that, so let's just call it new"

[@heavencanceler2691]

We will ruin you with the 2,1 million cokes!

[@The1Kronos]

Vr could work it is just getting to a point where technology could handle it properly now it is just down to developers figuring out how to use it Edit: and of course technology will get even better to where it is not so bulky and complicated to set up if we support it

[@PowerThirteen]

You forgot the games that tried to jump on the Thief/Deus Ex/Splinter Cell bandwagon by clumsily shoehorning a stealth mission into a game that just didn't have the setup for it. I'm looking at you Jedi Outcast.

[@Callsign_Jaeger]

I don't remember any forced stealth missions in JKII and I've completed that game about a dozen times back in the day...

[@nateschultz8973]

Cough Zelda

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Better than stealth games that force brute force action. Pure action game protagonists are usually are built like tanks, and the stealth sections don’t take the time to program in stuff that makes stealth more challenging such as sound and footsteps so the simple stealth mechanics in the token stealth missions are easy to do even if we mess up. Whereas stealth game protagonists are usually extremely fragile and can’t survive a beating when every enemy is on alert and knows our location.

[@frowlinian8175]

I can only think of GTA: San Andreas lmao

[@jesspace4069]

@@mquigg25 far cry has stealth tho

[@gamepassghost]

Just keep returning to these videos over time, rebuilding the old confidence of mine and watching you guys just be you and talk about gaming is great. Anytime remember Star Wars pod racer?

[@fedenciogonzalezjr9051]

I love it when parents say video games make you a a killer or something in that nature. .. then I guess JACK THE RIPPER AND THE ZODIAC KILLER had a X Box 360 and a play station in there room lol

[@fedenciogonzalezjr9051]

joshua R why is that joshua? lol

[@jamie_1678]

I think the only reason Jane forgot about Mike buying all those fidget spinners is because she is trying to make people forget about her Pokemon go space station

[@jackbloor8524]

Hold on we talked about FMV games and didn’t talk about command and conquer red alert 3, I’m going to escape to the only place still sane SPACE!!!!

[@midgarw6775]

New technology doesn't always make it better technology

[@TheAmishStig]

Y'know, I never thought about VR that way before: "Let's combine two failed fads...stereoscopic 3D and motion control! Surely there is no possible way this could fail!"

[@battyrae1398]

god i hope lootboxes finds its way onto this list in 3-10 years time

[@anewtypeoftomato1565]

*Paying IRL money for lootboxes. It's perfectly fine to ask players to spend in-game money on random cosmetics, if they want. Well, in my opinion, I guess.

[@azuredragoon2054]

So what about spending real money to obtain in-game currency?

[@AnxiousGary]

I'm not sure how much longer lootboxes actually have. Many countries are strict about online gambling, which is what lootboxes are often considered by politicians, and I agree on that front. As far as spending real money for in game currency, we're in the middle of a big discussion regarding fiat vs decentralized currencies, (because of cryptocurrencies,) so anything could happen, and it will probably be wildly different across borders. There's certainly a precedence though. People who remember arcades will remember arcade tokens. Gift cards are similar. For the most part when you buy online currencies there's a warning that they have no explicit cash value, I expect these warnings will continue regardless of the strength of each decentralized currency to make them more legally accessible to the global population. Of course there are exceptions, in-game/in-world currencies that rely on a strong exchange rate, like Eve's PLEX and ISK, Second Life's Linden Dollars, and so on, but I think we'll see more games/platforms switching to or creating actual blockchain cryptocurrencies in the way that High Fidelity recently has, if that doesn't prove to be more difficult in regard to legality.

[@misterthegeoff9767]

Remember without the 90s animal mascot platformers we would never have met Smash Blue Whale.

[@mistydolphin2524]

One question: who??? Lol

[@misterthegeoff9767]

Smash Blue Whale was Luke and Ellen's 90s platformer creation over on Outside Xtra. His signature look is wearing a normal t-shirt over a long sleeve t-shirt and his special attack is to jump out of the sea and smash down onto enemies. He got his special powers (and his t-shirt) from surfing a radioactive wave. Don't ask me about the interspecies love triangle reboot though, I think that only exists in Ellen's OxBox fan fiction.

[@howsitgoingwhiskerdude]

Or Ty the Tasmanian Tiger

[@rebeccamiyamoto7321]

Im amazed somebody other than me remembered ty.

[@wabash9000]

Loved me some Jazz Jackrabbit back in the day.

[@willp2906]

Well I assume it's official, Andy does not owe us a Coke.

[@jedihorjus]

My prediction is VR won't become standard unless we can invent good omnidirectional treadmills, or _Sword Art Online_ style neurological VR (preferably with less IRL permadeath.)

[@devalphamon7289]

Laszlok it won't become standard but I do believe it'll always have it's place in gaming as it is.

[@cluckeryduckery261]

Basically matrix pods. You want The Matrix pods... actually, so do i. carry on then.

[@supermatrum]

We don't even have VR yet, it's just virtual goggles which allows people to pit the computer even closer to their face

[@fangsabre]

Honestly though, I'm waiting for full dive tech or at least an MMO for oculus rift. I would play the shit out of a game that's just SAO minus the plot of the show. Just give me the game from the show minus permadeath and i would be all over it

[@samueljackson3512]

Fangsabre The game in SAO is REALLY bad tho.

[@3head379]

“Hairier than chewbacca’s shower drain!” Put that on a tshirt please!

[@shawnredshaw6663]

When the person in front of you in Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, steps on a landmine and explodes in graphic detail, it really sets the tone.

[@oliverimhoof]

I'm not a musician, but can't you have a guitarist play a part in a song that didn't originally have a guitarist? I mean, when Weird Al Yankovic plays Another One Rides the Bus, he plays the melody with an accordion when Queen didn't use one in Another One Bites the Dust. It's the same music only with different lyrics and instruments.

[@Sluppie]

You can, in fact, cover/remix/parody a song while changing an instrument. Doesn't change the fact that it's not the original song, though.

[@XCM666]

Yeah, of course. I guess it's just that, when you have to choose a bunch of songs for a game that tries to make the player feel like a great guitarist, you would typically want to pick songs that have an actual guitar part.

[@julienroeland9759]

Sure but the thing here is that you don't play what you hear... or should I say, you play what you don't hear which is even worst... if there's no guitar part in a song well... just don't put it in a guitar game ;) I don't want to feel like that dancefloor guy who mimics guitar on a song that doesn't have guitar in it (you know one, they are everywhere...)

[@insertmetalnamehere8838]

YOU TAKE THAT BACK ABOUT GEX, JANE

[@LordDeek]

AND JAZZ JACKRABBIT, THAT GOT ME REAL ANGRY

[@ghoulishgam3r508]

Umm...she said gex was good, and it was.

[@SJtheMFZB]

@@ghoulishgam3r508 BEGRUDGINGLY! ALMOST AS IF SHE WERE COERCED! 😠 😂 Man, it honestly wouldn't matter if people sincerely disliked Gex. I'd boot it up and play it anyway. His games were so much fun.

[@tyrant-den884]

The Shrek 2 game was actually pretty solid.

[@aidanblackett8930]

The second one followed the movie too much I liked the first one being a platformer just set in the world.

[@chronorust3359]

Your not wrong.

[@andrewmcpeters74]

I had the gameboy shred game. Enjoyed it.

[@As_Asa_PhD]

The Solid 2 game was pretty Shrek.

[@fransandersson4717]

Liar

[@Razumen]

3D monitors actually worked really for games, in fact I'd say they were much better for games than anything else. Unfortunately the need for expensive glasses to get the best effect really killed it.

[@bravepart]

I think 3D is a missed opportunity. Some simple ideas work wonderfully with it to be fair!

[@LadyOnikara]

I like playing Ocarina of Time in 3D, but it gives me a headache after awhile.

[@MarcoYolo]

Bashes movie tie-in games Forgets about Spider-Man 2; arguably one of the best superhero games of all time that happened to be a movie-tie in

[@MerlautZone]

That's why he mentioned Spider-Man 3 instead, lol

[@grantlarsen8761]

Honestly I thought about Lego Games

[@conor6436]

File Spider-Man 2 under "exception that proves the rule". SM2 was rad. Doesn't change the fact that most tie-in games are utter pish.

[@Rognik]

Grant Larsen Those haven't quite faded away yet...

[@nomarsenrab]

The X-men Origins: Wolverine game was better than the movie (low bar I know but the game was satisfyingly brutal)

[@NuthouseKid88]

Admit it. We all, at one point, believed that Gex had something to do with saving 15% or more on car insurance.

[@brandonwithnell612]

nah their totally the same gecko, ive never seen both of them in the same place, im telling you its a conspiracy lol

[@xXLiLJokerXx]

Gex was laid off after his video gaming career failed. Thankfully Geico saved 15% or more of gex's appearance.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

I think Gex needs a comeback..... ok as much as I admit I am nostalgic for the games, I can't type this without giggling.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

I dunno, I actually have a hard time picturing anything but Dana Gould to be honest. The obnoxiousness of the voice just kind of works in a weird way.

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

Michelle Lincoln of course new sound bytes, this is 2018, so.... outdated references from 2000-2010? hehehe

[@yourjunes]

Zork: Grand Inquisitor was an amazing FMV game

[@Toastmaster_5000]

I don't think VR headsets are or will be a fad, but they will always be niche

[@KazeNinja17]

So...no Tim Curry screaming "SPACE!" during the FMV entry? That's so unlike you guys.

[@brendanssound]

Not really an FMV.. more of a cutscene.. There was more game happening then movie.

[@JachAnen]

Brendan Matthews I thought the same, but if Quantum Break counts as a spiritual successor, then the Westwood games does too.

[@brendanssound]

This is true

[@marhawkman303]

also they were focusing on the BAD ones. They liked Tim Curry.

[@brendanssound]

Lets see for how much longer.. What with everyone telling them to scream out Space every single time they do a livestream

[@elPominator]

I'm sure the Nintendo Labo ad I watched before this video was a complete coincidence... Oh who am I kidding, it's Nintendo, they could sell literally anything.

[@aidancallahan4217]

Even cardboard....

[@davidbonnortm194]

She’s talking smack about Gex! Get her!

[@davidbonnortm194]

@obsidianorchids hardly stealing a comment if it is just word for a word a quotation but ok buddy you keep fighting the good fight there 😂

[@eastmeetswestpresents6923]

Perhaps another video game controller fad that could have been given honourable mention on this list would be the playset that came with your children's favourite game (be it Tonka or Thomas the Tank Engine). The playset would basically be a plastic mold of some console with buttons and levers that, when pulled or pressed, pressed down on certain keys on the keyboard that would correspond to the appropriate action in the game. As a kid, you'd be forgiven for thinking that your play set made playing your favourite games that bit more interesting. As an adult, you'll suddenly realise that the play set was indeed nothing more than just a plastic molded box and that the real magic was in your keyboard all along. If anyone can rephrase what I'm saying better (and I'm being perfectly serious here), I'd appreciate the helping hand.

[@TheGoldSwordSquad]

I remember when the 3ds came out my younger cousin got one for Christmas and I remember him showing me and it being the most anticlimactic thing of all time. It’s literally a slightly blurry version of mariokart with 3D effects but only from a very specific angle

[@adamg6453]

The new 3ds has vastly improved the 3d feature, it tracks your head to make sure the 3d effect is in focus.

[@JohnUnsub]

Adam G Only if your head was well lit enough to track, otherwise it had some kind of focusing seizures. For what it's worth in ideal circumstances it's not terrible and actually its quite impressive for how little power the console has

[@SmilingMoos3]

John Doe actually that isn't true. The new 3ds uses an infrared camera to track your face, so no light is required.

[@JohnUnsub]

SmilingMoos3 You can say that all you like, doesn't make it not true after testing it

[@SmilingMoos3]

Except I have tested it, I own one myself and have used it for over a year including very dark conditions. The 3D function works fine. Care to explain that because according to my own testing what you are saying just isnt true.

[@CaitlinRC]

Outsidexbox is a fad that will never end. *NEVER*

[@EmmaEquinox]

Caitlin RC they're no a fad. they're a way of life.

[@SarahAndreaRoycesChannel]

Well I hope so, I want to get that coke in 5 years.

[@matrixphijr]

That defies the entire definition of "fad."

[@AmaranthOriginal]

I'm from the future. In seven years, OxBox becomes a world-recognised religion.

[@cthulhumetalheart182]

+Emma Riley Danvers they aren't a way of life, they ARE life.

[@jessealvarado4750]

I actually really fondly remember the shrek 2 game 😂

[@synthrogue6856]

While watching I was thinking "Give it 5 years and VR will be on this list"...then Andy beat me to it.

[@treespiders9397]

Cargo pants may never look good but try finding female pants with real pockets. Whoever decide on fake pockets should never have real pockets ever again.

[@treespiders9397]

It weeds out the unfashionable. "cough" practical "cough"

[@frknspacewizardbrett6044]

That's something that never made sense to me. Why can't females where pants? Is there some sort of unspoken law? Must all female pants never go down to the knee? Are the reptiles secretly controlling the media to cause us to focus on problems that don't matter so that we won't notice the invasion? We may never know.

[@Rognik]

I not so much that females can't wear trousers, but if they do, they aren't allowed to store things in them. I bet it's a conspiracy with the purse industry!

[@hersheybabyluv]

Rognik That's exactly what it is. "No space for things in your 'pockets?' Look at these $50 purses available to you! It won't feel like carrying a human child on your wrist at all!"

[@CiarlaArt]

Females clothes need to be tight to the body to show off those curves, can't have pockets getting in the way. least this is what I think must go through the heads of designers, the more it compliments the figure the better! Honestly though I don't really know, but can get annoying to find some nice pants with real pockets. I don't want to be carrying a bag with me every where when all I have to carry is a Purse and Phone --- Also by purse I mean a girls wallet no bigger than a small pencil case, not a handbag which also get called purses.

[@TheJaguar1983]

I reckon the shake to recharge the light in Last of Us was a nice touch.

[@cpl.kokirikid5845]

TheJaguar1983 i actually didn't know about it, and i went through 2 playthroughs. A nice way to use the controller motions was in the halo jump sections in the ratchet and clank games in my opinion.

[@gggcccdddaaa2080]

That towel joke was the funniest thing I’ve heard all day

[@darkark3981]

Lol he said he owes me a coke if we use be headsets as sleep masks in five years yet five months later someone made a KZbin video on wearing a vr headset for 24 hours including sleeping

[@alanjhonson2298]

“We were all pretty deluded in the 90’s thinking cargo pants looked good” *starts laughing and then looks down and realises I’m still wearing cargo pants in 2018* Oh...

[@the_Kutonarch]

Alan Jhonson Same here. Also since when were trucker hats supposed to be worn "ironically"? Fashion eludes me.

[@Renanbso]

I was so focused on humming along to the Mii channel music that I didn't hear a single word Andy said

[@mineman2142]

6:50 that was my reaction to mentioning gex too ;( hit me right in the childhood

[@WreckinPoints11]

1:50 Don't forget about the way you spray paint in inFamous Second Son

[@kirstenfurylover]

So wait... This whole time I've been exercising whilst playing the Wii?? Damn you Zelda! I thought we were friends!!!

[@00blaat00]

You forgot Earthwom Jim as an animal mascott! And Jazz Jackrabbit is a classic!

[@vsm1456]

and both are great on their own

[@conanmaolcheann5088]

So glad I rewatched this. I totally forgot I lost my “Andy owes me a coke” notification when I got a new phone. You aren’t off the hook yet Farrant! Only five more months!

[@Thechannel437962]

Its been 5 years and I still use my Quest!

[@victor3582]

VR will survive on the background if it doesn't survive in gaming. I say this because VR porn is a thing and people like porn. a lot. Japan is specifically advanced in this VR porn thing. Way more than one would think

[@masonada8826]

I just got my new vr headset.. got any links?

[@victor3582]

Mason Meow Googleit. It is everywhere 😂

[@Kelkuza]

google "dlsite" - there's some VR games there...so I heard from a friend.

[@Heartshapedbox81]

Hygo this is not surprising

[@goonerOZZ]

Porn industry is surprisingly sometimes becomes the catalyst that would propel some tech innovation into mainstream consumers, VHS v Beta for instance, one of the reason VHS wins the format wars because the porn industry embraced the VHS format. So it's not farfetched to think VR could survive just because porn industry embraced the medium.

[@schradester8]

... I played the Iron Man, Spider-Man 1, 2 and 3, and shrek 2 video games lol

[@user-el9bm4vr1f]

ColeRezurrected it doesnt

[@user-el9bm4vr1f]

ColeRezurrected i played the shit out of it back in the day went back with some friends alot more frustrating or downright stupid then i remember

[@dontegraves5051]

Shrek 2 is average at best. For $5 you can get some worth out of it. As for the Spider-Man games, I like none of the ones based on movies. I find them all detestable to some degree, with 3 being particularly dreadful. Has nothing to do with the movie itself, because I love that movie. The game is atrocious. The Wii version looks like it came from the N64 era. The development team was either not given enough time or just didn't care.

[@schradester8]

D'onte Graves I thoroughly enjoyed 3 on PS2, but I was like, 8 at the time. I think the 2 best spidey games are Ultimate Spider-Man and Web of Shadows, which were both based on the comics. The new game is shaping up to be great too, as it's its own thing.

[@chrislanglois8275]

I played iron man just a few yrs ago, such an awesome game, the only thing i hated was the reactor lvl, took me 22 tries to beat >_

[@RealLilVodka]

I remembered playing all three of the movie tie in games that he talked about. 😂

[@genaace7827]

Still playing VR, only 4 more years till I get that Coke!

[@irishboy_pa]

No "space" clip in the fmv part! Good job oxbox

[@fondajames]

Very weird that society says mortal kombat level of violence is ok for KZbin but sexual content just as simulated isn't. Odd values there but oh well

[@MissiGNO000]

James Fonda that's America!

[@ehill1536]

YT has a ton of cheek clapping booty shaking. Sooo... I'll be back in a few minutes.

[@mitchjohnson4714]

Didmboweling people isn’t a temptation most people face.

[@SilverJ17]

I think one of the main reasons I still remember and love Crash is all the different deaths from 2 and 3. (I never played the 1st game.) So many different and funny deaths with funny sounds to accompany them.

[@derumasforlos4285]

Actually, there were quite a few movie tie in games that were a ton of fun, and given how much was required to make them in such a short time frame, the quality was impressive. Heck, one of the best Marvel video games of all time was a movie tie in game.

[@lamricelo]

To be fair, Shrek 2 on the PS2/Xbox is still a pretty solid game.

[@jacobbergen3469]

Shrek 2 was the best game on the original xbox

[@caps738]

I totally recognize the second guy from the xbox weekly videos during the 360 days! Subbed!

[@OoSweetyman]

Ur vids are genuinely great

[@theseabassi9638]

Shake controller to pay respects.

[@RudyCantGame]

Your guys are forgetting Earthworm Jim and Donkey Kong as great animal mascots. Star fox is also a good one.

[@keirinmcdonald9398]

I remember all those movie tie ins, they were absolute gold

[@westonbryant8041]

I had that tony hawk skateboard controller when I was younger. I loved that game

[@incendere244]

andy can I get some doctor pepper instead? such is the will of the Steins:Gate

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

"I'm mad scientist, it's so cool!"

[@Permaclok]

.. sonovabitch !

[@ianammons2694]

I feel movie tie in games are still a thing. Just add Lego and BOOM loophole for the sucky tie in games. I still know their true nature, they can't fool this guy.

[@myworstenemy7966]

Andy, it’s been 5 years, and VR’s still going strong.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Hey the controller shake for the flashlight in LoU was cool haha, I liked it, it added a tactile little thing Also deactivating octocamo in MGS4

[@theredblur6499]

I... actually fondly remember the Iron Man movie tie-in game.

[@maxlittlewood]

I also remember spiderman 3 fondly is that bad?

[@thatoneguy975]

Same. I still remember pulling those pilots out of their F-16s and flying around blowing stuff up

[@polkarrty]

The Red Blur me too

[@Markieray]

I remember playing it on the PSP... Jesus Christ.