wild video game marketing disasters that backfired...

[@chrisbengtson6887]

I still remember that video PlayStation made called "How to borrow games from your friend on PS4" and it was just two Sony employees in an office and one of them said "Hey can I borrow this video game" and the other was like "yeah sure". 15 second video. Crushing blow against Xbox.

[@fennekinenjoyer]

😂

[@manicstatic370]

“Hey can I play a game” “no”

[@yeayea8226]

This aged like milk

[@Jumpenny]

Yeah and now you can't even cross play some games from PS4 to PS5 lol

[@3possumsinatrenchcoat]

minor correction (or addition? I wouldn't be surprised if they did another version of it) they did it on stage at the actual conference

[@connorross123]

"Fortnite MLK event" is such a South Park combination of words that I cannot believe it was real

[@SquidByDaylight]

they still do it every year for mlk day and have a mlk spray 😭

[@Underdosing]

I’m crying laughing💀💀 this generation is beyond fucked

[@AwesomeStarbust7]

Yeah it doesn't feel real lol

[@Skibidy_rizzler_]

Is that martin luther king from fortnite??

[@xTxCxMx]

would you believe that isn't even the only controversy it's had? IIRC for one year they had something playing at the drive in theater on the map during regular play. And players could throw tomatoes at the screen or something.

[@dengdesigns]

I mean the sign calling EA the electronic anti-Christ was pretty spot on. 😂

[@justarandompurplefox3243]

You know a company is pretty awful if even Disney is giving them the side eye

[@zachary4652]

I need that sign

[@1993MAZDAMIATA]

DUDE A WHIP CRACK EMOTE LMAOOO

[@joefrew1614]

Oooh Yeah, don’t get me started, it brought up images of old school Southern Slavery in my head the moment they mentioned the whip crack emote

[@Plz8662]

When he said “Whip crack emote wasn’t disabled” I already knew what time it was & started dying

[@AndrewBarsky]

“Fortnite had an MLK event.” I couldn’t help but laugh because I knew EXACTLY how this was gonna go down. The whip crack emote being one of the only ones you could do is so ironic that it reeks of parody. It’s so egregiously absurd that it seems like a Chappell show bit.

[@dragonithv]

The "Praystation" is hilarious

[@Plz8662]

Especially Sony being a Japanese company lmfao

[@walnzell9328]

The Infinite Warfare trailer was downvoted so hard because the franchise was stagnating, but way more than that, they showed a remaster of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, but revealed you could only get it with a special bundle of Infinite Warfare. That pissed people off to no end. Not mentioning that is a disservice to the story.

[@dictatorofthecheese]

They said that they’d never sell the remaster separately then they did exactly that. I hate that I fell for that 🙁

[@walnzell9328]

@@dictatorofthecheese They did it after fan outcry.

[@austinreed7343]

@@walnzell9328 These days that probably wouln’t work given that they’re trying to ripoff Fortnite.

[@inductivegrunt94]

Call of Duty Infinite Warfare is so iconic with how hated it was. The game wasn't terrible, just that it was not what CoD players wanted. We at least got boots on the ground afterwards and never got another advanced movement CoD after that huge outrage by fans.

[@Genghis_of_Swans]

We’ve had boots on the ground since 2017 (excluding BO4). It’s time for something different

[@icravedeath.1200]

​@@Genghis_of_Swansdoesn't warzone count?

[@trippyvick059]

​@@icravedeath.1200no

[@schmecklin377]

the game was one of the better cods too lol

[@Staticgoods]

@@schmecklin377in what universe???? That game was garbage

[@jackschneider863]

The whipcrack emote is crazy how did they miss that

[@GroovyLeon]

Surprised you did not include the God of War 2 launch party with dead goats and naked ladies feeding grapes to guests

[@AmyCherryLMAO]

truly authentic

[@detectivemadoka69420]

I was about to mention this, to me this was the craziest PR stunt in gaming history.

[@luckyducky7819]

I kinda wish gaming still had this edge. I don't particularly need dead goats and naked ladies, but I want to see something crazy. Like "Last 10 minutes in this MMA ring with a trained fighter and get this brand new fighting game and a console to go along with it!".

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

​@@luckyducky7819Dead goats for the gods

[@Swordsman99k]

Bring back events like this. WITH the naked ladies, stop pretending it wouldn't be great.

[@MagitekBahamuto]

"We hired people who hate Halo to destroy Halo" - 343i

[@Disconnis]

The 343 company is named after the Monitor character that betrays Master Chief and tries to kill him so it makes sense.

[@BaxterAndLunala]

Nintendo's biggest PR disaster has to be their constant abuse of copyright strikes. While admittedly, many people did have it coming (the guy who made that mod for Palworld that turns it into Pokemon did get donations from the community, which technically means he was making money off an IP without Nintendo's consent), most of the time it's completely uncalled for. Like when asked why AM2R was taken down, Reggie responded with saying it was a "commercial product" despite no evidence supporting said claims (Samus Returns being an official remake being the only reason I can think of, but it's not like people weren't gonna buy that after playing AM2R), and another example is last year, they threatened to shut down a Smash Ultimate tournament for disabled people for using third-party controllers. Not only isn't the use of third-party devices for first-party systems perfectly legal since they all have Bluetooth built in as standard, but it's even more jarring because Nintendo doesn't make any first-party controllers for the disabled and yet have the audacity to go overboard over something they know full well is even worse for PR. If any of the participants were children, it makes it even more of a disaster since Nintendo puts great emphasis on making games specifically for children. Thankfully in this case, the only thing stronger than Japanese copyright lawyers is Norwegian lawmakers.

[@Venom3254]

The biggest difference is that Nintendo didn't suffer any sales or anything from it, except from online folks from social media which wasn't enough.

[@Ihartwalrusguy]

Nintendo is the only company that treats their employees with care while they treat their fan base with crap. I wish it was the other way around.

[@Blanktester685]

You wish they treat there employees like crap? Yikes

[@BaxterAndLunala]

@@Blanktester685 That's not what I said.

[@davebob4973]

​@@BaxterAndLunala the guy above them

[@PikaLink91]

18:32 To be fair to the guy (at least according to a vlog he made after the fail) his big moment was filled with technical difficulties making him panic. Could happen to anyone.

[@AntaresMiraSun]

The way your videos start as old style compilations to then evolve into podcast, where your personalities and ideas have the chance to emerge, is truly what makes these types of videos so entertaining and unique. Sometimes I don't even realise that 40+ minutes have passed

[@hamthehottie]

i was in love with this format 15 seconds in. no intro bs nothing

[@otaking3582]

I've heard that Epic's contract with DC prevented the whip emote from being disabled, which just raises a whole bunch of questions, such as "Did Epic seriously not talk to DC and tell them how bad this would make them look?" Then again, knowing DC, they probably wouldn't care.

[@joshfoustcommunity8928]

I will never forgive the marketing of halo 5 guardians, it’s campaign was just terrible, and I didn’t want a repeat of that happening again, which is why I gave all of my feedback on halo infinite!

[@KolmCayoz]

If he's 6 foot 7 inches, then that is a MASSIVE size door😮!

[@InstantJim]

Fr 😂😂

[@camouflaging6090]

same shit i said tf going on in germany man

[@john_toss]

8:56 I remembered when Mr.Metokur played this on one of his streams. And i just kept laughing on how bad it was

[@hugechunkydragon8984]

30:26 The Punisher video game on the PS2 was also one of those edgy games that was deemed too violent because of the interrogation interactions. To keep its M rating, whenever Frank kills an enemy, the screen turns black and white so the game doesn’t show too much blood or gore. That’s just one example.

[@SirIsaacClarke]

Dead Space 2 is one of my favorite games of all times, but the "Your mom hates Dead Space 2" campaign was so embarrassing. So immature.

[@ghhn4505]

Actually it was pretty cool and awesome and dope and I think you're gay

[@Dulika63]

Regarding the Fortnite scandal, I used to work for Epic at the time when that happened. I was a technical support. First of all, I laughed so hard when the kids found the exploit for the emote of the whip. But this was because of the legal agreement of DC and Epic. Basically other companies "rent" their IPs to Epic/ . This means that in all times of the game, the linseed stuff cannot be disabled. It was so absurd and I still laugh to this day

[@Gashnor]

Regarding the Halo community manager blaming the Ukraine war for not responding, the other crazy part of that was that guy's side account (which was linked to in his community manager account) was posting all weekend about crypto stuff and clearly he was focusing on his personal stuff. When people saw him posting about crypto all weekend, then blamed the war for being distracted, it was way obvious. That stuff got hidden immediately and he was moved elsewhere in 343, but it was wild

[@commit1969]

Never thought I'd see a "how to kill your brand" reference in the year 2024

[@Dezidicus]

Yo… mercenaries 2 was pretty basic as a game but as a kid them animations of pulling people out the vehicles and stuff definitely felt badass.

[@SeanPennII]

That game is elite. Get outta here

[@Jlaps941]

My brothers friend had this game, and it blew me away before I knew what GTA was

[@SanativeSparrow]

Hey, now. Homefront was an INCREDIBLE game... just not the sequel.

[@AndrewBarsky]

I LIKED homefront. It wasn’t exactly revolutionary (heh heh) but it was worth a play through. I mean at least it was a different and a new idea!

[@DiplomatOfDirt]

people swear that revolution is totally fixed, but man i played it maybe a year ago, it still was broken as hell

[@cjrstudios4100]

I remember there was a controversy for Burnout where they would pay peoples speeding tickets and encouraged it

[@xXRealXx]

wait WHAT

[@cjrstudios4100]

@@xXRealXx Yeah lol also look up Crash and burn Burnout 3

[@RPGManoWar]

​@@xXRealXxyeah Acclaim Entertainment pulled like a dozen of these stunts to promote their games as they spiraled into bankruptcy. The Burnout one however was pulled before it went through because yeahhhh you can't give people a cash offer to incentivize crimes. In the words of Yahtzee, they were offering a mechanized version of The Purge

[@JohnDarksoul69]

It was the marketing stunt for Burnout 2 in the UK. Acclaim did a few of these kind of stunts. There was a time they said they'd be paying some cash prize to people who named their kid "Turok" before a certain date. There was another time they said they'd be paying for people to advertise Shadowman 2 on their loved ones' tombstones... The fact the company no longer exists doesn't surprise me in the least.

[@Simte]

Great video lads. I still remember the whole Dante's protest lmao, btw the PSP rap is a certified classic.

[@walnzell9328]

Brass knuckles are legal in many states here in the US. Though sometimes they're only legal by default and a few county or city ordinances forbid them within their borders. Same with butterfly knives.

[@CrustySock1939]

I really hate the Diablo immortal fiasco. “Do you guys not have phones” nobody asked you for this game. 😭 that’s what’s crazy to me

[@dudeswerock]

Guys your podcast section at the end IS WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE, really differentiates you from other videos that is just purely informative and WE LOVE IT, actually cannot stop watching you guys, no1 youtube addiction at the moment

[@Swordsman99k]

BRUH the whipcrack is fucking hilarious. I'm dead.

[@Poscre]

The Venezuelan gas crisis still going to this day,i also wish Mercenaries 2 was available via backwards compatibility on xbox since the first game is...one of the fewer games based in my country even if the map layout was absolutely inaccurate

[@ironwolf56]

What's sad is it's not really a backwards compatibility issue; I mean it is, but not a technical one. It's a legal one. Apparently the license for Mercenaries 2 is so up in the air that no one can legally purchase and play it anymore.

[@Wolfenhawk]

It’s actually crazy how the 360 nearly killed off PlayStation only for them to run probably the worst ever campaign in history for the Xbox One, allowing PS to just take first place again even a decade later. Insane fumble.

[@Unlucky1776]

Huh? No it did not nearly kill off playstation lol. While yes. The sales of early PS3 models were terrible. that's because they sold them for $500 in 2007!

[@Wolfenhawk]

@@Unlucky1776 Yes, which is why I said “nearly”. I was a PS3 user and only tried out 360 towards the end of that generation’s era, the 360 blew PS3 out of the water. Compared to the commercial successes of PS1 and PS2, the Xbox very nearly took the mantle from PS. One can only wonder what would happen to the PS IP if a repeat happened with the Xbox One and PS4. As we know, Sony has a habit of very quickly discontinuing its products so it’s entirely possible.

[@csvega]

Lol that is in NO WAY true fanboy

[@Wolfenhawk]

@@csvega I’m literally a PS fanboy lmao

[@Wolfenhawk]

@@Unlucky1776 Great to see my comments deleted over a normal response, so someone’s salty for whatever reason. Yes, Playstation absolutely tanked the console war of that generation and “NEARLY” killed off the console (I never said they did). We have seen how easily Sony gives up on its products, so had Sony stayed consistent with that ‘cash out quick’ model, we very possible could have seen the plug pulled on the PlayStation IP had the Xbox One premier campaign been another home run. Sony’s determination to claw the PS3 through the mud really got us to where we are now and I wish they put this much support into everything they make.

[@OracleOfTheOasis]

12:04, I want to correct here, it was not THQ Nordic, just THQ. Nordic was the revival of the publisher after their bankruptcy.

[@keenanpetit8864]

Please keep the pod at the end of the episodes, my brain has been annihilated by brain rot content

[@WanderingCommentator]

I remember for the mlk event after the emotes got removed, I was still doing the worm 💀💀

[@GoldenBeans]

Fortnite: only emote available by accident , something with a whip , during MLK event me, hold up PSP: white edition promotion me: 💀💀💀💀

[@michaelmacorso4479]

Diablo immortals was at the blizard event not e3

[@LegendStormcrow]

That one of the first times Blizzard REALLY disappointed me.

[@L3vinesNL]

This. Had to rewatch it to check what he said before showing the diablo stuff. Sounds alot as if he thinks this was at E3.

[@masterseal0418]

dO yOu gUyS nOt hAvE pHoNeS?

[@Eta_Hoyimi]

I didn't realize this was your second channel, was just recommended this video and spent nearly all of it wracking my brain for where I knew your voice. The elijah channels great, keep it up!

[@bigjeff]

that shot at 14:27 not counting even though you saw the blood come out of his head 🤣🤣

[@coltonemanis]

Honestly i didnt know how to feel about the podcast-esque but now, i really enjoy them and i think we would all like for yall to continue doing them. Its fun to hear and see yall just talk about stuff in that tyoe of format, i usually start to agree or disagree and talk like im actually there in a call or something 😂😂

[@GOATexp]

I like it too! I just wish the camera was a little bit lower 😂

[@edge4266]

“the mid 2000s were a pretty weird year” lol

[@kahlur]

11:45 great video! just a nitpick, it wasn't THQ Nordic, it was the original THQ that released the balloons.

[@novataco5412]

“EA: Electronic Anti-Christ” wait they were cooking with that one

[@mysterious_559]

Halo 5 basically was a big lie since the Campaign basically had only 3 missions with Chief and half of it with Locke

[@TBDF12]

The podcast section is fun, reminds me of some old shows on KZbin where each person learns about a topic and then explains and talks about it, so you still get all the information, but the other person not knowing as much leads to a more conversational style with banter.

[@Лукаиванов-п9ю]

I don't know why. But Christmas psp rap reminds me of Chris-Chan joining parrapa rap contest to get psp for Megan.

[@TheGameStarter]

1. Esio is a character in AC: Origins - a small child which the player meets during "The Flea of Cyrene" quest and later, grown up, in The Curse of the Pharaohs DLC. So not entirely wrong :) 2. You guys should really look into Acclaim's PR disasters. You can do a whole video on these alone.

[@musicinmymind623]

I was waiting for anything Acclaim related the whole video! Maybe Turok and Shadow Man 2 have been talked about to death but man those are iconically awful

[@DjDoggDad]

I never forgave sony after leaking all my personal info IN A FREAKING PLAINTEXT FILE.

[@Disciple7218]

I played fort when the MLK event was going on when they had it played at the drive in theater and literally everyone was throwing tomatoes at the screen. It was hilarious

[@MovieEggman]

For racists maybe.

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

Damn.

[@MrAjking808]

That’s not funny .. it’s lame

[@everythingisland3170]

@@MovieEggman it was funny asf.. wymm 🐒🐒🐒🐒

[@Bocchi-the-Rock_]

Brass Knuckles are legal in the majority of U.S. states - also, I live in Texas, a few years back all melee weapons were made legal for open carry. You can walk around with a sword or a spear, a club, daggers, brass knuckles, and pretty much anything else that qualifies as a melee weapon

[@frankiedorsett6052]

As soon as you mentioned the whip crack emote i immediately face palmed and lose my shit.

[@DrMiether]

4:01 For everything they’ve messed up, Ubisoft did something similar in Assassin’s Creed Origins. There is a discovery mode that takes you all around Egypt and teaches you all sorts of things. In a very professional and respectful way

[@somebodynowhere]

I honestly thought Dante's Inferno's Sin to Win promotion was much worse for the game than fake protesters

[@sauce7670]

I remember watching the xbox1 and the ps4 reveals live at E3 and the capital L sony handed xbox live on stage the next day after the xbone reveal was one of the greatest things ive ever witnessed live on TV. Up there with valves "artifact" reveal getting "booed" into oblivion

[@LegendStormcrow]

Homefront deserved a greenlight. It was a great game. Just needed more funding. Also sucks that they swapped the enemy to NK. Could have just left it vague, but there is only one credible threat militarily to the US. Narratively, it HAD to be China. Not saying China would, just that they are the only ones who can.

[@cruisinobscurae3274]

I love these videos man.

[@w3bbi3]

Im actually surprised fortnite hasn't added a george floyd skin yet

[@FTWSamFisher]

MW3: Still kinda modern but with some future tech Black ops 2: remember BO1? too bad now its the future Ghosts: guess what? MW3 but its in the future Advanced: you can fly cuz its the future Bo3: Its the future again BO4: are you guys ready for teh future Infinite: GUESS WHAT ITS THE FUTURE IN THIS ONE!!!! Its hard to get exited when youve already done this 4 or 5 times before...

[@Blanktester685]

Mw2? Cod4?

[@UncleKunkle]

Can't forget Artifact: The DOTA Card Game

[@vincent207]

The audible groan from the audience at the reveal was priceless.

[@dylives7667]

Browsing Fortnite's MLK event as Travis Scott is wilder than the event itself 💀

[@VioletElite4]

22:50 So, idk if you want an update to this, but there was an anncouncement this past week that the old Battlefront games from Pandemic, the classic ones from 2004, 2005, are getting new versions on all modern systems; Steam, Xbox Seres/One, PS4/5, and even the Switch, with multiplayer revived with up to 64 players!! Look this up I really do think more people should know about that, very exciting!

[@beckerjackson2674]

I love your videos please keep it up man!

[@Figway55]

Rocket Sloth with another video LETS GOOOOOO

[@pablogarcia6188]

Im so exited for which wakey charters are gonna make it cause we really know nothing about this games roster

[@kingspilly4381]

Another game that had disastrous marketing was Rule of Rose. They tried to go with controversy-based marketing by getting a publicist to make reports that heavily exaggerated or fabricated aspects of the game that could be seen as problematic, most notable being the erroneous claim that the game shows sexual content involving underage characters. This not only caused the game to get banned in several countries but also caused it to bomb in the countries that did get a release, causing the studio that developed it to shut down.

[@corkben]

I could listen to these to chat all day

[@ChazMcRich1]

I feel like this could really benefit from some royalty free soft piano or something. It’s a good video tho

[@fffrrraannkk]

Maybe next time EA can just giveaway Speedway gift cards.

[@vincent207]

In regards to the MLK event, I think Epic was contractually obligated to keep the DC emotes regardless of event. Otherwise, I can’t imagine Catwoman’s emote being allowed.

[@MMOchAForPrez]

That PSP poster was WILD. What was Sony thinking

[@icravedeath.1200]

Sony decided to be racist that year in particular.

[@VelvetFox]

Wuss

[@yourgrandmasjzexboyfriend]

@@VelvetFoxshut up furry

[@jacobhammond6783]

That ad for the psp wasn’t even racist smh just cause it said “white is coming” big fucking deal. people need to get over themselves

[@icravedeath.1200]

@@jacobhammond6783 it was racist tho

[@Timsabit]

Really enjoy y’all’s content!

[@dsimpson530]

Im surprised the preorder incentive debacle for Deus Ex mankind divided wasn't covered. Where game unlocks were based on how many people would preorder and unlock features in the game. They scrapped it completely

[@mikeanton56]

I stumbled upon your videos and just wanted to say that I enjoy them. A lot of neat information and stuff I didn't know.

[@Microwaves4747]

The mr wellens voice over got me I had to subscribe 😂

[@brianbrewer8346]

Love this video man.started off boring but somehow picked up tempo real quick and became REALLY enjoyable teal quick.!! Awesome report bro.kudos to you,!!

[@dubstepZOMBIE64]

Manhunt 1/2 is still banned here in New Zealand. You get a $20.000 fine if caught with it. I’ve still not played it but watched videos on KZbin. Things I’ll do for a complete copy of them two for my collection 😢

[@Udontlikeice]

I feel like the gas promo for mercenaries is actually pretty sweet only problem is EVERYONE knew if they would’ve just kept it at “pop-up” level it probably would’ve went smoother imo

[@joshuachristiansen4253]

I certainly enjoyed playing Dante's Inferno, in fact i completed the game in Inferno difficulty and liked the ending even though there wasnt a sequel to it but ended nicely. When i first played it and got to the second ring: Lust and heard the moans, i immediately muted the volume because my parents thought i was watching something i wasnt supposed to but i ended up completing the level and went to Gluttony. But I suppose Dante's Inferno must've made Catholics mad because of how the game was depicting hell i suppose or maybe because of Lucifer.

[@yummers8798]

Kevin Smith's movie Dogma (1999) was protested by Catholics who found the subject matter in the movie offensive. Kevin Smith joined the protests against the movie he had made in order to increase notoriety. I wonder if the Dante's Inferno stunt was inspired by that.

[@Korra228]

8:25 this is the most "how do you do fellow kids" shit I've ever seen

[@AudioMayhem100]

Brass Knuckles may be illegal but "Belt Buckles" and "Decorative Paperweights" are not.

[@martinmp19]

That psp ad holy shit 💀

[@MichaelYT23]

😂

[@spunchii134]

By adding the MLK event, they have now also added racism to its universe.

[@ChaoticCharvel]

You can legally own brass knuckles in many states here in the US! Only a small few have a complete ban on them. However, generally for most states where it is legal, you cannot carry them concealed on your person. For example, in Oregon it’s legal to own, but you may only have them on private property.

[@TyDie1]

Video game devs need to stay away from racial and social justice issues. The facts that people were emoting is great.

[@Frankensteinisnear]

So what you are saying, games shouldn't be used to portray more serious topics at all?

[@razinghavoc7419]

​@@Frankensteinisnearhe didn't say that at all and you know it. He's simply saying they shouldn't be using games to push an angenda, especially not every game which is what groups like sweet baby try to do.

[@eyosiasabiot7727]

@@razinghavoc7419many games are political. If you don’t agree with their politics then don’t play them or just criticize their politics. You don’t get to tell what other people’s art should be.

[@Esitaro3670]

In the end of the day, the phrase "any publicity is good publicity" doesn't work on these cases

[@kibakurosaki]

There was this marketing thing in the UK, involving the game Burnout 2 where any speeding tickets would be paid for by the developers, think it's quite obvious what happened.

[@ConnieVeenuhs]

Sheesh bro got straight to it

[@imillnotsick420]

It's not free gas but every once in a while where I live Sheetz will have gas for 99 cents a gallon and it's crazy how busy it gets. Idk if they do it everywhere but i live in a pretty small town/area and it gets like he was saying so I could imagine in what free gas would be like in big ass city like London.

[@tori_girlonline800]

I like this weird podcast/deepdive genre, I'm here for it

[@mbarker_lng]

One other reason to hate the Xbox One (as a game dev): They killed the indy marketplace on Xbox with the One. This was probably a huge boon to Steam. It was also a gut-punch to people like me who had been "sold" on the software toolset MS aggressively pushed called "XNA" to develop for the the Xbox 360. A massive waste of time and resources when they quietly killed it in classic MS fashion: "Just start pretending it doesnt exist and don't say anything."

[@trogdorrules]

I worked at GameStop during the Xbox One debacle, and of course they wanted us to push preorders, so it was really funny watching the division between customers. You were either the type who would laugh in your face if you asked them if they wanted to preorder an xbox, or they were hardcore microsoft fans who were coping and would preorder the console andn a bunch of games just to spite the "haters"

[@Wycher]

sonys servers werent down multiple weeks. it was down multiple months..

[@blinkachu5275]

The Call of Duty Infinite Warfare hatred I will never understand. It legitimately has one of the best campaigns in the Call of Duty series

[@willissudweeks1050]

That Fortnite one is FUNNY! They actually did something kind of cool but still let people dance and shit which made it ridiculous.

[@dgray5100able]

The "alliwantforxmasisapsp" thing I found out through the weirdest of ways: Ashens. Yes, that same Ashens who reviews tat on his brown sofa. One of his earliest videos was a parody video on this topic.

[@vitalepitts]

that randy pitchford story is my favorite piece of gaming history. SHE WAS A FUCKING MAGICIAN

[@Notpoop906]

EA should have done what a lot of brass knuckle manufacturers do and put a threaded removable brass pin in it so it sits at a slight angle when placed on a desk and you can then say it is a paper weight 😂When I was a teenager I went through a phase of buying different gadgets and gizmos from China and all the brass knuckle listings had those little pins on them and my friend from school had a pair and his had the removable pin too. I thought I should mention he didn't bring them to school, he showed them to me when I went to his house.

[@DeadUponAll]

Mercenaries 2 is one of the best games I ever played back in the day, and they need to remaster it and bring it back.