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Dear White People (Netflix)

*Two guys playing Mario*
*holding Sony/Xbox controllers*
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And they're shaking the controllers without pressing any buttons and then right as the parent walks in they get a generic Game Over screen and they get mad about their "high score" in Grand Theft Auto 2
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Spike played a GBA and bitched about Donkey Kong and another time Mario

Leanaunfurled posted...

Dear White People (Netflix)

*Two guys playing Mario*
*holding Sony/Xbox controllers*

dey using an emulator

It's obviously a joke at this point
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*aggressively playing gameboy with no cartridge in it*
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I remember a youtube video about a show or something with someone playing prince of persia the two princes (or was it the two thrones? Can't remember) and it was level based for some reason.

Never stops being funny how over the top shows and movies treat video games. Sure it means that games will always be a joke industry and never get the respect or high prolific audience that movies enjoy, but you take the goo with the bad.
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And they were doing the most random crap with the controls, too lol. It was hilarious, I had to watch it twice because I missed the dialogue the first time.

MJ_Max posted...

Leanaunfurled posted...

Dear White People (Netflix)

*Two guys playing Mario*
*holding Sony/Xbox controllers*

dey using an emulator

They were sitting on a bed, though. Everyone knows you can't PC game from a couch or bed!
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Leanaunfurled posted...

And they were doing the most random crap with the controls, too lol.

*plays FPS and has sudden urge to run around room*

*modern video game console has 8-bit music & sound effects*
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I thought House of Cards does it pretty well
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TropicMoon10 posted...

I thought House of Cards does it pretty well

When they referenced the Stanley Parable I was pretty excited.
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Leanaunfurled posted...

They were sitting on a bed, though. Everyone knows you can't PC game from a couch or bed!

Retropie lets you use a wide array of controllers and hooks up to a TV.

Canuklehead posted...

Retropie lets you use a wide array of controllers and hooks up to a TV.

Was sarcasm

Metua posted...

*modern video game console has 8-bit music & sound effects*

The gets me the most out of anything tbh
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Metua posted...

*modern video game console has 8-bit music & sound effects*

Could be one of them indie games lol
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I'll bump your topic since I just posted the same thing in my own topic without realizing it.
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You do realize you can use unofifical controllers or adaptors on almost anything? Especially if you're on PC.

I use a PS2 controller on my PC or i could use a 360 controller and could be playing Mario on it.

Only game that won't accept it is Skyrim for some reason
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*jumps around as if trying to dodge stuff in the game IRL*
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Hollywood hates videogames, so any reason to make them and their fans look stupid is fine by them
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saspa posted...

Sure it means that games will always be a joke industry and never get the respect or high prolific audience that movies enjoy, but you take the goo with the bad.

probably because MGS2 and Planescape: Torment are the diamonds in the rough of video game stories

99.9% of games have shit story and writing
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ZMythos posted...

And they're shaking the controllers without pressing any buttons

Lol. Or they're randomly just pressing the shoulder buttons. I remember a video (or commercial or something) of some football player (might've been Ray Lewis) "playing" Madden and all he kept pressing was L2 uncontrollably. I'm like bro, why you spamming the strafe button lmao
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ManSpread posted...

saspa posted...

Sure it means that games will always be a joke industry and never get the respect or high prolific audience that movies enjoy, but you take the goo with the bad.

probably because MGS2 and Planescape: Torment are the diamonds in the rough of video game stories

99.9% of games have shit story and writing

Eh MGS2's story is a complete mess.
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Maze_ posted...

You do realize you can use unofifical controllers or adaptors on almost anything? Especially if you're on PC.

I use a PS2 controller on my PC or i could use a 360 controller and could be playing Mario on it.

Only game that won't accept it is Skyrim for some reason

I'm aware, but this is media. And I'm pretty sure there's not a computer in that room.

DevsBro posted...

*jumps around as if trying to dodge stuff in the game IRL*

To be fair I sometimes do this if I'm super into a game. :(
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Maze_ posted...

ManSpread posted...

saspa posted...

Sure it means that games will always be a joke industry and never get the respect or high prolific audience that movies enjoy, but you take the goo with the bad.

probably because MGS2 and Planescape: Torment are the diamonds in the rough of video game stories

99.9% of games have shit story and writing

Eh MGS2's story is a complete mess.

howso
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My favorite is just the frantic button presses.

I want to know what game they are playing which requires mashing all of the buttons constantly with no real rhyme or reason.

It's like they're just playing one constant endless QTE and are waaaaaay too into it
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Leanaunfurled posted...

To be fair I sometimes do this if I'm super into a game. :(

I'm now picturing you singing while dancing and playing that Miku game