Mega64's 'Car' is a treat

36 Comments by Justin McElroy Apr 23rd 2008 1:00AM
Filed under: Culture

We'd love to tell you about this new video from our friends at Mega64, but there's very little we could say that wouldn't ruin it for you. It's sort of like that movie where Bruce Willis was a guy who didn't look dead but actually totally was. We forget the name right now.

We will say though that we like how this video doesn't have a "joke" per se. It's just a fun reminder that, if brought to life, some of our favorite gaming moments would look downright ridiculous. ... See? There we go saying too much about it. Curse our verbosity! You should probably just watch the video.

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Sadako Was Framed: Apr 23rd 2008; 1:11AM

old i saw this like an hour ago, also first

Seriously though, Awesome Video, these dudes are hilarious.

Shmil: Apr 23rd 2008; 1:36AM

Wow, you inadvertently made an 'old" joke and a "first" post. For this you receive a first class ticket to internet hell. Enjoy your eternity of pop up ads and "vigara" offers.

t_m: Apr 23rd 2008; 5:34AM

I'm gonna assume he was kidding... cos no one would have that much of a death wish.

Well, except Charles.

deft: Apr 23rd 2008; 1:15AM

XD
Mega64 has done it again.

HykCraft: Apr 23rd 2008; 1:15AM

Seriously.. you guys copy all your junk from Kotaku and every other "gaming blog" site. Ever heard of doing any original posts for your OWN sources and not someone else's?

Big Ed: Apr 23rd 2008; 1:33AM

Leave Joystiq alone! Leave it alone!

deft: Apr 23rd 2008; 1:50AM

OH NOES!!!! A gaming blog did a similar note on something that other gaming blogs may have already done!!!

WHEN WILL THIS END?!
/sarcasm

BrokenMonkey: Apr 23rd 2008; 1:54AM

Um, do you even know what the point of blogs are? They gather information from all over teh intarwebs and give them to us in one place. That's why they link to articles at the bottom of all their posts, those are the original sources. Everyone gets their info from the same places and just because one post shows up somewhere else first doesn't mean it's copied from there, it just happened to show up there before it made its way here. The fact that you think everything is stolen leads me to believe that you're incapable of creating your own thoughts, and that your comment was probably stolen from Kotaku and posted here.

Yourself: Apr 23rd 2008; 2:31AM

A few notes on Joystiq vs. Kotaku:

1. Kotaku covers literally everything even mildly remotely related to the words "video game." This is why there is such an inane amount of worthless content on their site, and why everyone elses coverage tends to be shared. They just cover everything.

2. Kotaku tends to get posts up immediately after information is discovered because they don't take the time to write articles of a.) quality, b.) depth, c.) length. They usually just say "here, thing happened," and because of the insignificance of most of what they post about, it's usually all that can be said.

3. The comment boards? Not even gonna go there.

Anyway, Jstiq >>> Kotaku.

Christopher Grant: Apr 23rd 2008; 2:33AM

Also, you're banned. Bye-bye!

Oh, and thanks Big Ed, Deft, BrokenMonkey, and Yourself!

Kye - Joystiq Greybeard: Apr 23rd 2008; 4:35AM

Yeah Joystiq is teh l33t!

Strike em down Banhammer, strike em down!

*hi^5s some random people*

Wooo! Where's the beer!?

t_m: Apr 23rd 2008; 5:38AM

You can get banned?!?!

er... did i say how much I love you guys. I often read news here literally hours before I read it on VE3D!

PS/ Wouldn't it be cool if a banhammer existed in real life?

Poisoned Al: Apr 23rd 2008; 6:36AM

Also I got banned from Kotaku for no real reason. No big loss. I'm a bit of a shit-stirrer sometimes, but I don't troll for the sake of it. I think it was a gun control rant that sealed my fate. Shit, I don't think America sould ban guns, just have a bit more checks and control then ticking a "I'm not bat-shit crazy" box before being handed a small arsenal. It seems that if you don't post the same inane drivel as everyone else, you get banned. Not that you'd want to, becuase the reply system is horrible.

Justin McElroy: Apr 23rd 2008; 7:15AM

Not that I need to defend it, but I had this written at 7:30 this morning after Rocco from Mega64 sent it to me personally because I'm JUSTIN MCELROY, F-list internet personality.

We just thought we'd get the real news out of the way first.

WiNG: Apr 23rd 2008; 9:05AM

I have to agree pretty hard that Joystiq > Kotaku by a lightyear.

Not only are Kotaku posts unfunny and shallow, 99% of them are about busty furry porn, and their elitist "you have to audition to post on our site" rule just makes it even more of a joke.

A Pissed-off English Gamer: Apr 23rd 2008; 11:52AM

I've always liked the nice quirky posts on this site, and certainly prefer them over the somewhat matter-of-fact posts elsewhere.

On the topic at hand, great video.

ogvor: Apr 23rd 2008; 12:34PM

Also, I'd rather read the exact same text on any website but Kotaku, because their color scheme and design looks like barf.

Jason: Apr 23rd 2008; 1:28AM

lol, this is too funny! where are these guys from? that looks an awful lot like my neighborhood.

brandon_r87 : Brawl : 4897-5857-5091: Apr 23rd 2008; 1:40AM

Uh... Testing Comments... Why don't my replies show up? Anyway, I'm not a fighting game fan, so I didn't really get the full effect, though it was pretty funny anyways. I recognized it was a Street Fighter parody, so I looked up a video of it. http://youtube.com/watch?v=8xsqXo8pW2c

Saria the Cat: Apr 23rd 2008; 2:41AM

1. Screw you, anti-Joystiq trolls who complain about their time being wasted and getting news 1 hour late, etc. while simultaneously wasting all of our time with your whining.

2. Thank you, Joystiq, for being a quality blog that provides me with awesome posts to read every day, from fun stuff like this to serious game news and articles.

BPM [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186]: Apr 23rd 2008; 3:10AM

OH! MY CAR

waynski1457: Apr 23rd 2008; 3:37AM

Idiocracy? If so, I wish I could give you +1000 hearts!

BPM [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186]: Apr 23rd 2008; 3:48AM

Final Fight, actually.

embassy: Apr 23rd 2008; 4:01AM

hahahaha.

classic.

:kneels over and cries:

Ridgecity: Apr 23rd 2008; 3:38AM

Man, what happened to Blanka? or is that his teenage brother Joáo Roberto?

Nguyen: Apr 24th 2008; 2:28AM

After the first movie, Van Damme was able to reverse the effects (yes, they dug his body out and revived him), but sadly, he's still green with orange hair. However, he was now able to control his rage by beating on cars. When asked why he doesn't wear a shirt now that he was a regular man again (except for being green), he said "chicks dig the red chest hair."

ugg.tryptophan: Apr 23rd 2008; 4:29AM

most impressive

Kye - Joystiq Greybeard: Apr 23rd 2008; 4:38AM

If it weren't for the sleeping baby I would have laughed so hard!

Great stuff.

Now, where's the idiot who will say that this wasn't good enough?

markhill66: Apr 23rd 2008; 4:43AM

That was hilarious. I love how the car had a handicapped sticker, too.

SoxFan13: Apr 23rd 2008; 6:26AM

This really made my Wednesday morning. Thanks Joystiq and Mega64! Also, if you haven't checked out any of their videos, you need to go see all of them right now! My personal fav is the paperboy video.

McWeen: Apr 23rd 2008; 8:02AM

Wow did I not see where that was going when the video started. Well played gentlemen, well played.

zombienutz: Apr 23rd 2008; 8:53AM

That was a great way to start the morning. I always loved that side game.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime): Apr 23rd 2008; 11:27AM

Now that was good!

Deck: Apr 23rd 2008; 11:29AM

Ahhh that was excellent. Mega64 ftw!

Nguyen: Apr 24th 2008; 2:29AM

Hmm... the guy who left the car totally reminded me of the lead singer from Korn.

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