Last week, large-hearted gamers who attended Capcom's
Resident Evil 5 blood drive event in downtown Los Angeles learned a very valuable lesson -- altruism won't protect you from the slings and arrows of comedic television personalities. Ben Hoffman, a correspondant for Current TV humor-news program InfoMania,
got a chance to interview a few
RE5-crazed hemoglobin spillers at the event, who were largely unaware that he was surreptitiously making fun of them.
As
incensed as we should be at this flagrant display of disrespect, it's actually sorta funny in a
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog kind of way. Judge for yourself -- you can watch the whole segment
on the Current TV site.
{ Mar 21st 2009 at 7:00PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MillRecover @ Mar 21st 2009 7:21PM
"Their blood could be in you soon, so look forward to that."
So funny! Thanks for the post.
Conor @ Mar 21st 2009 7:39PM
A bit harsh telling the fat guy to walk more but very funny overall.
Gehodra @ Mar 21st 2009 7:42PM
I'm not sure why, but I found that really funny. I think it may have been because you used a period instead of an exclamation point. You weren't shouting out the fact, you were calmly informing us.
"No biggie, just thought I'd let you all know."
Gehodra @ Mar 21st 2009 7:43PM
I dunno, I thought the whole thing was pretty meh.
??? @ Mar 21st 2009 7:52PM
Eeeh, the whole thing is deserved.
CantFlame (PSN MariusElijah) @ Mar 21st 2009 7:52PM
your "first" comment made laugh more than the post
F1 @ Mar 21st 2009 8:13PM
Oh shit it's a crypt!!
Jose @ Mar 21st 2009 8:20PM
That was just a goodhearted jabbing, no one is above that.
j.howlett @ Mar 21st 2009 8:31PM
it is kind of funny. i can't take that guys criticism too seriously, look at him.
flanker22 @ Mar 21st 2009 8:40PM
stupid.
Skorpeyon @ Mar 21st 2009 8:47PM
I really didn't think it was funny. Like, at all. It came off as though it were trying to lightheartedly jab at the people, or maybe be rather cynical, but the "reporter" wasn't very good at ad-libbing. It made me think he was an idiot, and he didn't come off as even wanting to be there. Must really love his job.
But, then again, I never thought Triumph's "TO POOP ON!" was amusing either, so perhaps I just don't "get" this kind of half-assed criticism being passed off as a joke.
lasersanchez @ Mar 22nd 2009 12:10PM
The Triumph comparison is more along the lines of the effing hilarious Star Wars street interviews he did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugk37TvIR8E
Seriously, it's amazing.
I am a machineee @ Mar 21st 2009 8:51PM
Hey I was there! I'm in the brown sweatshirt behind the guy with the Dead Rising t-shirt. That interview was almost 20 minutes long... he must be a pretty shitty ad-libber.
I can't believe the sales guy forgot the "Not enough cash!!...stranger."
Saria the Cat @ Mar 21st 2009 8:58PM
I didn't think he said anything really offensive and I actually think he did something positive by bringing to light an event in which gamers give back for a good cause. It's important to note that the same gamers that play RE5 or other "violent" video games can also be the same type of people that will donate blood or perform other charitable acts. :)
Joe Schmo @ Mar 21st 2009 9:01PM
So they all of you who take offense to it are fat, right?
Gehodra @ Mar 21st 2009 9:49PM
What?
AkaMagi @ Mar 23rd 2009 10:04AM
Keep working on that English. Sooner or later you'll come up with a coherent statement.
Charlie_Six @ Mar 21st 2009 9:05PM
Just wanted to say I'm in the top 1.6% of all Ancient Ruins players in Mercenaries mode. Yeahhhh I rock!
DeoWulf @ Mar 21st 2009 9:35PM
I dunno, the guy at 2:00 seemed to be more in control --and funnier-- than the 'reporter'...
DeoWulf @ Mar 21st 2009 9:35PM
I mean the guy that ends at 2:00, not starts.
Diskoboy7 @ Mar 21st 2009 9:40PM
I don't watch media owned by Al Gore.
Jose @ Mar 21st 2009 10:22PM
Then get off the internet you swine!
Invented, owned, and operated by Al Gore.
Diskoboy7 @ Mar 21st 2009 10:42PM
He just invented it. Fortunately, he doesn't own it. It somehow fell into the public domain in the early 90's.... :)
NFK @ Mar 21st 2009 11:27PM
That might have been funny if it wasn't completely not funny.
Zephyr @ Mar 22nd 2009 3:46AM
This.
Zach S @ Mar 22nd 2009 1:06PM
Just figured I rant for about two seconds:
Why the hell does everybody on the internet expect every damn clip to be hilarious, to have them rolling on the floor? This was an informative piece of journalism, grow the fuck up and deal with it.
That is all.
NFK @ Mar 22nd 2009 6:32PM
Because this was supposed to be funny, skippy. Did you read the message below the video? It said that the web show was "the funniest tech show on the internet" and then tried to be even more hilarious by saying "no source is available for that quote, it was most likely made up". Haha, hilarious stuff.
Rob Accomando @ Mar 22nd 2009 2:02AM
I wonder how many non gamers there are who don't give a damn about their community either.
BobsYourUncle @ Mar 22nd 2009 5:27AM
Well I'm just glad the guys was taking the whole thing with a grain of salt and not doing the typical ironic/douche bag style of journalism you see in most features on video games or gamer culture.
ThornedVenom (of the Fidlious Clan of Wong) @ Mar 22nd 2009 7:45AM
Gamers = community blood tanks.
Chris Are @ Mar 22nd 2009 12:27PM
Sarcasm, that's original! Sorry. Yeah I didn't think that was all that funny. He only interviewed the jackasses, which are going to be present in a Harry Potter blood drive, or NFL blood drive, or Lost blood drive, or whatever. But I guess most people probably know all gamers don't stay shut in getting drunk every day, and practicing wrestling moves w/ their friends.
Zach S @ Mar 22nd 2009 1:03PM
Wow, that was great! The editing was concise, the interviews were well done, and I learned something about the blood drive that Capcom was sponsoring. Even though some of the gamers were a little crazy, the interviewer never laughed in their face or anything; he just let them do their thing and kept his distance somewhat. Overall, I thought it was a pretty positive piece, and one that was well-handled, especially considering how most of the media covers stories likes this. Well done!
I am a machineee @ Mar 22nd 2009 5:34PM
Haha, you should've seen the stuff they edited out. The camera man was giggling most of the time at whatever the interviewer would say, and the interviewer kept making the bandana guy repeat something about eating potato chips. Had him repeat it about 7 times.
Eli Gundry @ Mar 22nd 2009 7:10PM
This is the very reason I love current.tv.