VIDEO: The hipsterfication of gaming continues on pace
Matt Hawkins Some find pretty looking and super stylish young folks celebrating gaming rather cringe-worthy, an infringement of safe and hallowed grounds. Others believe it’s just the things go, as everyone becomes accounted for in the gaming space.
I will admit, I’m on the fence. Hipsters are simply the latest iterations of dopey kids, doing the same song and dance that’s been going on since forever; they find whatever is popular and try to become part of its “scene”, often without actually understanding how such and such works in the first place. Which to be honest isn’t the worst crime in the world, it just so happens that most hipsters today are ESPECIALLY obnoxious, clueless, and disingenuous about it. Coupled with how they’re seemingly prettier and richer than ever before… the fact that many should be happy yet are all needlessly angsty is simply icing on the cake (at least the emos that came before didn’t seem so well off).
Let’s take Pomplamoose for example, darlings of the indie music scene. I hate, HATE, HATE them. They seriously make my ears bleed. That stupid commercial they were on during the holidays made me scream in anger anytime it came on, which was a lot. Like all hipster acts, there is absolutely nothing to them other than looking pretty and sounding cute. Using YouTube to their full advantage is also a big component of such acts these day; they can pump out ultra topical songs in the blink of an eye, which is impressive enough to compensate for the fact the music itself is essnetially unbearable. At least Weird Al had to make sure his tunes worked after the punch line was no longer in the headlines.
Anyhow, I guess it’s only fitting that they do a cover of Angry Birds (not sure how I’d feel if they did… say… the theme to Panzer Dragoon Saga)….
I don’t why I have the urge to scream at the girl to grow a pair since, you know, she’s not supposed to have any period. On a semi-related note, it’s not necessarily gaming related, but touches upon everything else we’ve discussed, plus the chick here is WAY hotter (warning: NSFW audio ahead)…
Still, not all hipsters are horrible. Some are actually pretty cool! I’m even friends with a few, the ones with good video game tastes at least. Not pals with these two dudes, but I certainly wouldn’t mind being b-fries (and sticking with the theme of rap, established earlier today)…
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