Hilarious standup about being a middle aged gamer

[J T]

I busted a gut at the part about Solid Snake's irratic combat history.

[Gamerforlife]

You know, he brings up a point I've thought about for a long time. You could argue that games are a very poor storytelling medium and entertainment form simply because what you get out of them is limited by your skill. I think that's why there are a lot of people out there who love movies, music, books, tv, etc. but can't get into video games

For some people playing a game is as much fun as doing exercise, they don't want to have demands placed on them by their entertainment

[Inazuma]

Awesome stuff. The Snake bit was hilarious. (^_^)

[MrPopo]

Holy shit, that was amazing.

It was taken down on Youtube, but there is a routine done by a female comic on Final Fantasy Legend (it comes in around 2:00):

http://videosift.com/video/Jackie-Kashi ... illing-God

[Ziggy]

The Snake bit was hilarious. (^_^)

I was gonna say the same thing.

[CRTGAMER]

Video link is working. Really funny! SSSNAAAKE!

What struck me is a lot of the older audience seemed to know the game or game play in general, laughing when he was mimicking the movements of running into things.

[jfrost]

I had already seen that. Dara Ó Briain is awesome. I always love when he participates in QI.

[Gamerforlife]

There's another guy who does this whole comedy bit about how games are cool and people who don't get that are stupid. I can't remember the guy's name or I'd post a link. It's Chris something or other I think. He talks about Sony vs Microsoft being this gang war like the Crips versus the Bloods LOL

[Weekend_Warrior]

LOL @ "The Wii doesn't count as gaming"

[emwearz]

The funniest thing in the world is I bought Guitar Hero 3 when I heard it had Sabotage (I am a massive Beasties fan) and was pissed off by how late in the game you unlock it.