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4th August 2016

Post reblogged from LOOKING A HORRID MAN with 909 notes

bidoof:
Hey, just a little gamer joke, go ahead and keep scrolling if you’re not gamer cause you’re not gonna get it. Well today I was walking forward and I thought, “Boy, this is just like when you press right on the Nintendo controller’s directional pad in Super Mario Brothers to make Mario walk forward.” Is that a hoot or what?! It’s moments like this that make you proud to be a gamer.
For non-gamers who have read this and don’t get the joke, it is a reference to the gaming masterpiece A Dirge For A Black Heart which chronicles the life of an Estonian businessman who immigrates to America for better opportunities, but is instead faced with new hardships and suffers a existential breakdown. Specifically, this references the scene in which the Businessman, who is never given a proper name throughout the game, reminiscences on his past relationship with his estranged Daughter and wonders if he will ever be able to walk forward from his sins. The player accomplishes this by completing a DDR type minigame, but ultimately discovers that there is no way to get a perfect score in the minigame which represents the mistakes that we will all inevitably make in life.

Tagged: vidya