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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Video Power, or, "How Nintendo threw up on the 90s, which threw up on my TV.

I used to tell my brother, and everyone I ever met on the street, about an early 90s game show where kids would propel themselves through a McDonald's Playplace-esque obstacle course, sticking eerily adhesive games to their bodies. Whatever games stuck to you as you go down the final slide you get to keep!

They all thought I was mad.

Ladies and Gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure, I present...

Video Power, Episode 1.

(Don't try and watch all of this at once. I did, and about five minutes in, spears of light shot out of the internet, and into my brain. Very painful.)

Part 1:



Part 2:



If you can make it to the somewhat ironic "Just Say No" message at the end of the episode, you win! No, wait. You lose. You lose forever.