The Internet is Dead, Long Live the Internet.

I think at some point, we all kind of assumed everything on the internet would be up in perpetuity. Unaffected by the sands of time, every dumb moment and stupid website would persist forever.

Alas, sometimes you include a short clip of Michael Jordan in a video about Fallout: New Vegas, and the NBA tells Google that you are a con, a thief, a destroyer of worlds.

This series is dedicated to preserving, in some way, important content from the Internet age. And we'll start out with some heavy hitters.

Tasteful, Understated Nerd Rage: The Shandification of Fallout: New Vegas

This is one of the most important videos on the internet for me, and like I mention above, you can't watch the original upload of it, at least in the US. It has been delisted and demonetized due to a 5 second clip of Michael Jordan.

Anyway.

This video helped me understand why I feel so strongly about New Vegas and Fallout 3. It's now shaped how I structure narrative design for games, simply by asking, "what do they eat?"

I won't belabor the point too much, because MrBtongue does an incredible job in this video's 15 minute runtime, but you'll likely see the impact of this video in the content I make for this site.

Peter Molyneux and The Walking Dead's Creative Lead - The One-On-One Interview

Dan Ryckert and Ben Hanson are up there for Game Informer's most dangerous duo. I can't remember if they did any more of these outside of this one, and the one with Todd Howard and Notch. 🤷

This video maybe started me on an irreversible course. I can't remember if I was listening to Idle Thumbs at this point, but it did start me on a path towards Sean Vanaman fandom.

Another thing I won't go into that deeply here, but part of why I went to film school was due to Sean going to USC, and the first title I worked on in "the industry" was The Walking Dead. I have a picture with Dave Fennoy and Melissa Hutchison somewhere out there...

Peter Molyneux is a very interesting counterpoint here as well, as someone who has largely been ridiculed in recent memory, and lives on more for being the Curiosity guy, than the Milo guy - a much more important moment in my opinion.

Honestly in 2023, Peter Molyneux could make a huge comeback with all the ridiculous "AI" things that are really just...Milo.

(If anyone out there has a build of Project Natal, please reach out lol)

Video Thing: 2Human

Jeff Gerstmann pulling out a gun.

Jeff Gerstmann pulling out a gun.

This is where I wish video game reviews landed. Editor-in-chiefs calling each other out for their review scores, for titles as important and revolutionary as Silicon Knight's Too Human.

Unfortunately, every journalist got pushed out and are now developing games like Hades and Baldur's Gate 3. huh, maybe they knew what they were talking about...

This is part of what sold me on Giant Bomb. Video game reviewers who had an understanding of hip-hop culture? People taking shots, rap beef? I felt seen in a way I don't think I really would until Austin Walker signed on with Giant Bomb.

For the unitiated, Too Human at the time was a big deal. Revolution in story telling. Norse mythology before Kratos crashed into it. I haven't played it, but maybe that's some future content.

Dank ass sandboarding son

Unrelated to the previous videos, just important. To me.

I would go on to use Chrome's I Smoke Weed as my helicopter music in Metal Gear Solid V, and eventually feature it in a set I did for a DJing class to which my professor said "good song selection."