We've become so accustomed to death in video games that it's easy to lose track of the stakes. You know what happens when you crash a grainy, pixelated space machine into an asteroid, or fire a missile at a blocky blob that's supposed to represent a moon colony? Grainy, pixelated people that don't exist die.
OK, it doesn't sound so sad when you put it that way, but what if you set that same idea to a montage of classic video game deaths, as in this video from Boing Boing, then played an 8-bit chip tune cover of Mad World by Tears for Fears underneath? Then you have poignancy. In fairness, you could make that jam the soundtrack to a video of your son or daughter getting elected as president of fucking space while you're punching every dude who ever wronged you in the face and it would still be the most miserable thing you've ever seen, but still.
Thanks to ERT for the link.
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