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The Error Macro Video Gallery - From Westport to Walla Walla

This has already made the Internet circuit a couple times by now, but what do you want from me, I'm a busy man. Jason Zumwalt, voice actor for Roman from Grand Theft Auto IV, tries to parlay his one time gig to something more substantive.

Sadly, Zumwalt later had to actually explain to people that this was a joke. He also took the video down from his account after Rockstar expressed concern about their intellectual property (a claim I don't really get), but naturally once something is on the Internet it is never not on the Internet.

Staying on the theme, a compilation of vehicle glitches in GTA4.

Veering drastically away from any theme, ET on the 2600. It sucked. Even Spielberg at the time wasn't thrilled with it, asking why it wasn't more like Pac-Man instead. But then he faced the unenviable task of talking about the game to the media and trying to put a positive spin on it. This is what resulted. You can tell he's already starting to back off it, saying he only saw a rough version and mentioning how difficult the game is.

A Metal Gear Solid version of the Lupin III intro, which I suppose makes more sense if you're familiar with the real opening.

Video game comedy.. sketch.. people Mega64 directed this music video for Freezepop's Brainpower, one of the bonus songs in Rock Band.

A demonstration of Shredz64, a Guitar Hero clone for the Commodore 64. A second video can be seen here.

Finally, a promotional video for Lucasfilm Games' Habitat, circa 1986. It was an early attempt at a multi-user online virtual environment, essentially the ancient ancestor of modern MMORPGs. It's interesting on multiple levels, from hearing them try to communicate the very concept of avatars to people (the in-game characters refer to "your human" like pets talking about their owners), to comparing the game's features to what one sees in current MMOs. Somehow I doubt the trivia shop enticing customers with offers like "for three bucks I'll tell you who was the first left-handed pitcher in the baseball hall of fame" would've ever gained much traction, even in 1986, but the Vendo machine conveniently distributing guns to the general populace holds some wonderfully ominous potential.

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