A while back, an editing genius by the name of eli_handle_b․wav made a very fine send up of Austin Powers In Mass Effect. It made us feel good to watch in more ways than one. Maybe it's our age. Maybe it's the quality. Whatever it is there's more of it now and it makes us want to do horrible things with a tennis racket in a tent while a disgusted henchman watches our shadows.

We could have spent our childhoods outside or doing things, but when “talking to girls” is competing with “converting an entire army of Persian war elephants to blue” those ladies stood as much of a chance as a men-at-arms has against a Cobra with a machine gun. Here's to all the time we spent trying to get out of the dark ages as quickly as possible. And here are some more video game memes.

Game is life

So that's how you put a clip in a vacuum.

From that moment on we were 'gamers', beholden to worlds that extended digitally beyond the scope of our wildest imaginations.

So that's what it would be like.

Well, it's been done.

Mmmm doggo think xbox tastes better

Everybody may like their own brand, but these two together are magic.

Troll creates AI creatures in video game that can only feel pain.

And they said video games were bad.

What a moment.

Iconic.

The precision at play here is superhuman.