Snack Video Games: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)
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Published 2021-12-05
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All Comments (21)
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"When you want to get it done, look for a teenager." The military has known that for centuries !
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"A professional won't let you exploit them, but a teenager is so desperate to prove himself he'll put up with any toxic bullshit." And that is how the intern was born.
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“7-Up, the poor man’s Sprite and the rich man’s Sierra Mist” deserves all the Emmys.
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The only cereal my Dad ever let me have was wheat Chex, so when we got the Chex Quest CD-rom it was just an extra little prize. I didn’t have a computer at Dad’s house, so I took it to Mom’s, and oh boy!! I had so much fun playing that game. My stepdad’s mom didn’t like it because she thought it was violent(?) and I had to assure her that it wasn’t, nobody dies, nobody gets injured. In Chex Quest, the bad guys just get teleported home.
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I love that John Oliver is basically just reading one of his mid-30s writers random thoughts about how cool 1990s ad-based video games were
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He missed the opportunity at the end to say "I'm going to go convince my staff to put me in a video game, because clearly I'm a certified snack". 😁
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Cheesy marketing tie-in aside, Cool Spot was actually a really solid platformer. Good graphics, responsive controls, fair but challenging difficulty curve, nice soundtrack. It also managed to incorporate the whole soda gimmick into the level environments in interesting ways. I had a lot of fun playing that game back in the day.
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KFC made a dating game and it was absolutely insane. Didnt make me want to eat KFC but the game was pretty epic.
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I never thought that John Oliver would ever talk about Pepsiman, but we now live in a world where he does. And I am grateful for living in this world. The only way this world could be any better is if he talks about Sneak King in the future.
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"Taste is one of the senses and honestly its overrated" When you thought he couldnt get more British.
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To be fair though, the explanation for the "violence" wasn't that you were killing the enemies, it's that you were using your ray guns to send them back to their ships.
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Pepsi man has been one of the funniest things in gaming for a while, especially speed running. The fact that someone else is enjoying this meme is fantastic lol
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When I was a teenager, I bought a used game called 'Darkened Skye" thinking it looked like a cool, fantasy adventure. When I got it home and read the game guide I nearly fell on my ass laughing because the whole game was about Skittles.
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Let us not forget that Chex Quest was officially remastered for modern computers and still has active community support.
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"If you want someone to say something casually mean to you when they pass you on the street that will live in your brain until the day you die--look for a teenager." I laughed until I cried. Then I wrote it down in my "Concepts to Save" notebook.
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I want a pasta-themed fighting game now. No particular brands, just a bunch of different anthropomorphized pasta. Spaghetti, ravioli, lasagna, etc. Call it 'Hasta la Pasta'. Extra points if the winner eats the loser.
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A moment of profound respect for the tech team that imported those QuickTime movies from Pepsi man and pretty much remastered them to a decent resolution. Respect the tech.
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This video should've ended with a link to a website where you can play a Last Week Tonight with John Oliver themed 8-bit videogame.
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"When you need to get it done, look for a teenager" -Matt Gaetz campaign slogan
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Darkened Skye - a legitimately good fantasy adventure game, with a well-voiced cast and a wonderfully snarky sidekick, all about collecting skittles to use magic, and visiting all the fantastical locations from those old taste the rainbow ads.
