I'm Sorry I Have to Do This to You

Owen Good — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:00:00 MDT

Warning, this is supremely obnoxious and you should turn your speakers down.
Dad sometimes asks me for explanation of certain video games, and since his frame of reference stops at 8 bits, and todays titles are far deeper than anything I played as his dependent, the conversation gets a little difficult at times.

But If he ever asks me what Team Fortress 2 is all about, I'm gonna point him to this video.

This is shot through with Kodak moments:

• "I own Titanic on VHS. All four fucking tapes."

• The bitching about Titanic at the beginning. "All the hype around it just drove me away." He says it so sincerely. Like it totally would have been his kind of movie otherwise.

• "I'm in key, fuck you buddy."

• The rocket fire accompaniment to the chorus. I'm just imagining Celine Dion in the studio, belting this out, while the footage rolls. Yes, this is the kind of emotional climax that deserves her French Canadian ministrations.

• The death montage at 3:29. Right on time.

• The singing gets so intense I swear it causes server lag.

If you can make it through sudden death, you probably don't have any eardrums right now.

TF2 Karaoke: My Heart Will Go On[StumbleUpon Video]

Celine Dion Says Wii Is Hot

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:20:23 MST

Tucked far in the back of the Newsweek that I purchased for my flight to Quebec this week was a brief Q&A with Celine Dion.

Almost as surprising as my ability to read the whole interview with Celine Dion was seeing the subject of the mini-interview turn to video games and Celine's home-schooled son Rene-Charles' current obsessions: rock music and Wii.

From Newsweek:

Does he sing, too?
He loves heavy rock and the Doors. It's the first song he hummed to me. I think it comes from the videogames. The Wii is the hottest thing on our TV right now.

How did you get a Nintendo Wii?
My best friend in the whole world, Robin, waited in line at 4:30 in the morning.

Since you're already awake at 4:30 in the morning, you could've just gone yourself?
I know but I didn't even see it coming.

Now, most conversations with Dion seem like a crudely deciphered alien transmission about love crystals or something, but I think what she's saying is that she was quite surprised by the success and/or the gameplay of Nintendo's latest box.

But seriously, can you imagine Celine Dion camping out for a Wii? In the unlikely event that she would leave her stasis chamber to go shopping, being recognized by the unwashed, bug-eyed masses in line at Best Buy would probably result in her instantly exploding into a billion gilded butterfly wings. That's how I picture Celine dying, in my mind. Michael McWhertor

Kotaku: celine dion

I'm Sorry I Have to Do This to You

Celine Dion Says Wii Is Hot