@markula_4040
I worked QA at Activision in the mid 2000's and I actually spent a couple weeks on Pimp My Ride. The most fun thing to do was intentionally fail the Ghost Ride the Whip segments. Watching the animations of the guy flubbing the dance moves was the only real enjoyment I got out of the game but that's more than anyone would expect.
@_SYDGAMING_
Fun fact 0:53 that kid sucking at sonic is actually Melissa Joan heart also known as the original Sabrina the teenage witch
@Nielzabub
My friend and I actually had a lot of fun with renting World's Scariest Police Chases back in the day. He really liked driving games, but I didn't. So a driving game that we could play together and I didn't have to drive was actually a lot of fun for us.
@PerryMason123
So I watched World's Scariest Police Chases when it was on syndication in the 2000s. That part where you chase a tank? That was actually shown in one episode of the show, where someone in San Diego drove a tank through the city and like a dozen police cars were chasing it. No, really.
@harryallsopp9136
When we found out we were getting a WII, my brother and I went to work figuring out what games we wanted. We were expecting two games each, but made lists so mum had options. My list had Mario Galaxy, Ghostbusters, Red Steel 2 and a few others. The big day came and we tore in. The games we got were the included Mario Kart, Just Dance, Lego Batman and a game based on the TV show Golden Balls... I was super confused. Turns out, to my disbelief,my brother had seriously put Just Dance and Golden bloody Balls at the top of his list. When I asked the adults about the other choices I was told "well, it comes with Mario so we're not getting another and you like Batman so you got Batman." Being older, my brother would often use "my game" Batman to bully me. Pushing me off ledges, killing me on loop and laughing in my face until I got upset and stop playing... at which point he'd Play Golden Balls for hours. He was like 12. Weird kid.
@BugsyFoga
Definitely such a bizarrely niche era of gaming that truly fascinated me .
@compymono
It wouldn't surprise me if the Kinect was having trouble just because Austin was standing in front of a glass cabinet. The reflective surfaces would probably mess with the 3D mapping lol
@patmcmiller3379
Finally, someone giving a little bit of appreciation for "Rollergames" on the NES. That game had such an underrated soundtrack.
@troyking464
There actually was a Jersey Shore game on facebook's game service many moons ago. It was, I shit you not, a turn based action rpg. And it was decent, lol. They took it down after a few years but I have fond memories of playing it on the school's library computers.
@daybreakhorizon2513
I loved the original Wipeout game for Wii! Iād play it all the time with my friends. It was both simple and funny with the rag doll physics, and the ability to shoot balls at your friends during their turns added a good touch of asymmetric gameplay.
@themodernfrontiersmen
This channel has grown a lot, but I feel like it's still really underrated. Great stuff!
@PuppetMasterIX
There's a particular game show video game I hope gets made one day: You know that old Nickelodeon game show called Finders Keepers? The game where contestants completely trash a room under a time limit trying to find the one object that satisfies a given clue? Well, imagine this: Finders Keepers... VR.
@ComicCrossing
Its actually insane that Legends of the Hidden Temple never got a video game
@santyxeorrr
I could be wrong about this but in the American Gladiator game, it's not telling you who you're playing AS, but who you're competing AGAINST. There was a stable of regular gladiators on the show and the premise was that non-roided athletes/almost regular people would compete against these 80s bodybuilder archtypes. The gladiators were like the star actors ig, which is why the game only tells you about them cause no one cares about Jeff from accounting trying to relive his high school glory days.
@swagzagoon2596
Just want to come out here and say Wipeout for the wii was absolutely goddamn hilarious but in the ways you wouldn't expect. There's a section near the end of the game where you jump over barrels, but it was more fun to get hit by them because the physics in that game was so toasted that you flew off like the barrels were made of solid iron.
@tylerd5515
Back in late 2009, Xbox Live had a live 1 vs. 100 event every week. It was a ton of fun and, sadly, short-lived.
@jazzygeofferz
I think a Race Across The World videogame could work. There'd be resource management to make sure you stay within budget, mini games for when you take the jobs to try and earn money back, stats like charisma etc for when you try and pursuade people to give you a ride rather than risking public transport, some kind of first or third person exploration for when you're trying to find a checkpoint or the location to book your transport/accommodation. Give it some kind of online functionality so you can play against humans rather than AI, as I think it could be tricky to programme ai, unless it learns from previous players' performance.
@jamesbevan4479
"My buddy Vimm" lol. He's all our buddy š
@KremBotop
The world was not ready for a Pawn Stars console game. Something like this could've definitely been a big meme goldmine or at least another gaming flop to laugh at.
@austineruption