So he’s drawing various video game and cartoon and Star Trek characters for the nerds in his chat using Mario Paint.
5:06:00 – He doesn’t know what some video game character looks like, a character that might not even exist. Then he puts on a nerd voice and says, “‘Actually, technically, Mike, baby (something) was in MegaMan X7.’ That will be a comment I get later. Sorry, I didn’t know. ‘How could you not know? I thought you liked video games.’ I don’t know. I guess you’re right. I’m a fraud. ‘I knew it. I will create a hate blog against you.’ That’s fine. Wouldn’t be the first.”
He’s clearly referencing the blog and my rightful criticisms of Erin. In fact, Erin was in this video briefly and she demonstrated her clear lack of knowledge about video games. Let’s see if I can find it.
1:19:00 – Mike: Here we’ve got Sonic the Hedgehog, my favourite video game character. Isn’t that right, Erin?
Erin: What?
Mike: That Sonice the Hedgehog is my favourite video game character.
Erin: Oh, yeah. Definitely. Your favourite. You know so much about him and care about him.
Mike: Love him.
Erin: What about Amy Rose?
Mike: I…wish I knew what that was.
Erin: Oh well. I’m sure the chat will tell you.
Then she just runs off to cry in the bathtub. She CLEARLY didn’t know. She just brought up this obscure character who nobody knows about, totally unaware that it’s an obscure character because she knows nothing about video games, she only knows about the character because she’s pink and a horntard told her about it, and then when asked to give more information about it, instead of admitting any of this, she gives a terrible excuse and runs off.
Mike knows full well that Erin is a fraud. Mike is an avid reader of the blog. I’m sure that it’s a regular topic at the Matei home over dinner when Erin is serving her famous slow cooker lentil soup. He makes vague references to the blog, often along these same lines where he talks about “fake gamers” on a not-infrequent basis. And also in this stream, he mentioned “the Richard Karn era of Family Feud” which is something I discussed not too long ago in an article about Erin.
But what I find interesting is that quite possibly NOBODY in that chat is even aware of the blog. So when Mike or Erin or Destiny Fomo or Newt or Tony from the Hack the Movies would make vague or even explicit references to the blog, they’re doing so to an audience that has NO IDEA what they’re talking about. The blog is only a big deal to the people who I’m writing about.
It might be analagous to a band having a small fan club that’s run by one person. MAYBE the band would become aware of the fan club, briefly check it out, and then move on with their lives. But do you think that the band would give a shit about this little fan club? They’re going to mention them during interviews? Nobody would know what they were talking about.
I don’t recall Chris BORES ever mentioning the Irate Gamer Sucks blog, which was similar to my blog and where I drew inspiration. Judging by the number of comments, the blog was probably about as popular (or unpopular) as the Gamer Girls blog. I get like 30 unique visitors a day. When I wrote regularly, I’d get like 100. These aren’t big numbers. And a lot of these hits are from the people who I’m writing about. I can’t see IP addresses any more because I’m using a different counter but back when I could, A LOT of the hits were coming from rural Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Newt Wallen country. Mike Matei country. Screenwave Media country. John Riggs was also a regular viewer.
I just find it interesting that a blog can have so little impact on the people at large but such a big impact on the subjects about whom I’m writing about. I should have been writing about some big time celebrities instead. I wonder what would have happened if I was writing about Scary Spice or something instead. Maybe she would have found the blog, found it flattering, and we could have started going out. She married a barber not long ago so she’s not limiting herself to big time celebrities.
Or maybe I could have written hundreds of articles on the mother from Alf. Is she still alive? Anne Schedeen. Yes. Seventy-six years old. Maybe she could have answered some questions I had about her tv husband smoking crack with homeless black guys. Maybe I could have been her date to some Hollywood gala. Oh wait, she hasn’t worked in over twenty years. And she’s married.
Actually, maybe those scenarios aren’t too far-fetched. I picked celebrities in the twillight years of their fame for my examples. Surely, a big time current celebrity wouldn’t bother. But I suppose that I can see a Z-list celebrity, who nobody is writing about, taking an interest in the blog.
I bet that Newt is refreshing the page multiple times a day. “Did he write about my latest prostitute…I mean friend?”
Do you suppose that Pam aka CannotBeEntertaining, Pelvic Gamer, and Retro Ali are disappointed that I’m not writing about them any more? Checking out Retro Ali’s Twitter, it’s FULL of messages talking about how many naps she takes and how she doesn’t have the “energy” to stream today. The whole thing screams depression. Presumably unrelated. Not a single mention of her job at Disney World. Maybe she’s not working any more.
Oh wait. Here’s one.
She must be on the same “workout” plan that PVC Bondage Guy is on.
It’s kind of weird that Mickey’s face became peach-coloured with the transition to colour. Like a white person’s skin tone. When he was just black and white it seemed more normal, like he was a cartoon character. But why does Mickey, a mouse, have a person’s skin tone? Goofy is the same as are a lot of the characters. The coding is clear that these are supposed to be caucasian characters. But why give animals, even anthropomorphic ones, racial characteristics like this?
You couldn’t say which race Donald Duck is, for example. The question doesn’t make sense in relation to Donald Duck. He’s a duck. But with Mickey Mouse, it’s clear. That’s a mouse of European descent.
Anyway, stay the course, Mike. As an avid reader of the blog, I’m sure you’re fully aware of my enjoyment of your work and my deep sympathy for the quagmire you find yourself in with fucking Zombie Gums.
Mike can’t take criticism, but will still make sure to seek it out.