Oh, American Idol Arcade Game, We Hardly/Never Knew You
Have you ever had something taken away that you didn't even know was yours to begin with? It's a strange feeling. There's loss and remorse, but loss and remorse over what? Loss and remorse over what might have been! That's what. Such is the case with the American Idol Arcade Videogame DVD Factory Kiosk. In an ideal world, this game would be a coin-operated (or dollar-bill-operated, or whatever) booth in an arcade where you could sing karaoke to your favorite songs, and most importantly, A DVD OF YOUR PERFORMANCE WOULD BE RECORDED. Yesssss. It was in development, but it has been canceled. No one remains untouched by this economic crisis, not even the American Idol Arcade Videogame DVD Factory Kiosk. In any case, the game's programmers and developers aren't happy! Angry nerds! Well I am not happy either. Because just look at the glimpse these test videos provide of what might have been:
How embarrassing! Just imagine!
Times a million? AN INCREDIBLE UTOPIA. My dream of turning Videogum into a completely automated feed of Raw Humiliation and Terrible Green Screen Karaoke Videos would have finally been within grasp. I guess we will have to wait another millennium until we can fully and completely eliminate the human element from the Internet. This guy knows what I'm talking about:
Posted by Gabe at 11:30 AM in Video Games
Tags: American Idol | Kara DioGuardi | Karaoke | Paula Abdul | Randy Jackson | Simon Cowell
WOW THIS is a GOOD example OF PATRIOTS who TRIED TO go AGAINST THE fuckin GRAIN!
The grain HERE BEING both COMMON SENSE and skill, OF course.
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Fuck American Idol. I want An American Patriot: The VideoGum VideoGame
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Why won't they let the American Idol Arcade Videogame DVD Factory Kiosk be great?
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I know you are probably being snarky, but I would rock the shit out of everybody's ass on one of those kiosks. Then I would play the dvds at every party I ever throw or attend.
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I HAD no idea YOU WERE everyone's BOYFRIEND Godsauce! LEARNING new things EVERYDAY!
JK, LOTS OF love.
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I bet Paula would say nice things about my performance EVERY SINGLE TIME! She would then pass out face down into her own vomit, and I would roll her over, because I am a good boyfriend!
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I don't want to alarm you, but I was seated behind your girlfriend at the movies the other night and she was totally putting the moves on a sack of potatoes.
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HEY SISTER souljah BOY I don't CARE WHO you think YOU ARE BUT you best stop INSULTING SACKS of potatoes!
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"probably"
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i have a karaoke hustler inside me, and all i need is some low-stakes practice to get in full on fighting shape. this could have been the key to my success. COULD HAVE BEEN. were they going to rent these by the hour? because one song wouldn't be enough.
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For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'American Idol Arcade Videogame DVD Factory Kiosk might have been'.
-John Greenleaf Whittier
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It doesn't matter that they shut it down, no dvd that came out of that thing would ever have been as great as Garth Brooks featuring Sex Man.
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Was that guy singing "Heartbreaker" in front of Vietnam War footage?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOBFrYpY5wQ
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dont worry, you can still do this at a stand at six flags great adventure! fright fest, indeed.
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Is it wrong that my mind thinks, ''wow, those kiosks would be great for making musical gonzo porn''?. No, it is not wrong.
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this is startlingly similar in awesomeness and sheer splendidity to mark david's box of tapes. i dont know whats real and what isnt anymore.
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This reminds me of how I used to be so proud of being able to sing on expert level in Rock Band until someone showed me that you can cheat the game just by putting the mic up to the speaker while playing any song. With this I could have had video evidence AND Mark Gorman-styled graphics.
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You can hardly blame the developer for being upset. He just wanted to bring the family business to a larger audience
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YOU HAVE GOT TO TAKE THE TOSH.O AD DOWN....I HAVE CLICKED ON IT 25 TIMES ALREADY....BECAUSE OF BEING BAD AT THE INTERNET....
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Tosh.O is single-handedly putting Gabe's kids through that preschool where they have flash cards in both Mandarin and Spanish. And there's a Starbucks in the lobby.
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I was pretty sure the background of the first video was going to turn into just a montage of sad families in front of their burning houses, that face melting scene from Indiana Jones, and Satan flicking his tongue. What could've been, I guess.
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Someone who speaks internet, PLEASE make a gif of this!
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alright, this machine is obviously a VERY GOOD IDEA and should not be terminated (huh! wink, wink) prematurely.
We are going to need 2 things:
1) deep pockets (does anybody on videogum know David Hasselhoff? just post his phone number in the comments section and I will contact him)
2.) more incredible videos like these to WOW investors. Nothing says "give me $25 M to save humanity with my Karaoke machine" like an 18-yr-old systems analyst singing Friends in Low Places with his step-dad.
This is more important than Health Care reform people!
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