Not Games: Video Mods

Hey, check it out! Magneto's using his mutant powers to...play the drums. So does he have metal drum sticks or something?

This screen comes from MTV2's Video Mods, a show that creates music videos using characters and settings from video games. On paper, the idea might sound intriguing considering the amount of quality entertainment we've gleaned from good machinima like Red Vs. Blue. But this is not good machinima. It's marketing.

That's not to say that Video Mods isn't entertaining. It's probably one of the most unintentionally hilarious programs on cable television. And here's why; the show is stinks with video game industry's desperate longing to be cool. And just like the younger brother who spends all his allowance on parachute pants or a lime-green mohawk, video games just wind up making an ass of themselves.

This is the part where us cool kids point and laugh.