tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-822325617511503871.post-41697147927651974922008-05-18T15:59:00.003-05:002008-05-18T16:09:26.973-05:00The people at Saturday Night Live understand the vast popularity of video games and are now trying to capitalize on it. The tragedy is how flat the jokes fall. The last two weeks have toted video game jokes on "Weekend Update." Here's an example.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/abSgaDOv_u4&amp;hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/abSgaDOv_u4&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Last night, Amy Poehler gave an example of how <span style="font-style: italic;">Wii Fit</span> makes you go from this (compliments of mens-weightloss.com):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/games/uploaded_images/dave_a_before_lg-727941.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/games/uploaded_images/dave_a_before_lg-727934.jpeg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />To this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/games/uploaded_images/ssbp_mario-795037.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/games/uploaded_images/ssbp_mario-794996.jpeg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Where's the funny, you ask? Couldn't tell you.<br /><br />Video game culture can be funny. It's easy. Futurama did it quite well. I just wish SNL was either A) funny again or B) going to bring back Horatio Sanz.<br /></div></div>Evan Minskerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08184193458510824583noreply@blogger.com