The Dark Side of Gaming would have fitted the atmosphere – of distrust, fear and loathing – that descended onto video games culture in late 2014.
Decades after space invaders first descended into video-game arcades, protecting planet Earth from hostile alien attackers remains the medium's dominant theme.
By Simon Parkin October 2, 2014 Decades after space invaders first descended into video-game arcades, protecting planet Earth from hostile alien attackers remains the medium's dominant theme.
Beyoncé, who took home three awards, including female video, descended head-first from the ceiling to sing "Baby Boy," then was joined by an appealingly nonchalant Jay-Z (if he'd been any more laid-back he might have fallen asleep) for "Crazy in Love".
After seemingly dying -- or giving up on life -- an angel descended on the video screen behind him.
On the former tour, the performance began as a large Broadway-styled prop reading 'MIMI', similar to the one from the video, descended from the rafters.
She left the stage for a moment, and three video screens descended from the rafters.
To those on the other side of the divide, the Porsche appears an expensive bauble, associated with a certain Mr. Seinfeld, Cayennes at the mall, and the coming four-door Panamera, while the GT-R is a modern supercar descended straight from a video game universe.
The three-inch-wide tube linking the interior of the mine to the rescuers on the surface allowed a probe to descend with a video camera.
As the song's repetitive verse loops like a mantra, the video descends into vivid snapshots of fax machines, buckets, badges, talking dolphins, care homes, crying pebbles, crystal balls, doves, sobbing teenagers, Henry Winkler, hippies eating bananas, eggs, lizards, an ice cube on fire, babies in space and so much more.
