The sweetest thing..

This is the sweetest thing I’ve ever found on youtube.

Thanks to a link at Jonathan Coulton’s blog (see two posts ago, I’m too lazy to link again).

The video…

of the ending song in Portal. Not the cover by cupcakesandtea, you can find the link to that in my last post. I should find a video of actual gameplay for those who haven’t had a chance to check out this amazing game.

Lyrics below the video.

This was a triumph.
I’m making a note here:
HUGE SUCCESS.
It’s hard to overstate
my satisfaction.
Aperture Science
We do what we must
because we can.
For the good of all of us.
Except the ones who are dead.
But there’s no sense crying
over every mistake.
You just keep on trying
till you run out of cake.
And the Science gets done.
And you make a neat gun.
For the people who are
still alive.

I’m not even angry.
I’m being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart.
And killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a pyre.
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you!
Now these points of data
make a beautiful line.
And we’re out of beta.
We’re releasing on time.
So I’m GLaD. I got burned.
Think of all the things we learned
for the people who are
still alive.

Go ahead and leave me.
I think i prefer to stay inside.
maybe you’ll find someone else
to help you.
maybe Black Mesa…
THAT WAS A JOKE, HA HA, FAT CHANCE.
Anyway this cake is great.
It’s so delicious and moist
look at me still talking when theres science to do
when i look out there
it makes me glad I’m not you
i’ve experiments to run
there is research to be done
on the people who are
still alive.

and believe me I am still alive
I’m doing science and I’m still alive
i feel fantastic and I’m still alive
while your dying ill be still alive
and when your dead i will be still alive
still alive
still alive

The haters be hatin…

So…the best game I played last year has a couple of fans. The game is called Portal, and is pretty cool.

At the end it has a song called “Still Alive” written by Jonathan Coulton. It’s a darkly humorous song and has gathered lots of attention. A girl made a video cover of her singing it and put it up on youtube.

It’s gathered lots of attention today. Lots.

Wil Wheaton pointed to a comment by the writer of the song where he sticks up for this girls effort:

“It’s so pointless to even talk about, but what’s with the people who actually take the time to write inane negative comments on amateur YouTube videos? I understand: you’re 13, you’re trying to be witty, and you forget that there’s some human on the other end. And you come up with just the right clever little thing to say, some zinger like “OMG? I want to kill you noob,” or perhaps “I hate you,” some really eloquent expression of your criticism, and you can’t resist. Congratulations: you’ve just become extremely boring.

I had seen this list of the top 12 “Still Alive” covers on Joystiq, but I wasn’t aware of the little comments scuffle going on over CupcakeAndTea’s contribution until someone pointed it out to me. And, just, sigh. Really? This is a good use of your time, to make someone you’ve never met feel bad just because they made an amateur fan video about something they really like? Where’s your thing that you made and put online for everyone to see, you chicken-shit cockhole?”

The fact that Jonathan Coulton put up a defense on his blog for someone covering his own song is just made of awesome. The fact that he coined the phrase “chicken-shit cockhole” just takes it to new levels – some would call it “hawesome”

Edit:  It seems I was wrong about who originally coined the righteous new swear I learned today.   From Jonathan’s Blog comments:

Tech Vid

Interesting video about inept technicians, ripped from cbc.ca

http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/marketplace/geeks.wmv