{"id":5508,"date":"2015-08-29T19:59:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T23:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=5508"},"modified":"2015-08-29T20:19:56","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T00:19:56","slug":"video-games-make-me-smile-week-35-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=5508","title":{"rendered":"Video Games Make Me SMILE (Week 35 \u2013 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been catching up on my &#8220;game&#8221; of choice (Second Life) recently, and so I decided to do this week&#8217;s SMILE on video games. Yep&#8230; my inspiration&#8217;s really grand and awe-inspiring isn&#8217;t it xD Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>First up is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eiffel_65\" target=\"_blank\">Eiffel 65<\/a>&#8216;s My Console<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/eiffel65\/myconsole.html\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>). This song is pretty simple when it comes to lyrics, but it&#8217;s got a fun beat to dance to. I remember this song coming out in my teens when video games were like &#8220;the big thing&#8221;&#8230; I feel old now haha <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sy8HOgVW6ts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/VIXX\" target=\"_blank\">Vixx<\/a>&#8216;s Rock Ur Body<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/colorcodedlyrics.com\/2012\/08\/vixx-rock-ur-body\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>)(Korean) is up next. Yes, it is secretly my mission to make you hear all of Vixx&#8217;s songs before the year is over mwhaha&#8230; but, seriously, while this song might not be literally about video games, the context fits. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_uRrv67FCb0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Third is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DJ_Jazzy_Jeff_%26_The_Fresh_Prince\" target=\"_blank\">DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince<\/a>&#8216;s Human Video Game<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/djjazzyjeffthefreshprince\/humanvideogame.html\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>). This song touched on video game addiction before it even became a &#8220;thing&#8221;, and it also features some great <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beatboxing\" target=\"_blank\">beatboxing<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ready_Rock_C\" target=\"_blank\">Ready Rock C<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2RP6d5xQe4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The last song this week is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/KFaceTV\/about\" target=\"_blank\">KFaceTV<\/a>&#8216;s Talk Nerdy To Me<\/strong> (lyrics &#8211; in video description), a parody of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Derulo\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Derulo<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RbtPXFlZlHg\" target=\"_blank\">Talk Dirty<\/a> ft. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2_Chainz\" target=\"_blank\">2 Chainz<\/a>  because, really, you expected nerds not to? This doesn&#8217;t focus specifically on video games, but geek culture in general.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JO6eydRPpyU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What other songs about video games do you know? Let me know in a comment below, and be sure to include any suggestions you may have for future SMILEs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been catching up on my &#8220;game&#8221; of choice (Second Life) recently, and so I decided to do this week&#8217;s SMILE on video games. Yep&#8230; my inspiration&#8217;s really grand and awe-inspiring isn&#8217;t it xD Enjoy! First up is Eiffel 65&#8216;s &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=5508\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}