GDC 2009: Those Two Guys From The First Zelda Commercial Keynote Liveblog
9:27 - Just chilling here in the North Hall. The show should be starting any moment now.
9:32 - Masaya Maatsura just passed me and his girlfriend is as flat as a parrapa character if you know what I mean. ;)
9:35 - They're playing the original commerical, the rap starts and a funky breakbeat comes in behind them, then the two dudes walk out on stage wearing "grownup" versions of the classic 80's outfits to wild applause. awesome.
9:41 - Their names are actually Matt and Tobias. They actually went to the same arts high school in Los Angeles. the comme,rcial got them picked on constantly.
9:43 - they never really had a lot in common, matt (who played the "nerdier" kid) was ironically more or a jock. while tobias really was into video games
9:55 - Short History of Rap in Zelda Commercials retrospective including Link's Awakening rap and the weird japanese Link to the Past Rap
9:58 - They met again at a party in 2007 and are starting a nerdcore rap group called Straight Outta Hyrule. Wild cheering. They're about to do a number
10:07 - technical prolems messed up the music, but they are leading the audience in an impromptu clap beat. dylan cuthbert claps on the 1s and 3s
10:13 - Link cosplay/dancer chicks have come out and are tearing it up. the musics back up, but the songs are all pretty awful, though.
10:20 - I can't believe how long this one song is going the beats are all terrible. everyone is getting really uncomfortable.
10:27 - Oh, God. They have a song about the war in Afghanistan. Octoroks are doing a Debbie Allen style dramatic interpretation of the atrocities of the Taliban. what is real anymore?
10:32 - People are starting to try and awkwardly file out. Ocarina of Time footage is strobing all over the room. I think I'm having an epileptic seizure.
10:48 - MAtt and Tobias are rolling around on the floor squealing. The music has degraded into some chiptune nightmare. i'm one of about ten people still in the room. i have no idea if these dudes are trying to be andy kaufman or tim and eric or what.
10:53 - Straight Outta Hyrule is being escorted out by security. The cosplay girls are screaming "No Justice. No Peace." It's finally over. I have no idea what to believe in. The video clips from this are going to be internet memes for the next five years. God bless this country.
