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See Every Awkward And Hilarious Moment From The VGX
This year, Spike rebuilt its annual awards show into something they hoped would be bigger and better. The newly rebranded VGX was a decent effort and a definite step in the right direction, but it wasn’t without its flaws. No one expected the three hour-long livestream to go off without a hitch, but I’m sure its producers would’ve preferred a few less hitches, or perhaps better chemistry between its two hosts: games industry personality Geoff Keighley and actor/host Joel McHale. The former tried to keep things on track while the latter proved to be a consistent source of diaper jokes and jabs at the developers (as well as Keighley’s abundance of layers).
This edited down cut of the show, which contains many of the worst moments, has already been taken down once, so if you’d like to see every hilariously awful moment from the Spike VGX — and there were many — I suggest you get on that before the Viacom’s army of sleeze bags take it down again.
Also, if you missed our coverage of the event, you can get caught up right here.
The best part about engaging with collaborative genre fiction on the internet is that anyone can get in on the action, with worldwide accessibility often resulting in absurd story beats that wouldn’t be possible if any single person was responsible for the entire narrative. And while Kane Parsons’ Backrooms film is definitely the young filmmaker’s own unique take on the infamous creepypasta, it’s fun to see other creators join the Backrooms sandbox now that the big screen adaptation is getting ready for a record-shattering opening weekend.
As if cleverly timed releases like Puppet Combo’s The Backrooms game weren’t enough (not to mention that Scary Movie poster poking fun at Parsons’ flick), McDonald’s official social media accounts have now released an analog horror video of their own celebrating the liminal terrors of the McRooms – complete with a familiar purple surprise at the end of the footage.
While it’s funny enough to see the world’s most recognizable Fast Food giant engage with internet-borne Found Footage thrills seemingly out of the blue, the video is actually referencing a long-running gag among the Backrooms fandom where creators jokingly talk about there being a fully functional McDonald’s restaurant hidden somewhere in level 0 of the infamous liminal labyrinth.
Now, would it be too much to hope for a moist-carpet-flavored McShake to tie in with the film?
Backrooms is now playing only in theaters from A24.
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