Ok so I’m still working on making the website work…however upon coming across this I HAD to get the word out! So, who or what is a Merton? Why is she/he/it a YouTube sensation? and what the hell is a Chatroulette? To answer those in no particular order:

ChatRoulette is the newest trend in online interaction…its basically chat with video really, the twist is – you ‘play a game’ where the website randomly finds and connects you to someone you can videochat with. Now, usually its filled with the creepiest bunch of boofheads to have eluded the local authorities, the most frequent type you come across are the shirtless males hoping you’re female (Lord help you if you are!) and then it just gets worse from there.

Bad deal right? Well that’s where our man Merton comes in (yes it’s a he). A frequent (I think) user, Merton waits for someone to get connected and then almost immediately, he’ll start playing his piano and improvise something to sing about (usually about the person he’s videochatting with) and it is HILARIOUS.

Not foreign to the hilarity he was causing, Merton went and recorded as many sessions with random strangers as he could (about 6 hours worth) and then with his friends he went on to edit it down to a manageable 5 min video. Below is the hilarious end result:

Of course a totally ingenious idea such as this wouldn’t go unnoticed (the world hasn’t gone THAT daft yet, still pretty close to it otherwise though…) and so Merton or, as he came to be known on YouTube, Chatroulette Piano Guy has gotten millions of viewers in a short amount of time.

Amongst those viewer was one Ben Folds (yes, the same Ben Folds of the Ben Folds Five). He loved the idea so much that actually made an ‘Ode to Merton’ by connecting to chatroulette and then improvising songs to whomever popped up onscreen whilst playing live to a crowd of 2,000 people in Charlotte, NC (that’s North Carolina for all my Non-US brethren) In effect its become a pretty popular video in its own right, check it out:

Notice something? Regardless of the awesome piano skill and the witty, extempore lyrics, doesn’t Merton and Folds actually LOOK very similar? Turns out I wasn’t the only one who noticed that however Merton has so far denied that he is the 43 yr old nerdy piano player. Check out the comparison though:

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Chatroulette Piano Guy – Merton

Apart from the spooky similarities – there’s a tad more controversy like why YouTube actually took down Mertons videos since it somehow breached ‘Terms of Use’. Quick to respond, the Piano guy edited and now has at least 1 of his previous videos back online with a promise of more to come. For more giggles I strongly recommend you go and subscribe to: Mertons YouTube Channel

So the Trolololo phenomenon is at its peak now and that means its time for it to wane unless people start doing something fresh with it…and Fresh they delivered!

To those new to trolololo (dunno who the hell came up with that name..but it stuck!) its a video of one Eduard Khil, a Russian singer who sang this song 40 years ago when it was called “I Am So Happy to Finally Be Back Home”. Good luck actually hearing him SAY that…in fact he doesn’t Say Anything! He (melodiously) yodels,hums and squees his way through this! From what I understand the song was supposed to have lyrics…but due to some technicality (dibs on “Soviet Russia owns ur lyrics!”) they decided to do … well whatever he does in that video. Apparently this is an actual singing style called vokaliz where you sing but without words…yeah I know, weird. Check the original video out anyway:

Did you note the horrible lip syncing? Either way the guy is also known as the Russian RickRoll (i.e. people link you to this video by tricking you) so expect to see this guy a lot on when you click on that ‘19 yr old. student nurse wants to see you nekkid’ link)

Needless to say the guy has spawned tons of fanfare, imitations, and new takes on his creation. Even Oscar winner Christoph Walt (aka that guy from Inglorious Basterds) has parodied him however none (so far) come close to this Awesome remix uploaded by youtube user brettleemovies:

Amongst other thing the guy has a facebook page (yes I’m a fan) and a petition for him to perform trolololo as a world concert!

Knows what even more ace? The fact that even at age 75, Mr. Khil is being such a good sport that he’s actually asking people from around the world to put lyrics to the song!

Ok so you knew this was going to happen but

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I actually found a trolololo mashup remix which, while nowhere as cool as the above remix, is STILL pretty good! Check it out:

Hello my monkeys, today I’ve actually come across a set of e-cards that AREN’T video game related, but they’re just as witty and fun based around the TV yuckomena…I mean Phenomena that is LOST. Since the last season has kicked in I thought I might as well post this for those in love couples who are equally (if not more) in love with LOST. Just so you know these LOST valentine cards can be found on the original artists site at Beavotron.com.

Just so you know, I wish I could draw like Alexandria…because then I’d send HER a card and wish she’d fall in love with me! (I saw her pic on her website…do you know she design video game graphics and objects too? AND she’s hot? Yeah yeah I know, Apes can’t fall in love with the humans…*sigh* oh well here are the cards.

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2 more of her artwork that I didn’t know where else to but damn are they good! The my little pony one is a tad shy before dark and scary, which makes it even more woot-iful!

Another bunch of Valentines cards that seemingly arent short of sickening cuteness, Dunno who the hell at Capcom comes up with these, but I can bet that the first draft were all in Engrish….MOAR ENGRISH GODDAMIT! Oh yeah, here are the pics, Ace Attorney is made of win btw:

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As promised here’s the (grossly outdated) set of valentine cards that our favorite Video game manufacturer (until Konami releases something better) had provided

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You KNOW you hear it now…and you can never UN-hear!

Thats right boys and girls no pic for your sorry asses this time. Instead I give you this , a true testament to some (most probably) Brits dickery on how much of a 4chan slut he can be Outside of 4chan (its never a she, internets haz no grils, and yes thats supposed to be Grils):

http://twitter.com/big_ben_clock

Also Follow The GorillaKing @GorillaKing1 … Join you Baashted guys ! (Also can anyone make a Graphics thing we can use as a Twitter Logo?

Allo my slut bunnies love is in the air etc etc look you said you wanted event specific stuff so I’ll give you event specific stuff. Check out these Valentine e-cards from ArtFags too numerous to name…their shit redefines cute and funny and I need a GF who’s a gamer to really appreciate these…or just turn gay

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Stay tuned for the others…

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