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Ralph Baer, Brown Box, Odyssey and Magnavox
MIT, OXO, Space War and Pong
Coleco and Intellivision, Atari then Activision,
Miyamoto and Nintendo, Plumbers, Donkey Kong

Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Samus and her stellar cans,
Dig Dug, Turbo, Frogger, Q*bert, Mario,
Game Crash '83, adios Atari,
E.T. buried still, Alberquerque landfill

The Wii didn't start the fire,
How we've done some growin' since our cartridge blowin'
The Wii didn't start the fire,
With our fingers bleedin', we were quarter feedin'
Pope Friction, "The Wii Didn't Start The Fire"

Nancy Reagan, preschool Chris,
Nosy valet, young Lois,
German guy, lots of dogs,
Arthur Valentine

We didn't write an ending,
So we're all together tryin' to make things better
They didn't write an ending,
But what the heck, I'll still take the check, the check, the check
Family Guy, "Boy (Dog) Meets Girl (Dog)"

Titus: Lillian, I'm making a music video.
Lillian: Oh, you should do "We Didn't Start the Fire" with updated lyrics. Balloon boy and ObamaCare, the 1% are billionaires...


Harry Potter, Domo-kun, Ridge Racer, Sailor Moon
Stephen Colbert, Captain Picard, Attack of the Show!
Technologic, curb stomp, New Orleans, falling Thwomp
Bell peppers, Brian Peppers, MySpace is emo

Captain Kirk, "Oh, snap!", Bill Cosby, "It's a trap!"
Connery, O RLY?, Katamari Damacy
Cuppycake Gumdrop, Spinnaz never gonna stop
Butterfinger, Lex Luthor, "Screw you, Scientology!"

We didn't start this website
It was always twisted since the site's existed
We didn't start this website
No, we didn't code it, but we're gonna vote it


Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Kathryn Mueller, Louise Gold, Steve Whitmire
Bill Barretta, Peter Linz, then there's Eric Jacobson, Matt Vogel, Mike Quinn, don’t forget David Rudman!

Kermit, Piggy, Wayne and Wanda, Fozzie, Gonzo, Rowlf, Yolanda, Scooter, Rizzo, Beaker too, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
Sweetums, Robin, Strangepork, Swedish Chef (Bork bork!), Beauregard, Sam Eagle, Statler and Waldorf

Muppet Babies, Sesame, all part of our family tree, Henson Hour, Family Christmas, all filled out in our statistics
Muppet*Vision 3D, Haunted Mansion movie, Dark Crystal, Fraggle Rock, they can hear us 'cross the block!
Kedabory's Muppet Mania, "Welcome Back"

John Egbert, Rose Lalonde,
Ascend, descend, rise up, abscond,
Jade Harley, Dave Strider,
They all play Sburb and end the world.
Harlequin, Nanna, Bro,
Mom, Dad, Youth Roll,
Grandpa, Pesterchum,
Hella Jeff and Sweet Bro.
Kyle Henke, "You Can't Fight The Homestuck"

Stadia, trainwreck, Yakuza, what the heck?
EA smears a player and a tournament with chance
Mortal Kombat: Aftermath, Bethesda breaks its DRM
76 just had a bug that steals your guns and pants.

Take-Two kills Star Theory, Australia sues Sony
That's essential business? Ubisoft's abuse is brought to light
Epic Games broke the rules, so they banned Fortnite
Epic became real mad, ensue the corporate slap fight.

Fails fill us all with ire,
Acts of pure defiance from the gaming giants
Choices are uninspired,
Yet despite the failing, they just keep retailing.

Blizzard screwed up Warcraft III and doesn't pay their employees
Last of Us got badly leaked, 'cause crunch was quite a scare
YandereDev's speedrun, 'cause Discord bans are way more fun
DOA, pay for hair, Gearbox backs from profit share

WWE, crashed in 2K20
Zero Lab is all laid off, and 505 has poor control
Pokémon by Tencent, 3D All-Stars limited
Ninty's C&Ds are thrown, and Smash Bros. pros are OH NO!!!

Fails fill us all with ire,
Acts of pure defiance from the gaming giants
Choices are uninspired,
Yet despite the failing, they just keep retailing.

Avengers was a corporate mess, critics just were not impressed
EA and 2K forced ads, interrupting all your games
Culling: Origins makes you pay, if you play more than once a day
Frogware screwed by publishers
Konami- Ugh, do I even need to say anything? Seriously, it's like they're trying to get people to hate them.

CDPR had some crunch. Are there glitches? Yes, a bunch!
Amazon killed Crucible, and Sega crunches prototype
Scalping of the PS5, Microsoft/GameStop combined
EA sold a FIFA twice, and few were scammed hard by its HYPE.

Fails fill us all with ire,
Acts of pure defiance from the gaming giants
Choices are uninspired,
Yet despite the failing, they just keep retailing.

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