The DS strikes back
by Ed Stasick 
{ Sep 5th 2006 at 10:39PM }
One day -- years from now -- your grandkids will look at you with innocent eyes and ask, "Pappy, where were you during the great portable wars of 2006?" You'll tear-up when answering, but your words will be strong, "Oh, little one, I was there when it all started. I was on the front lines. I was with DS Fanboy."
And so it begins... we've turned our keys and launched our first retaliatory strike against PSP Fanboy for exposing the world to the most heinous fanboy video ever unleashed. You still have nearly two weeks to enlist in this epic battle and make the world of console gaming a better place. Send your rebuttal video to fanboyvideo AT yahoo DOT com. This entry from TomBot sticks close to the PSP fanboy formula and achieves hilarious results.
Keep 'em coming! And, if this just makes you mad, or compels you to make sweeping speeches about how wrong hot fanboy vs. fanboy action is, then you need to de-emphasize the "boy" part of fanboy and remember the "fan" part of the equation. This is all in good fun. Until someone loses an eye. Which will likely be soon.
[Thanks for the video Tom!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Quix @ Sep 5th 2006 11:31PM
Urg! It was going great until they misspelled "system failure."
Typos ruin the greatest of productions.
wafffle @ Sep 6th 2006 12:27AM
"Urg! It was going great until they misspelled "system failure."
Typos ruin the greatest of productions."
copy that.
re-edit, please.
other than that...good stuff.
mr. psp, your reaction?
nugget @ Sep 6th 2006 1:30AM
Sorry, this was a stupid video, even worse than the PSP one, and that was pretty bad.
mhulot @ Sep 6th 2006 12:21AM
this is stupid. the ideologies behind the two devices are wholly different, there is no need to compare them.
the ds is fun to pick up and play, has games that are a hella lotta fun and it is far from cutting edge technology. psp is trying to be a ps2 portable and replicate the immersion of console games, and falls short in my opinion. But to each his own. I'd rather have a little cheap device that is fun to pick up and play and put down just as quickly than play some half witted atempt at mimicing console play. but to each his own. this is comparing apples to marmalade.
fries @ Sep 6th 2006 1:40AM
Wow.. even though I'm all for the DS, I keep thinking this video is made by a PSP fanboy trying to mock the DS.
awesom-o @ Sep 6th 2006 1:12AM
The original (and severely retarded) PSP fanboy video isn't worth a rebuttal. So why bother? Play your DS and be happy.
wafffle @ Sep 6th 2006 2:44AM
not saying it was great, but c'mon...in the vein of the original, it's worth a mention. in the grand scheme of things, this is ridiculous and meaningless, but in the context it's all a big piss, right? okay, yes now back to not finishing Trauma Center.
Katotetu @ Sep 6th 2006 1:37AM
Not to mention the total failure of UMD movies, the fact that i cannot even play a PSP without wanting to overhaul the controls, and the severe joy of precise touch screen control.
It's like sex, except it costs a lot more money and there's no risk of making babies.
*cuddles his ds*
Super-Jesse-mario @ Sep 6th 2006 1:38AM
I thought that was funny, sort of a "right back at ya" approach to the video. To all those that are complaining:
I don't suppose you made an entry?
CitizenGeek @ Sep 6th 2006 3:16AM
I think that was hilarious. All of those people who are complaining, why not just get a sense of humour?
Frexy @ Sep 6th 2006 3:48AM
Well TomBot, if it may be of help to you, I liked it.
To me it´s done very well, and if you ask me, the typo`s are on purpose, as well as the funny approach.
And it´s quite correct, this COULD be made by a PSP fanboy trying to bash the DS, but can´t the same be said about that PSP fanboy video?
All in all, this is a great little piece, great, because that PSP fanboy would´ve made exactly the same thing if that one was a DS fanboy...
Enough with the fanboy crap in this topic, it´s just for fun! And it amused me ^^;
S? @ Sep 6th 2006 5:48AM
At least its not 6 minutes long of crap but 2 minutes of crap
Darren Kwee @ Sep 6th 2006 10:56PM
You should have put how many DS units have been sold.
Pasty @ Sep 6th 2006 8:20AM
Err..If you don't have a sense of humour, please refrain from commenting, no one wants to read your whine. OK?
PS: I think the typo is a nice touch.
Alien @ Sep 6th 2006 8:25AM
Man it was lame , the moste boring 2 minutes of my life . I didnt liked the PSP one really much either , but at least it was longer , and had more work in it . I think everybody schould stick to their console and play it .
Now where the heck is my Monster Hunter copy ?
Dataman @ Sep 6th 2006 8:35AM
I'm a french guy,34years old, psp game system "buyer" (I know shame on me!lol)...and recent crazy happy Gamer with a stylish black Dslite. Sadly I must admit than everything in this video is quite accurate, and not to mention the bulky weight of 5 (dinosaursize) umd games if you want to change from time to time while on the go. I experiment "the system error" as well, I must frankly admit that I thought it was something f=than I done wrong coz Sony do not mention any of this possible failure in the manual!!!!
By tyhe way....I'm selling a brand new, nearly unuse psp+umds.....Anyone interested?! (^_^)
Joshua @ Sep 7th 2006 11:41PM
noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! you should've added how the front of the psp gets scratched and the screens get scratched easily and smuged and u should've added how the ds lite had a scratch resistant cover
MrD @ Sep 6th 2006 9:54AM
Was that even a comparison? I mean, the other one was rediculously stupid, but it at least tried to actually compare them (even if it failed horribly at doing it, an F is better than a 0).
jeffx @ Sep 6th 2006 10:48AM
haahah that was hilariously BAD and yeah the couple of typos ruined everything "Lets" right at the begining and failiure. it's one thing to have small spelling errors when posting comments but in a video you intend to show the world? you lose.
Nik @ Sep 6th 2006 3:39PM
Sticking to the vein of the original was a good idea, as these two sort of go hand in hand. This was the first battle. With the DSFanboys coming out on top thanks to, among other things...
- valid arguments
- better music
- a sense of humour
Tom (Tombot) @ Sep 6th 2006 7:29PM
Hehe.. I got some burns there with the spelling. Sorry guys! It was unfortunatley accidental. *shh...* The movie was not at all to be serious, just a spur-of-the-moment deal. But hey, i'm represent'in. In actuality, I don't think the psp is that bad, but I had fun making it. I guess it wasn't a total *failure*, ha...but it's strongly agreed that I could have done much better on it.
seneca @ Sep 6th 2006 9:49PM
"At least its not 6 minutes long of crap but 2 minutes of crap"
Amen to that.
I thought it was pretty fun. I think the whole fanboy idea is hilarious and I think fanboy wars are even better...
Were yall up top serious about the typos?... that was on purpose.. as was the bad grammer. :|...
Mark @ Sep 6th 2006 10:14PM
And... this is why video software should not be available to the masses. ;)