The Escapist should fire Yahtzee and get Soulja Boy to do reviews for them instead. He's far more entertaining and capable of sparking discussion.

Burguois, Teabagger of Olde

who needs yatzhee.

relax_guy

Goodness gracious! I refuse to view anything Soulja Boy related for obvious reasons, if memory serves correctly, this is third post of Soulja Boy on Kotaku in recent memory. I JUST CAN'T ESCAPE HIM!!!

Falcon PAUNCH!!!

Hire This Man

Hellion86

How old is this kid anyway? 18? Be sick to be 18 and BOTH have started beef with Ice T AND have posted a video review of Braid.

Not many of us can say we ever did that.

Sunjammer

True story: I was leaving Mass one Sunday morning and it was the church's annual parish festival. A ways away, I heard the distinct sound of Soulja Boy's 'Crank Dat' in the distance.

Incredulously, I turned to a woman who was just behind me and exclaimed "Do they even know what that song means?!?"

She looked at me like I was crazy.

Spark-Moon

I wish I could turn back time to not have seen this...Ice-T should beat his little punk ass up just for kicks...that's why I hate celebrities...well the stupid and ignorant ones at least...

m3tallic7

I don't get it. I took this as Soulja Boy actually liking the game. But it seems like a lot of people taking offense in it cuz they think he's bashing it. I know he uses the word "stupid", but "stupid" isn't necessarily bad; depends on the usage. Like "stupid fly" is a good thing.

He sure as hell seems to be having fun playing it, and he did pay for it...

spork

It's kinda funny, my 4 year old son LOVES the "rewind" as much as Mr. Boy here. Take that for what you will.

Spacehog85

Crecente, please punish McWhertor for subjecting us to this video.

B-ryon

@Hendrixx: I think he's a bit of a closet geek. He knows what he's doing.

Xiedo

@King_Krunk: You know. I didn't always see it this way. But you're right, power to capitalism. If you don't like it, don't care... if you do like it, great... still don't care.

Anyway, look up some of the videos of non-black non-rappers on YouTube. Someone on this thread said they were embarrassed to be of the same species as this guy, have you looked on YouTube in the last 3 years? I think there is a lot more out there to be embarrassed of.

Last thing, I love the guy who said it isn't funny "guise". Maybe it is our education system in general, cause obvious this guy isn't the only dolt out there.

johnwonderbread

sweet raptor jesus...

He sounds just like how he sounds in that "Crank That" song..

I'm not quite sure if that's a good thing, Mr Boy. You may have a neurological impediment that effects your speech and brain function...

Mesren_Makai

@Mini-Boss: that's an unfair comparison, sir. only some ho's need to be superman'd, but all people need TP, even from the internets.

TheIrishNinja

It's videos like this that beg the question: Why did rappers ever stop shooting each other?

DaveKap

@Murderdolls: "radio rap is terrible" fixed that for you, man.

TheIrishNinja

srsly, enough with the soulja boi clips.

snowlock

No one could have that much of a good time doing basically nothing on a video blog if not high on something.

Dejanus

the fuck? is he retarded?

Lombax

@Mini-Boss:
Your definition of success isn't the same as the next person. I myself, consider success to be either making at least $1,000,000 or finding a nice job and settling down.

HueyFreeman

@Legion329: a man can dream.

@Korey: win.

@dead_red_eyes: haha, GZA said it best, sir. well played.

@alb1221: hahaha, another win.

TheIrishNinja

Soulja boy needs to do a barrel roll.

K-Squad! (Badass Edition)

@boringjob2:

"So what about for people who drink beer and don't get drunk or smoke weed and don't don't get high?

Where are their games?"

On the shelf at a local wal-mart, next to the wooden blocks, an abacus and a cabbage patch doll.

Komrade_Kayce

I've decided I want this to be posted as an official trailer / promotional video for Braid. It will sell millions. But only once you add the ability to "Superman dat hoe" back in time..

Mastrix

@Korey: Best. Post. Ever.

LegendK1ll3r

@Dr. Nooooooooo: ok, Mr. Mii for an avatar (either 80 or 8)

Sorablade

@Burguois, Teabagger of Olde: You know what? In my experiences with life, money is a really, really lousy way to keep score. I have an aunt that made over a million selling toilet paper through the internet and working at home. She hasn't genuinely positively impacted the lives of anyone outside her immediate family, and personally, she's a huge bitch.

Preaching to the masses about "supermanning hoes" doesn't make you a success, no matter how you cut it.

Mini-Boss

This guy is awesome, I bet braid sales will see a bump. As a designer, I love seeing this. What other reaction would you expect? This is the reaction of someone playing a game- not everyone takes time to read story or think about the details.

coffinmouth

@Roto13:

are you trying to say rap is just talking? or are you trying to say that soulja boy's hybrid of shit, hip hop, and pop is just talking therefore sucks?
ship hop its called

HueyFreeman

Kotaku, you should hire him to do reviews for you guys. Would be like the next zero punctuality!

Royal_Highness

I'm gonna be honest- at like 3 am one night my friends and I downloaded the trial- and hated on it even more so than Soldier Boy (that's right, I'm gonna correctly spell your name). Now that I hear the game is much deeper than Mariothrusting McNuggets with down-syndrome, I might give it a second try.

TheXanadu

Holy fucking God. Do not want.

TheMurderer

@Burguois, Teabagger of Olde: Slowmo's posts are still better "contributions" than that skilless rubbish.

YHWHMystic

@Burguois, Teabagger of Olde: "When you make millions through doing something that you love doing and people find you good enough to pay for then you could probably be considered talented."

No.

"In that regards, Soulja Boy is talented. He's managed to make a lot of money, and a lot of fans doing what he does."

Again, no. And I'm closer to the rap industry than you probably are. Soulja Boy had a ridiculous song who became popular for some obscure reason, and thanks to iTunes and advertising he made some money. I wouldn't call that a fanbase ("lots of fans" lmao). Want to see a successful rapper? Try Kanye West or Jay-Z.

"Uwe Boll isn't as much of a success. His entire career is based on some retarded german statute that gives money to film developers, despite his films being bombs and getting absolutely no critical or commercial acclaim."

Try finding any other outstanding, acclaimed or commercially successful songs from Soulja Boy besides "Crank that." So yeah, I think he's the Uwe Boll of the rap industry.

"Both have probably contributed more to the world than you, though, whose major contribution thus far has been the posting of ignorant generalisations on a video game message board."

I'm a premed student at a pretty good college, so I'm positive I will bring more to the table than a low-class rapper and a shitty movie director.

It's cute that you're ready to go down on a man just because he has a better payroll, but you need to grow up and start to accept people with different opinions than yours, especially when you're defending an artist like Soulja Boy. Personal attacks and non-facts won't get you very far sorry.

FP_slomo788

"If you can't even attempt to speak English, I can't listen to you. "

Sorry that should read: If you're born here, and can't even attempt to speak English, I can't listen to you.

omses

@Dr. Nooooooooo: Very well said.

alb1221

The guy is 18, so I don't expect too much from him to begin with. You may say, "Hey, you jerk, I'm 18! I'm not stupid!" - yes, you most likely aren't, but look at all your PEERS. That pretty much sums it up.

Dr. Nooooooooo

This is simply the best video on the entire Internet.

akashhhhh

I couldn't listen to him speak for more than 5 seconds before I had to stop it.

If you can't even attempt to speak English, I can't listen to you.

omses

"One of our nation's finest artists"

LAWL!

Video was pretty funny though.
"OH SHIT IM ABOUT TO DIE! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP"

Rengenki

@Korey: poetry is perceptive. But theres poetry and then theres soulja boy.

Jinra321

I can't believe this man TALKS for a living.

Roto13

"Ain't no points in the games."

My inner English teacher cringes until he is nonexistant.

Americo

to quote jeremy clarkson " I truly believe that some people in America have started breeding with vegetables "

ikillbears

@boringjob2:

+ Watch video

Nuff said.

Weirdwolf

@Michael McWhertor: You disembowel me a while back because you said my comment about Mr. Fahey were to graphics. He didn't mishear this, this is just how his mind thinks. I for one appreciate his homo-erotic ways. I sometimes imagine naked Mike as a cartoon with a cute little x for an asshole <3

@DataScream: You said spinning and I just had to post this stand-up by Chris Rock:

+ Watch video

...

Soulja boy makes me laugh. I see the way he's looking at stuff is just purely honest. He's not being pretentious. Like any other human being, if you sat him down and explained to him the finer concepts of Braid, he may have a different opinion but if you just put this game in front of a person (such as himself) and ask him what he thinks... this is what you get. Now if you don't like the way he talks or behaves then that's something else but the game has been judged by him by him as a consumer; take it or leave it.

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

I actually kind of enjoyed it even though I hate DeAndre Ramone Way and his horrid music.

So what about for people who drink beer and don't get drunk or smoke weed and don't don't get high?

Where are their games?

boringjob2

All this repressed white rage. Let it all out, gentlemen.

alb1221

@Korey
@pashaveliki

*Slow clap.....turns to thunderous applause*

Mastrix

@Korey: Thanks man. You just brightened up my day.

edb87

Gee, maybe if I get a lobotomy then I too can enjoy the game on the truly profound levels of Mr. Boy here.

Mini-Boss

@Griffen: - "in the words of Ice-T: "...you come with that Superman shit? That shit is garbage.""

Seconded.

dead_red_eyes

this clip could make Jesse Jackson hate black people.

madhotch

@Rika Aiuchi is SeXXXy

haha oh wow

To think of the generation of people that will idolize this moron.

BossMonk

Can we please not give Soulja Boy any more attention? He's got enough as it is. He represents everything that's wrong with hip hop today. Take it from GZA, Soulja Boy's lyrics are weak ... like clock radio speakers.

dead_red_eyes

Hear hear!

pashaveliki

He says "this game has no point" and then he collects the puzzle piece... Still one must respect him for finding a way to make boat loads of cash.

in the words of Ice-T: "...you come with that Superman shit? That shit is garbage."

Griffen

@FP_slomo788: When you make millions through doing something that you love doing and people find you good enough to pay for then you could probably be considered talented.

In that regards, Soulja Boy is talented. He's managed to make a lot of money, and a lot of fans doing what he does.

Uwe Boll isn't as much of a success. His entire career is based on some retarded german statute that gives money to film developers, despite his films being bombs and getting absolutely no critical or commercial acclaim.

Both have probably contributed more to the world than you, though, whose major contribution thus far has been the posting of ignorant generalisations on a video game message board. Bravo.

Burguois, Teabagger of Olde

Make result? Must be the video talking. haha

DorkimusPrime

First of all, for those of you writing off Soulja Boy's review, you have to, like Braid, look beneath the surface. It's actually pretty deep. Evidence A:

Soulja boy off in this hoe
Watch me crank it
watch me roll
watch me crank dat soulja boy
Then superman dat hoe
Now watch me do
(crank dat soulja boy)
now watch me do
(crank dat soulja boy)
now watch me do
(crank dat soulja boy)
now watch me do
(crank dat soulja boy)

Soulja boy off in this hoe
Watch me lean and watch me rock
Superman dat hoe
Then watch me crank dat robocop
super fresh now watch me jock
jocking on them haterz man
When I do dat soulja boy
I lean to the left and crank dat dance
(now you)
I'm jocking on yo bitch ass
and if we get the fightin
then I'm jockin on yo bitch ass
you catch me at yo local party
yes I crank it everyday
haterz get mad cuz
"I got me some bathin apes"

I'm bouncin on my toe
watch me supersoak dat hoe
I'ma pass it to arab
then he gon pass it to the low (low)
haterz wanna be me
Soulja boy, I'm the man
They be lookin at my neck
sayin it's the rubberband man (man)
watch me do it (watch me do it)
dance (dance)
Let get to it (let get to it)
Nope, you cant do it like me
Hoe, so dont do it like me
Folk, I see you tryna do it like me
Man, that shit was ugly

Basically this song is about the creation of the atomic bomb and the emotional repercussions of bringing such an immense, destructive power in the world and one man's introspective quest to reverse time to change the course of history. The "hoe" as it were is the metaphorical Princess he is chasing. If you don't see it then I can't help you.

BTW, when are they going to add this review to Metacritic?

"This shit's stupid as hell, man. It look like Mario in the future. 0/10."
- Soulja Boy

Korey

Soulja Boy's music is deeply insightful and a real clarion call for the troubles and tribulations facing the youth in today's Bush Era urban centres of the American south. The wit and witticisms of his video game reviews belay a deep understanding of the science and artistic merit of game design. A true Renaissance man along the lines of Mozart, Davinci, and Jefferson.

So STFU guys... STFU...

pashaveliki

@mikebrown999: *bro hug*

Michael McWhertor

I thought the video was cute. He's just a kid having fun with his friends playing a game. But he's a celebrity and has YouTube access so the unfortunate result is harassment from people across the globe. Happy day.

Let him have his fun.

alb1221

I hope they WERE high on weed when they filmed this.

NorthernAvengeR

wow. ignorant. sad as well.

BigSt3ph3n

He probably didn't even buy the game, that's the demo level.

Ashurahori

"One of our nation's finest artists, Soulja Boy"...

For those who took that statement to heart, I do believe Mr. McWhertor was using a little thing called sarcasm. Just wanted to chime in just in case people assumed he was being serious about that.

Assassin9

I wonder how many people have muted this guy when playing online (think I see Halo 3 in the background).

RetroBob

@kcm117: No one said he has no idea what he's doing. But just because he gets paid for feeding people crap does not make him any more talented. Would you become a Uwe Boll fan just because he can buy you dinner?

FP_slomo788

YA TRICK YA!!!!!!!!!!!

Firemane

Well, this perfectly illustrates the responses to Braid.
Lowest Denominator- Dude! This is like some fucked-up mario shit.

Moderate Intellectuals- Well, you see, this whole thing is a deeper allegory for how you can shove a nickel up your nose.

Nirvana- Oh. I get it. Blow is a blowhard, and this story is simplistic, trite, and immature, designed to impress you if you're smart, but not willing to look too deep.

Ad-hominem

A. Rap isn't terrible, if you don't like it nobody cares.

B. Ok we all know soulja boy cant rap, but stop hating. Hes making money doing what he loves and I'm sure we all wish we could say the same thing.

C. This video is funny as hell.

King_Krunk

Jesus, how the hell is this guy getting quoted on Kotaku AGAIN? If this is a joke it's not funny you guise! >:(

FP_slomo788

i like how most people call solja boy stupid and thinks he has no idea what he is doing.....but he sure as hell has more money than most of us here probably, lol.

kcm117

@DataScream: I really want to see a video of a top spinning and getting rewound with the audio of them making the rewind sound over it now.

Mastrix

@YHWHMystic:
So so true...

Keanu

"Aw, I fell off the ladder. Ah, no I didn't."

The_Catalpa

fucking hilarious, he should just review games as a joke, and stop posing as a rapper.

HueyFreeman

Whats with kotaku and soulja boy, enough already X_x

Taheen

On one hand, I'm glad this game is getting promoted. Too bad it's coming from the most talentless individual ever.

YHWHMystic

@Michael McWhertor: I still love you.

mikebrown999

@Burguois, Teabagger of Olde: Hah, I noticed that too. He doesn't care about the 'price', the 'art', the 'artist', the 'hype', or anything along those lines.

It's like he just punched all those that reviewed this in the face. Hilarious :p

Aex

I'm ashamed to be of the same species as this man...Ugh.

QualityJeverage

Isn't this kid like 16? Stop buying his music people rap is terrible.

Murderdolls

Fortunately, he's a funny mofo

HobbaHobba

Its like Mario in the future, and he's wearing a suit and got his hair dyed orange and shit

Skeezy

That was so stupid. But it was hilarious... lol

Adisah

@mikebrown999: Oh! Well, that makes more sense. Shame, though.

Michael McWhertor

this guy would go nuts for a spinning top.

DataScream

He seems like a REALLY simple person...

if you get kicks from that... ur stoned... or u are soulja boy

SamL_

@Jillsandwich: Don't encourage him pls

Playstation

Amazingly it's the only review that actually gets to the core of what the game is about and not the complete wankery that has preceded and succeded it.

Burguois, Teabagger of Olde

10/10
Popped a blood vessel

MeanBob866

I'm glad this man exists. I mean, if he can make millions of dollars being a complete toolbox, then I can at least make a few hundred thousand with this degree of mine.

Legion329

I feel as if this game has been violated by him.

Krion

Amusing, the way he says 'There ain't no point to the game' JUST as he picks up a puzzle piece...

Ah well, simple things...

Hendrixx

Did he mean, it's suitable for him?

Playstation

Wow, that was spectacular.

"Ain't no point to this game"
"... stupid as hell ..."

I guess not everyone appreciates games as art :p

Aex

LOL!!!drunk much?

SsLordMagus

I think my IQ just dropped a few points...

kosbee

"He don't ever run out of the going back in time potion." Hahahaha! Utterly classic!

phatcorns

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh boy. I just picked Braid up last night. Good times.

Although I'm not surprised when Mr. Boy says "There's no point to the game, you just jump on shit."

edb87

@Devster: ya, i think Mike was hearing what he wanted to hear :)

Sorablade

@new2kotaku: No shit. He may be popular and more of a club song hitter but he's far stretch to be a "fine artist"

HobbaHobba

If people should wake up and stop buying his music, at least he has a career as a game reviewer to fall back on.

Jillsandwich

Saw this a while ago, and I laughed HARD.
It's great to see somebody actually enjoying the game though and not the artistic drive.

Mustakrakish

re: "I sucked your ass out, bitch!"
I think it's "I psyched your ass out, bitch!"

Devster

haha, great review..

Sorablade

*note to self*
- create Soulja Boy videogame review comedy blog
- get bigger wallet

chuffhoncho

ugh my brain :/

DarkTravesty

He says "I psyched your ass out bitch" not "I sucked your ass out bitch"...

I know I know... its hard to understand words from people with no talent.

mikebrown999

Uhhh, our nation is in trouble if he is one of the finest artists.

new2kotaku

@Hellion86: Lol I wish this was an ongoing feature. Plus add a classic game review with Ice-T to be safe and not to take sides.

cap-n-crunch

@Sunjammer: 18! Heck I thought he was near 30! Drugs are a bitch aren't they?

Netnavi

I really can't wait for his review of Henry Hatsworth.

"Look at that dude smack that dude and turning him into a tetris block. Look, look."

Mr_Raccoon

I think everyone here should check the Urban slang dictionary and really know what "crank that" and " superman dat ho" really means.

lolz, atomic bomb.

Netnavi

@Burguois, Teabagger of Olde:
In that case, Hitler accomplished more than most people, but I wouldn't exactly brag about him.

Mact

"Yo, son...you can't even throw a touchdown in dis game! This shit's stupid, yo!"

kingofrain

@kcm117:

And that doesn't disgust you to your core, wishing that humanity would be wiped out because of how pathetically we promote the talentless?

Mact

@introvert: Well, in his defense he took a rock that sharp blade of evolution and dumbed it down to a blunt toothpick.

Diamondblade

Soulja Boy, you sir, are the voice of a generation.

poduski

I know how everybody is annoyed by soldja boy, and I hate his music.

However, that was probably the single best review for Braid I have ever seen. I've seen practical examples of the gameplay and read reviews about it, but soldja boys' perspetive really conveyed why the game is fun.

I was laughing my ass off watching this thing.

BallPtPenTheif

I am so glad I played Braid before I saw this clip. I probably wouldn't have played it after seeing this.

colonelschvatz

@taftsearlobe33: To be fair, most of we americans hate him as well.

Spacehog85

Wow, couldn't proceed beyond the first minute where he started getting really amused by the time rewind feature.

After his "brilliant" insight on the game, I'd love to see his opinion on Feeding Frenzy 2, I suspect he'll nominate it for game of the year.

Ryguy226

@lighten up, morrissey: Don't forget Rez!

Rhaedaw

A million years of evolution, we get Soulja Boy

introvert

@SsLordMagus: sadly, that's him normal

you tell 'em soulja boy!

MysteriousStranger

Someone needs to give Soulja Boy Boom Blox, Audiosurf, and Geometry Wars. Maybe Portal as well. And Metal Gear Solid 4.

lighten up, morrissey

Wow. He really should stop putting videos of himself on the internet.

Just stand behind your manager and let him do the talking and sing(?) those songs and don't talk.

Damn't I told you not to TALK! Now everybody knows you are an idiot!

FrigidAir44

It's like he expects us to watch these as a message saying "Hey, I haven't committed suicide yet...bitches!"

NeonLight

@MojoTeq: When Bush took office

Skinney

Man, if Nancy Reagan had this video in her hands instead of that trite "Just Say No!" shit, the drug war would be over.

vernichter

im afraid what he'll review next. Bionic Commando Rearmed?

"YO! CHECK THIS SH*T OUT! YOU PLAY AS A GUY WITH MARTY MCFLY SHOES AND YOU SWING AROUND AND SH*T!"

Rammykun

@Korey: I <3 you.

I constantly wonder though, when did ignorance become a culture of its own?

MojoTeq

@homernoy: Yeah I mean I can understand how people are annoyed that he doesn't speak very... eloquently, but c'mon it's a famous (for now) celebrity who's apparently having a blast with a game and people are getting all pissy about that?

i don't get it. the only explanation i really have is people think he's insulting the game and getting their panties up in a wad.

spork

@kcm117:

What does that tell you about the American public?

PsycloneTW

It's almost too much insight from a person with such unbridled talent. Move over Chomsky. Soulja Boy is gettin' all intellectual in dis bitch.

Static-X

this is the single best thing in the world. and I really mean that.

Coxswain

I hate you Kotaku....

I hope he gets his my space hacked again, and someone replaces it with. "Ugh.. Ooooooo! uhhhhhhhh oooooooo uuuuuuuuu ooooooohhh" and nothing else.

huginn

Yes, as always, its a pleasure to hear the comments of this wonderful young man, especially since i have my personal "I'm a spoiled teenager that is very illiterate" translator with me to translate for me.

kuicksilver16

@Sunjammer: Haha Ice-t made insults, talk about arming yourself up from a glass house built on quick sand, below sea levels that are fast rising due to our ever fluctuating climate.

TotaleeAwesome

To stop that "Solider Boy" 1-2-3
Here's a fresh new way that's trouble free
It's got Paul Anka's guarantee...
Guarantee void in Tennessee!
Just don't look!
Just don't look!
Just don't look!
Just don't look!

(shamefully stolen from the Simpsons)

jello44

@homernoy:
People are just jealous of all his money.

HueyFreeman

@spork: Well I think your right. He is definitely having a good time, but by the way he talkes about getting drunk or high, I am assuming he is drunk or high and that's why he likes it.

I don't see why so many people put the guy down though, as he looks to me like any other young man with a few drinks under his belt laughing and having fun. He might have more money and time on his hands than most his age, but other than that, nothing too unusual here.

homernoy

the weirdest part about the video was listening to it with my eyes closed. it sounds like soulja boy is getting "supermanned" by his cohort if you know what i mean.

zanzibarlegend

Wow, that was.....painful to say the least. I know braid was a little upper level and all, particularly with the story, but is that really the only way he was capable of describing the game? Education didn't give him any other tools in the English language to provide an adequate synopsis of the playing experience? Just "whoooa....whoooa...." and cursing? God sometimes i despise the forum that the internet provides to idiots.

logikil

DAMN IT!! No more Soulja Boy clips!! seriously, he is the WHACKEST rapper in the game right now, He's dumb,his lyrics are even dumb'er and he talks like he dropped out of 3rd grade or something.

Darksider1972

haha... it's mario in a suit.

alby13

I haven't played Braid but what I've seen it's a true work of art. I may hate Soulja Boy and disagree with everything that he says (that I can understand), but I did laugh at this video.

Squamden

He better not play Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. That game will blow his little brain.

ViciousViper

@Murderdolls: Wow, will your stupidity and ignorance ever cease?

TotaleeAwesome

and they wonder why the rest of the world hates americans

taftsearlobe33

the fact he still gets attention boggles my fucking mind...@roflwaffles: no...he's the defintion of why our society is goin downhill right now.

Jmontilla2786

O lawdy.
I wonder if he's just a super dedicated troll.

roflwaffles

this is the best fucking game review i've ever seen woooooooooooop

sabishii

The depressing thing is, this guy makes more money than the majority of us.

meatee

+ Watch video

I wonder how much Mr. Boy made since its been posted on Kotaku?

ananag

Soulja Boy is the bomb.

KenogaBrave

and he goes like, "hoooooooooooooooop."

d.doldrums

BEST VIDEO EVURR!?!?!?!

pandafresh

Can we start a fund to have this guy killed? Not in a racist way, but in a, "you are bringing down society as a whole" way.

I'm in for 5 dollars.

Qu33f_Machine

Perfect example of what rap music does to American culture. Does this guy have a brain? What language was he speaking? That sure as hell didn't sound like English. Sad thing is that people think this kid is actually cool. Pathetic. Embarassment to the human race.

wtf007

I think the word is 'Generic'....

Sacrilage

@meatee: 400,448,420 views then some. He makes .02 cents per view.

ManjiKengo

This guy's an idiot. This is NOT news worthy. Keep this crap to rot on Youtube. Don't give him more publicity.

HaydenTenno

.....i feel like popping a cap on a fool

this fool

Kuririn

@ananag: 18066.76 in views on THAT video alone. 3510.24 in comments.

@Jmontilla2786: He's trolling.
If you actually spoke intelligently, do you think people would view your shit? C'mon... Think about it dude.

ManjiKengo

Superman dat hooo!

O_o

His_Shadow7

@TotaleeAwesome: I would like to know why you are stalking me.

Murderdolls

Yeah, okay, so maybe Soulja Boy isn't a genius, but this isn't a review, it's him and his buddy getting wasted, screwing around with a game, and making funny sounds. Lighten up! *shakes head* Ah, nerds. So uptight. I'm not defending his music, by the way, which I think sucks.
All you rap and hip-hop haters need to stop grouping crap like Soulja Boy in with good stuff, and need to open your mind a bit to other types of music.

SpiralJacobs

Game developers should hire him to do reviews... for the competition.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

One more thing. I have a theory that Soulja Boy is just one major rickroll. Like, he is really some sort of super genius/or just your average honor roll student, yet a really incredible actor. Naaaah, he's just pathetic.

Shockadin

So how long until a Braid Crank Dat video comes along?

hewkii9

@wtf007: Dude, you're such an idiot. There is nothing wrong with rap, just because your white boy rock and cultural differences tend to make you hate rap, does not mean you can degrade it for what a few artists do. I really, really hate it when you people insult rap and place blame on it. Grow up and stop listening to everything your parents teach you and what your elitist beliefs want you to say.

Shockadin

For some reason, Soulja Boy seems to sum up our nation's current intelligence for the recent generation. Which is also why America isn't doing so hot education wise, last I checked we were like in the thirty-somethingth place in the rankings of the world. I don't know if this statistic was taken with a bias but still that's sad, I mean this is America...

Shockadin

This is hilarious.

Jorw

I hope his next single flops hard. Even a dog is not amused that easily.

PsycheE

And his music is for murderers to murder and molesters to molest.

macr0planet

@wtf007: Not rap music, just gangsta rap/crunk. There is a difference, see Aesop Rock/MF Doom/Deltron/Cool Calm Pete/others. But, yes, he embodies what is ruining America.

zgrowler2

LMFAO

hoopesk2

Soulja Boy yous a busta!

king-kittan

WOW! This game is going to get old pretty quick for Mr. Boy if he really thinks that there is "no point to the game, you just run around".

ssoltero

Normally when I see something stupid I want hurt those who sad it, this, this just makes me want to hurt myself...

@DaveKap: Yeah, you'd think the stupid people would be weeded out, but...there he is...

Tietsu

I find the hatin on Soulja Boy a bit harsh. If you dont like his music or lifestyle than whatever...but don't add that to the equation. He didnt get paid for this or was asked to by any companies involved. He was just himself, having fun, showing something as I would to a friend of mine if I was a bit drunk or something. Honestly, he was a lot more refreshing than some "professional" reviewer who overly nitpicks on the game. Video games are fun...and I appreciate Soulja Boy reminding us that a little innovation just adds to it.

supergun

wow. pure ignorance. amazing. obviously by his repeated stating that there is no point to this game we know that he can't read or won't.

alwaysinit

@phatcorns: LOL I laughed so hard at that part

thisbeatisbadass

@The_Catalpa:

That is a lot funnier in text.

Anyways, could someone please explain why there is Soulja Boy in my Kotaku?

:'(

LastFace

@Sorablade: Actually, both. I'm 88.

(I'm 22, and a huge Nintendo fan, so sue me.)

Dr. Nooooooooo

well, he sure is easily amused

bigman88zz

@supergun: I cannot enjoy ignorance, even if someone is just being themselves, having some fun. Doesn't it bother you that education has taken a backseat to consumerism, and practically everything else?

MojoTeq

It was pretty sad to hear the beautiful music in Braid and then have to hear his annoying pre-pubescent voice drown it out.

peAr nectAr

Deltron 3030.

artofwar420

Alright my turn...

Mein ya'll musta heard this new wangsta Souljaboy, or whateva his name is, this mothafocka got some booshet bout some some supermein, and ya'll shoud see it mein, he hop aroun like a lil bitch talking "supemein dat hoe", mein get yo uh ballet dancing mothafockin ass back to the disney channel, you ain reel, you ain evuh gonna be, you jus a punk aess lil bitch with no musical talent and no colors, you think you gottcha colors, you ain shieet, mein.

Pancho_Villasan

That man is the new Jeff Gerstman. Expect a review of a Zelda game with an 8.8 excitement factor.

Zinc666

@wtf007: perfect example what ignorance about an entire genre causes one to say. good work stereotyping there.

@Murderdolls: its hard not to, to be fair. you bait in like half your comments, man.

TheIrishNinja

Cute, is he the new Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw?

Le-Rectum

"I can't die, bitch."

insaneo

[www.zimbio.com]
"I got cake for every year i've been alive" lol @ Soulja's arms in the second video.

Le-Rectum

You just dont understand his talents like his lackies, umm i mean close friends do
[suicidesoldiersclan.com]

Hand_O_Death

To bad we cant have a cyborg robot go back in time and save rap music.

mcx

soulja boy has an infectious sense of happiness that most of the haters on here can't imagine, much less replicate.

fugit

@Burguois, Teabagger of Olde: This.

fugit

I can't even express how much I enjoyed watching this with all of you out in internet land

clinsy

Finally!....someone I can relate too

physalis925

A+

remixnzza

Jonathan Blow may need to shake Soulja Boy's hand. I'd be interested to see the sales numbers for Braid this week...

TOPolk

@Korey: I totally see it now.

Lawliet

WHY THE FUCK IS THIS NEWS? can we ban hammer McWhertor for posting this?

MURDERFACE

lol that was funny.

Frologic

He's different from other people on live, how?

ohhello

I guess they're just more into the kind of "art" where you don't have to think

Mii

That guy makes more money with one album sale than I will probably make cumulatively my whole entire life.

And that saddens me.

I do have one thing on him though. He will never be able to get the same enjoyment from Braid that I got!

I still kind of feel like I lost a little bit...

TheAmericnDream

@fugit:

It's called being high.

giroml

@Aex: lol! he wouldn't know art if it bit him on the a$$.

icarusprime

That was amazingly funny and if it pisses anyone off, I say this: pull the stick out of your ass, have a long talk with it, and then break things off, and tell it not to call because it's over. Or keep the stick jammed up there while feeling stupid over the fact that this video just sold the creator downloads...so you can't be THAT mad.

Sakilla

@Michael McWhertor: You're welcome for the timely tip. ;o

I unironically love Soulja Boy. Love him or hate him, he is one of the most undeniably entertaining human beings on the planet right now. He's literally utterly talentless, and is completely oblivious to that, and is therefore hilarious. Watching him ride a Segway around his mansion on YouTube is kind of like if the movie Millions was about someone much much more self-absorbed.

Babylonian

Uh. Why was this posted? Can I have a real post?

Herabec

I'd provide my thoughts on Soulja Boy, but on the off chance that some poor child might someday skim through this comment section and become emotionally scarred for life, I shall refrain.

Purple Dave

@meatee: Yeah, but whether or not he deserves that money is entirely out of the question.

YHWHMystic

Ugh, my brain. I'm really fascinated by the joy they're having over Braid. I'm sure more people will buy this game though. Nice promotional stunt, dawg.

splin

@FP_slomo788: nice reply FP, but i can tell you why Mr.Boy is so popular, hip hop isn't about thoughtful lyrics anymore, it's about something catchy and oh yea! making up a dance

if_deez

@Murderdolls: Digital stalking, wow how fresh. You do know these are open comment pages so its likely I'll see one of your silly comments while browsing through pages. Amazing isnt it?

TotaleeAwesome

Fuck...Thank god he wasn't playing Okami or other "good" games.

God....my brain just popped a vessel now O_<.

I did however like the music in Braid.

MellowJade

This kid is a never-ending source of brain-decelerating amusement. Check out his trip to Tokyo:

+ Watch video

lumpi

Why the hell is this news.

As we say on InDis... "WHOOOOOOOOO GIVES A SHIT!"

CDRiccio

Owww, my IQ! it´s gone!!!

Daisuash

and the movement was just set back 200 years ...

phatnacky

@lumpi: This video is somewhat game related, If he stays in Japan in december maybe he could review white knight lol!

SsLordMagus

Can we get a subtitled version of this video please?

kamra

some of ya'll are taking this waaaaaaaaaay too fucking serious. way too serious. like a mother of 3 with cancer of the penile cord serious.

while you furiously mash that keyboard angry at his mainstream success, and his seemingly simple opinion of everyone's favorite "art" game, you can be sure of one thing. he's somewhere else, not worried. or even. concerned. about. You.

why? he doesn't know who you are. but you know who he is. he's a celebrity, that's his hat he wears. to be saturated in media and have people pay attention to what he does.

ignore the dude and all will be well.

Voltron_Force

@snowlock: I personally find the video's and comments entertaining. He's a hate figure that unites us all.

charley_mcd

what's the big deal? it's a funny video about an amazing game.

I laughed.

I mean freal, who rattled YOUR cage?

rainofwalrus

Ugh. Did they ever make a Decline of Western Civilization 3? If not, Soulja Boy (I assume it's supposed to be pronounced like soldier, but