Fresh from his blockbuster performance at the Grammys, rapper, producer, songwriter, professional husband and game designer Kanye West has revealed that his next game project will allow players to guide his late mother to the highest gates of heaven.
I say latest game project because Mr. West is no stranger to the rigors of game design. In 2009, discussing the origins of his first beats, he described a game he’d been working on at the age of twelve that was like Mario Bros. only with more penises and vaginas.
My game was very sexual. The main character was, like, a giant penis. It was like Mario Brothers, but the ghosts were, like, vaginas. Mind you, I’m 12 years old, and this is stuff 30-year-olds are programming. You’d have to draw in and program every little step-it literally took me all night to do a step, ’cause the penis, y’know, had little feet and eyes.
In an interview earlier this week with The Breakfast Club radio show (via NeoGAF), Kanye revealed his latest game was a tribute to his deceased mother based on the song “Only One,” a groundbreaking collaboration that launched the career of Paul McCartney. Skip to 55:55 in the video below for the game comment.
“So right now I’m working on a video game for ‘Only One.’ The idea is, it’s my mother going through the gates of heaven and you have to bring her to the highest gates of heaven by holding her to the light. We’ve been working on it for like six months.”
Kanye’s mother, Donda West, tragically passed in November of 2007 due to coronary artery disease, an existing condition complicated by plastic surgery. The controversy surrounding the nature of her death led to then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signing the Donda West Law in 2009, requiring patients receive medical clearance before undergoing elective cosmetic surgery.
I’m a firm believer in the power of the video game as memorial, and I imagine the game design process is quite cathartic for an artist who was obviously deeply affected by his mother’s passing. Let’s just hope his design sensibilities have matured in the past 25 years.
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22 responses to “Kanye’s Making A Video Game About His Mum’s Journey Through Heaven”
She’ll beat up on the evil Creativity Dissing creeps on her way to the pearly gates, picking up all the grammys they drop for upgrades.
I’ll wait for the “Taylor Swift falls to Hell” DLC…
Just wish Kanye West would disappear.
You need to respect artistry.
Exactly this. This is blatant artistic disrespectery.
So does he.
more like “Kanye WORST”, amirite? ah ha ha
I hope she has fish sticks in heaven.
I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE!!!1!
Can’t wait till it gets modded
At the end she meets God who turns out to be, you guessed it, Kanye himself
*Yeezus.
right before you destroy the last boss Kanye jumps in with a “ima gonna let ya finish” moment where he reveals the true meaning of life is Beyonces music, and that if you respect true artistry you will give her every reward you have ever won. 3rd place in soccer in 4th grade? Beyoncé’s! and so on
So sad, a game about his mum going to heaven, when he will obviously be GOING TO HELL!!!!
Just because someone thought up of a copy of Super mario with dicks and vaginas at age 12 doesn’t make them a game designer. Ever.
Kanye loves himself too much.
Geez, these comments.
I’m not a fan of West but this is a pretty sweet/sad thing he’s doing.
Pretty much.
I know he’s full of himself and… eccentric, but I can’t make fun of him for this.
He’s lost his Mum. I feel for him.
Yeah I felt for him too, eight years ago when I heard about her death.
Nobody is mocking Donda West, who was clearly an amazing person, we are mocking him for being the very person he portrays himself as
As I cannot see a video, I am going to assume it is just Flappy Bird but with his mum.
It’s sad to see all this Kanye Detest.
I’m sure it’ll be the Kanye Best.
Better than all the Kanye Rest.
It just needs a bit of Kanye Zest.
To end up being Kanye Blessed.
I mean, who wouldn’t want to go on a Kanye Quest?
Then you walk up to his Kardashian’s Chest
Then unbutton Kardashian’s Vest
And touch Kardashian Breast
The man lost his Mum.
I can’t make fun of anything someone does to grieve or memorialize.