40 Years Of Gaming – DanBull – letras

When gamers came along, the planet laughed at usBut this is gaming in the future and you haven’t heard the last of usDismissing this is just an enormous fallacySo open your mind, and let it alter your realityHey geeksI bring a message from the futureThere’s a new revolution heading to computersIt’s ’73, but it won’t be too long’Til we can get the Tv to play a game of PongBut it’s time to breakout of the houseThe crazy days of Space Invaders await usArcade potatoesSwap the shooting rangeFor computer gamesArcade renaissancePre-8-bit’s blooming daysA new decadeWelcome to the 80’sPac-Man’s the latest new crazeQ*Bert’s the rageThe first personal computers let looseAs Manic Miner grabs your time, and to fight is truly uselessElite gave legions of wee little boysA deep space region and freedom of choiceNow here comes the consoleThe first one sold portended an industry of dimensions untoldThe birth of franchiseMario BrothersDonkey Kong, Monty Mole, I’ll tell you the othersBut, the list would go on and onLonger than I can tellUntil the 90’s when the game became handheldMeanwhile. I bought stories of another timeAnd point-and-click arrived from the shores of Monkey IslandEver want to see your chums beat right up?Well, Daniel-san, you need to try Street FighterA tournament with all your buddies in your front roomIs all good until you fight online on DoomHijack your mind, your momma can’t abide thisNight Trap might lack morals, it’s a moral crisisWhat are we doing to our youth?They’re shooting peopleGlued to screens with superglueComputers need to be banned when the laws brokeBan ManhuntBan Grand Theft AutoTry something musical, but if you have a sore throatI have what you’re afterParappa the RapperTomb Raider, the tune invades your brainGet in her way and she’ll make you taste the painA sports a game always and it’s hard factThen a game became a sport and its name was StarcraftKids used to play with dolls and a houseThe Sims is the same, but controlled with a mouseOpen worlds abound, but rarely 3d, heyUntil the Elder Scrolls and GtaWait ’til you see the scale of the monsters and bossesThat you face in Shadow of the ColossusThings are getting bigger, more decisions, more mapsMillions of simultaneous players in WarcraftAll the peopleSo many peopleSee, your whole family can get involved in Wii SportsAnd more people means more money, more flairFor big blockbustersCod: Modern WarfareEven more people, more freedom, more Indie gamesLimbo, Fez, Super Meat Boy, BraidRevolutionizing gameplayA mind blastConstructing infinite destructible worldsMinecraftGaming on the telephone, yes I know it sounds absurdFruit Ninja, Farmville, Angry BirdsWhen gamers came along, the planet laughed at usBut this is gaming in the future and you haven’t heard the last of usDismissing this is just an enormous fallacySo open your mind, and let it alter your realityWhen gamers came along, the planet laughed at usBut this is gaming in the future and you haven’t heard the last of usDismissing this is just an enormous fallacySo open your mind, and let it alter your realityWhen gamers came along, the planet laughed at usBut this is gaming in the future and you haven’t heard the last of usDismissing this is just an enormous fallacySo open your mind, and let it alter your realityWhen gamers came along, the planet laughed at usBut this is gaming in the future and you haven’t heard the last of usDismissing this is just an enormous fallacySo open your mind, and let it alter your realityWhen gamers came along, the planet laughed at usBut this is gaming in the future and you haven’t heard the last of usDismissing this is just an enormous fallacySo open your mind, and let it alter your realityGamersThe world is oursNow, where shall we take it?