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Harlem Shake Taking Game Developers by Storm

LoreHound.com writes: "Everyone needs a little break from the day now and then. There’s few better ways to relax, unwind and recharge than to flip through a few YouTube videos, which is exactly why some of the most ridiculous acts ever caught end up going viral. The latest craze? The Harlem Shake. This one may have already jumped the shark – thanks Dr. Oz – but game developers need a break as much as anyone.

Developer after developer have jumped in on the action to entertain fans and bust out some sick dance moves complete with props."

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Gazondaily4820d ago

I am absolutely loving these videos. This one is my favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

My mates and I are gonna try and do one of our own lol.

LOGICWINS4820d ago

ROFL dude in the sweatband!

darx4820d ago

Really!! I think they are queer as hell!

TheGamerDood4820d ago (Edited 4820d ago )

Was he jerking off in front of his moms? lol Yeah you better hurry up and do yours because this isht is getting old.

Mounce4819d ago

Well, if that girls boobs on the left were real....holy shit. I hope they're simply blown up from some kind of armor plating....

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KwietStorm_BLM4820d ago (Edited 4820d ago )

My old stomping ground is Harlem. I'm more than annoyed that the name of an old and existing dance can be stolen, turned into a new craze and take everything by storm, yet nobody is the wiser. Now everyone thinks this is the "Harlem Shake." My question is who made this up and why would they put Harlem in the name? Serious question. This whole thing confuses me.

Megaton4820d ago (Edited 4820d ago )

Where the meme came from: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

These guys bit off of Filthy Frank, and a lotta people thought they had started it: http://www.youtube.com/watc...

raWfodog4820d ago (Edited 4820d ago )

I was thinking the same thing. That ain't the "Harlem Shake".

This is the real joint:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Of course everyone knows this already...

My_Name_BTW_Is_Dante4820d ago (Edited 4820d ago )

That's obviously a fake. THIS is the real one.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

optimus4820d ago (Edited 4820d ago )

@fodog...this is true, i remember rap videos would do this waaay back when Bow Wow was still Li'l...although i think back then it was called the Harlem Shuffle...
The none-sense people are doing today was being done by Ellen on her show years ago but obviously someone somewhere attached a name to it and threw it on you-tube, in the same way of that other stupid fad called planking when it was just people laying down all over the place.

FamilyGuy4820d ago

Yeah this is my first time seeing this, when I read Harlem Shake I thought "That old dance P. Diddy use to have kids doing do?"

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

-Gespenst-4820d ago

Another dumb meme for lots of insecure people to latch onto so they can communicate to one another...

Plus this came first and is much better:

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Gazondaily4820d ago (Edited 4820d ago )

Why so serious?

Mate it's just people have a laugh. Where does the insecurity come into it? I think it's brilliant. It's just people messing around and letting loose; you should try it some time. Or not....its up to you....

Oh and I'm sorry, each to their and all but you really prefer that video with a bunch of naked men shaking on a bridge lol? Okaaay then!

KwietStorm_BLM4820d ago

I don't know about any insecure nonsense, but my problem is this is NOT the Harlem Shake. The Harlem Shake is a dance that started, surprisingly in Harlem, over 10 years ago. Its so old that people don't do It anymore. But what irks me is the fact that something can just have its name stolen and recreated into something completely different.

-Gespenst-4820d ago (Edited 4820d ago )

I'm talking about people in general, not just these guys. People just talk in memes nowadays, it's interminable. Nothing interesting to say and so desperate to be up on what's trending, meme's are perfect for this. It's just spoonfed, shallow, unsophisticated humour.

The video's meant to be funny btw. I suppose it's not much different, but it's edgier. It's disguised as an informative segment about a tourist destination, but then *SPOILER AHEAD* it gets overrun by naked men humping everything to the sound of the main theme from A Serbian Film.

And god, this "Why so Serious?" nonsense. Again, just talking in memes. Regurgitating super popular phrases from films spoonfed to them. People are just so lazy. Content to let the current of whats trendy drag them along without a single critical thought about it. In fact, "why so serious?" just nails it. People don't take anything seriously these days. Everything's fodder for the next meme- everything just gets hollowed out and made into an utterly empty, moronic joke. I blame consumerism, and the combined force of the internet and television. Everything's as unreal to people as the things they see on their screens.

In fact what I'm really ranting about are meme's in general. I'm only doing it here because this is like the fifth or sixth time Harlem Shake has intruded upon my day.

-Gespenst-4820d ago

Kweitstorm - Yeah that's annoying too. There's a passion and a beauty to dance, but this latest crap is just empty parody. It actually verges on the offensive that someone would reappropriate the name for this vulgar tripe.

Shadow Flare4820d ago (Edited 4820d ago )

That was quite an enjoyable rant that.

Have you ever heard of roflcopter? That would wind you right up. It's when you're Rolling On the Floor Laughing (rofl) and spinning in a circle on the floor like a helicopter

roflcopter

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StreetsofRage4820d ago

Thanks for your insight Debbie Downer. :/

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Level-5 Confirms New Vision Showcase for This Week

Level-5: "We will be streaming "LEVEL5 VISION 2026 Takumi" on YouTube starting at 21:00 on Friday, April 10, 2026.

At this event, we plan to reveal various latest information on Level-5 titles.
Please stay tuned for the announcements on the day."

Relientk7722d ago

If we could get a new Dark Cloud, Rogue Galaxy, or Ni no Kuni, that'd be cool

TheColbertinator21d ago

Anything from their golden age would be great. Apart from that Level 5 just doesn't hook me anymore.

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Metacritic's 2026 Game Publisher Rankings

Jason Dietz: "We reveal the past year's best and worst video game publishers (based on their 2025 releases) in the 16th edition of our annual Game Publisher Rankings."

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Christopher34d ago

Take note, Sony, you're falling behind by a lot.

-Foxtrot34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

I was just going to say this, their biggest and top rated game here is TLOU2 for PC….it’s embarrassing.

Even Ubisoft and EA are ahead

Kind of surprised Nintendo is pretty low aswell, their biggest game is also a rerelease with the Switch 2 version of TotK.

StoneColdCrazy33d ago

That’s what happens when you start shutting down your own studios and forget what actually made you matter in the industry in the first place. Sony used to set the standard — now it feels like they’ve lost that identity. And if they decide to walk away from the PC market too, that’s going to be another huge mistake — that platform is only growing, and ignoring it now would just put them even further behind.

1Victor33d ago

@christopher:” Take note, Sony, you're falling behind by a lot.”
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Why single out Sony? Microsoft didn’t do any better than the year before 5th same as Sony 9th and they have acquired activision and other mayor titles that have boosted their score massively from a 9th and Sony a 4th the year before the acquisitions.
Sony does need to do better without a doubt and I do hope they do take note but not the note of buying publishers is the way to succeed.

Christopher33d ago

1. Microsoft didn't get worse.
2. Sony got way worse.
3. Because Sony needs the criticism the most considering their publishing output this generation has been propped up by last gen ports and third-party developers for the most part.

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thesoftware73033d ago

1Victor,

I don't wanna speak for Christopher, but like most of us we recognize that Sony's output this Gen has been way below their own standards.

Also Sony did buy a fair amount of Devs, I know you will say they were not publishers, and don't compare in size, but they had their fair share of Aquisitions, including the very well established Bungie.

The overall point is with their stellar first party track record of the past, they should not be going down, they are singled out because they are some of the best videogame devs/publisher on the planet...no matter what reasons we attribute to the situation, they are moving in the wrong direction... period.

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KyRo33d ago

Its widely accept that Sony this generation has been underwhelming. We've had more peripheral releases, controller variants, PS5 accessories than games it feels like. The exclusives were also PS4 and what little output they have put exclusively on PS5 is nowhere near as memorable as what came in every generation before that.

This isn't a Sony hate post but anyone who's older and has been around for a long time gaming will agree that PS5 is by far Sony's worst generation. As much as Xbox is in the gutter, I pray the do bounce back in the hope we get Sony to wake up again.

darthv7232d ago (Edited 32d ago )

If you want to critique MS... you are doing so towards their management. The games output and their hardware have been much better than PS this gen. Sadly... people still hold a grudge against XB because of MS. Thankfully i am not that petty... I've been enjoying their games output in the drought of PS. And add in some NS1/2 games as well to balance things out. Things will change for me once Wolverine hits, and I start using my 5 more. That one I'm looking forward to. And the Marvel fighter... I'm not a GTA player so that has no bearing on my view of things.

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Profchaos33d ago

Big part of that has been the live service push resulting in cancellation or flop after flop but when they put out the games their fans want we get amazing stuff like astro bot

Leadership really screwed the pooch trend chasing

1Victor33d ago (Edited 33d ago )

https://www.metacritic.com/...

https://www.metacritic.com/...
Well I apologize I was wrong about not doing worse but my statement of Microsoft getting a boost still stand 🤷🏿

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1Victor33d ago

Well OBSCURED unlike you I’m honorable enough to recognize when I’m wrong and apologize.
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@ The software you know there’s no comparison between what Microsoft acquired and what Sony acquired that’s why you tried to get ahead of the conversation, yes we all know Sony can do better than what they have done this gen but they inhaled the poison GAS they thought would bring money for years but we make sure they got the message and quite a few games got cancelled you know as well a hit like that take years to be corrected and by now they hopefully will have taken steps away from the GAS and slowed their approach to them.

bsingle4033d ago

You will say anything when you are in denial that your hardware is dead and nobody wants your platform. Good luck with Helix because nobody will buy it.

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SimulationDaily34d ago

But... but... the garbage-mongers always tell us that Square Enix is in trouble! 😂

Christopher34d ago

Square doesn't help that it fear mongers itself with ridiculous 'goals' that they can't reach and then they proclaim failure if they don't reach it. They're quite freaking profitable and people act like they're dying.

SimulationDaily34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

Keep in mind that these "proclamations" are usually third-hand bad translations from somedude who was at the investor conference, posted on Twitter, and picked up by press and youtubers like they were gold, and then when the official translation comes out, they're much softer statements, but at that point, the damage is done.

gold_drake33d ago

to be very fair

being number one on these things does not indicate how "well" their games do selling wise.

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