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Is there such a thing as too much cool?


Image Source: The Brothers Brick Blog

My friends Dave and Danny over at Critical-Hits posted this over on their side.

This makes me ask myself: Is there such a thing as too much cool?

My rational side is a bit repulsed by the sheer cheesiness of the video. But my primitive, emotional brain purrs overtime just thinking about it.

I guess it’s what the Rule of Cool is all about.

What say you?

The Chatty DM is the "nom de plume" of gamer geek Philippe-Antoine Menard. He has been GMing various versions of D&D and other RPGs for nearly 30 years. A renowned RPG blogger, game designer and published author, he squats a corner of Critical Hits he affectionately calls "Musings of the Chatty DM." (Email Phil or follow him on Twitter.)

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  1. Danny says:

    My wife has actually been listening to the song pretty much none-stop since the cd came out weeks ago, so I was very happy to see a video for it much less how awesome it really is!

    (Spelling criticism: I believe you mean to use the word “sheer” rather then “cheer” :D )

  2. ChattyDM says:

    Thanks for the spelling tip…. I write a lot faster than I read… :)

    You mean to say this is a new song? It sounds straight out of the early nineties!

  3. Danny says:

    Artist – Muse
    CD – Blackholes and Revelations
    Song – Knights of Cydonia

    The CD came out in July of 2006 but didn’t get really popular until a few months ago when ‘Super Massive Blackhole’ finally hit regular radio stations. I highly recommend checking out their music!

  4. ChattyDM says:

    I’ll add these guys to my Last.fm profile.

    Thanks!

  5. Anonymous says:

    Futuristic post apocalyptic cowbow that saves a cute girl with the help of archeology, a woman on a unicorn and a cool robot…

    Nothing beats that.

    Privateer