


Jack Black
Jack Black’s new song Video Games just dropped along with a brand new animated music video featuring an animated Black alongside his Tenacious D bandmate, Kyle Gass. The pair make their way through God Of War, Fallout 4, Red Dead Redemption and various other popular games.
“I don’t play video games no more,” the song opens, and then goes on to list all the exceptions to that statement. It’s your typical foul-mouthed Tenacious D song, and the video has a few NSFW moments (the magic mushroom in Super Mario Bros. is not one you’d find in the new Mario movie, which Black also stars in—and recently released two music videos for).
In any case, see for yourself:
Poor Kyle, he did not fare so well.
Some of the characters we see Black as in this include Link (pictured above) from The Legend Of Zelda, as well as:
Kratos
Lara Croft
Ryu
Naked Cowboy
. . . and many, many more.
What’s great about this video is just how genuinely happy Jack Black is to share his love for video games as a middle-aged man. Gaming is no longer only the wheelhouse of the young. Those of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s grew up with video games (and tabletop games) and play them still. I play more games in my 40s than I did in my 20s!
In any case, if there’s one thing I think most everyone can agree on, it’s that Jack Black is a national treasure and just comes across as one of the most genuine, nice, fun people out there—a guy who’s totally confident in who he is and what he likes. As good a role model as I can think of when it comes to the celebrity class.
My only problem with this song is that it’s too damn short!
The music video was created by Oneyplays and Directed by Adam Paloian and Chris “Oney” O’Neill.