Voici un clip bien nostalgique qui m'a ému il y a quelques semaines, et d'autant plus en ce moment où je suis en pleine phase rétro gaming (avec ma nouvelle Retroid Pocket 2, et en attendant ma Funkey S ;-).

Intitulée "Video Games", cette vidéo musicale est donc un hommage aux jeux vidéo, de ceux de notre jeunesse à ceux d'aujourd'hui. Bref, aux jeux qui accompagnent notre vie.

Ce projet a été pensé conjointement par le réalisateur Eric Power et le musicien Jeremy Messersmith - aka Mixtape for the Milky Way.

Sur une mélancolique chanson de Jeremy, Eric mets en image leurs souvenirs vidéo-ludiques en animation de papier découpé, et le tout ne pourra que stimuler vos souvenirs.



Directed and animated by Eric Power.
Lyrics and vocals by Jeremy Messersmith (Mixtape for the Milky Way).
Piano, synths, production by John Mark Nelson.

Lyrics :

when i was young i played video games
castles and dungeons and damsels to save
every night in the dark i would play
i played on a flickering color tv
i played with my forehead pressed up to the screen
and i played until i would catch fire

and for a little while i knew that i couldn't lose
nothing in the world could tear me away

when i grew up i played video games
in basement apartments and empty arcades
and i learned it was all just a joke
there were no kingdoms or damsels to free
no guardian angels that i'd ever seen
and no gods but the ones that we make

but for a little while i knew that i'd never lose
nothing in the world could tear me away

life isn't much like a video game
sometimes it’s hard and there's nowhere to save
and you can't start it over again
so every day i play video games
i guess i don't know what you want me to say
i just don't want to cry anymore