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Summer Game Fest will reunite the band from the Windows 95 CDAnd show some new games too
And show some new games too
Game Awards head honcho Geoff Keighley today announced his Summer Game Fest marketing extraveganza will return on June 10th, running alongside (and egging on) the virtual E3 2021. The Summer Game Fest will kick off with a livestreamed event which includes a games showcase and a performance from Weezer, the American band known for having the music video to their song ‘Buddy Holly’ on the Windows 95 CD-ROM. I honestly had not expected Geoff Keighley to show support for PC gaming with such a deep cut for the dads out there. You remember Windows 95, eh?
Weezer - Buddy Holly (Official Music Video)Watch on YouTube
Weezer - Buddy Holly (Official Music Video)
Wonder what they’ve been up to since then. Must have been a task for Geoff to reunite the band for a short gig 26 years later. Wonder if they even know the words anymore. Still, nice to see this nod to PC gaming. The bandtweeted(aw bless, one of ‘em made a Twitter) that they’ll be playing a new song from a video game soundtrack so there must be lots of Windows 95 diehards still around.
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What really kills me is the video uses Seinfeldian slap bass stings. Wrong 90s sitcom, y’all.
E3 outright skipped 2020 after the pandemic ruled out a live event, leaving media and publishers scrambling to fill the gap with their own events. While E3 is officially on this year asa virtual event running June 12-15th, many of the separate shows are still returning. I just hope it’s not spread across weeks and months again; I can only work on Los Angeles time for so long.
