11 Reasons Why #IDARB Is The First Video Game Truly Made For Millennials

Game developer @Other_Ocean is set to release an arcade cabinet-inspired 8-player game for Xbox Live in early February. Not only are the mechanics simple and the competition intense, but the game boasts several social media innovations to the world of the online arcade.

1. Because it all started with a Tweet . . .

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Developer @MikeJMika tweeted that he'd designed a game engine, and described what the engine did: "[I]t [D]raws [A] [R]ed [B]ox." Hence, #IDARB.

2. Because each individual match has its own Twitter feed at the bottom of the screen . . .

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Do we need individual Twitter crawls for every match of #IDARB? No! Do millennials only want the things they need? Shut up! You're boring!

3. Because the game's design was partially crowd sourced over Twitter and Twitch, so these bros were probably involved somehow . . .

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And that's just how the internet works now. And that's . . . fine. That's fine.

4. Because it kinda plays like SNES NBA Jam . . .

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Boom-shaka-laka!!

5. . . . which means you can literally blow shit up when you score.

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#Boomshakalaka!

6. Because when you win a match you be like . . .

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Drop controller. Scream, "Golden GOD!!!" Backflip to exit.

7. Because when you lose a match you be like . . .

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Every defeat is like losing a game of beerpong on a kill shot. It's devastating.

8. Because you get to design your own dope 8-Bit characters . . .

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Current characters include Ninja Turtles, wizards, mimes, multi-racial cowboys, and a wise-cracking coffee cup.

9. Because each character you design comes with a unique QR code you can carry around in your phone with you . . .

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Your phone is now a samurai sword, forged in the fires of your 8-bit badassery, and now you wander the countryside looking for duels.

Because HASH BOMBS . . .

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Wait, what? No, not that Hash Bomb.

10. Because HASH BOMBS

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You can mess with your friends playing online or a random Twitch feed just by tweeting special codes into their match's Twitter feed. Shit goes bonkers. There are already lists of Hash Bombs floating around online and the developers have promised to add more after the game's release.

11. Because the game even lets you design your own theme song so you can swag into the arena with your squad like . . .

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We gonna do this? Which one'a y'all wanna be first?

Here's a full preview.

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In typical nerd fashion, it's a parody of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer.