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    Pixels On Parade: A Visual History Of Video Game References In Movies

    Does the Internet really need a 21-minute supercut? Of course it does.

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    Highlights here in this sprawling, 21-minute (!!!) history of video games from the reel world include a gaming-as-addiction montage (:38 seconds), a Pong tutorial from Jeff Bridges and Harry Dean Stanton (2:03), a three-part tribute to Michael J. Fox (8:57), and a series of digital dance offs (10:29)!

    Edited by Travis Greenwood and Brett Roberts for Slacktory. (Cap tip: Kotaku)

    Source movies, as sequenced:

    WarGames (Audio snippet)

    Nightmares ("The Bishop Of Battle")

    Shaun Of The Dead
    The Beach
    Tron
    Joysticks
    Nightmares
    ("The Bishop Of Battle")

    Joysticks
    Night Of The Comet
    Joysticks
    Hollywood Hot Tubs
    The Avengers
    WarGames
    Rancho Deluxe
    The King Of Kong
    Boyz N The Hood
    Grosse Pointe Blank
    Parenthood
    Brainscan
    Terminator 2: Judgement Day
    Fast Times At Ridgemont High
    Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
    The Wizard
    Wreck-It Ralph
    Tron
    The Last Starfighter
    The Thing
    The Hurt Locker
    Adventureland
    The Last Starfighter
    WarGames
    Cloak & Dagger
    Airplane!
    Snakes On A Plane
    Toy Story
    The Wrestler
    Bloodsport
    Jackie Chan's Street Fighter (City Hunter)
    Surf Ninjas
    Ferris Bueller's Day Off
    High School U.S.A.
    Midnight Madness
    Back To The Future 2
    Ghostbusters 2
    Joysticks
    40 Year Old Virgin
    Mallrats
    Paul Blart: Mall Cop
    Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
    Lost In Translation
    The Karate Kid
    (2010)

    The FP
    Superbad
    Reign Over Me
    The Wackness
    Swingers
    Robocop 2
    Wasabi
    Juice
    Inside Man
    Crank 2
    Dawn Of The Dead
    (1978)

    Superman III
    D.A.R.Y.L.
    Encino Man
    Jaws
    Monster House
    The Princess Bride
    Rookie Of The Year
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Stay Alive
    Soylent Green
    Eddie Macon's Run
    Jekyll & Hyde... Together Again
    Scanners 2
    Nightmares
    ("The Bishop Of Battle")

    Aliens (Audio snippet)