“…don’t go over 100kph on a three seater motorcycle.”
deadmau5
deadmau5 – DJ/COMPOSER/MUSICIAN – official site: https://deadmau5.com/
Video games and life both share the concept of limits. Sure, you CAN press your luck and ignore the manufacturer’s advice. But brace yourself for another enlightening concept, known as consequences.
A fan of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, also known as “PUBG,” deadmau5 most certainly has a story behind his answer. While his tongue-in-cheek response to my question is both true and potentially hilarious, video games have made a deeper impact on his career and life.
Joel Zimmerman, a.k.a. deadmou5, originally hails from Canada and is known to wear his signature mou5head helmet during performances, and while his head is covered, an unmistakable tattoo likeness of a Space Invader can be seen on his neck. If you are willing to place a permanent 6 inch representation of a video game sprite on the area showing above your shirt collar, I’m willing to bet that video games mean something to you personally. Or you lost a terrible bet with some “friends.”
In an interview with Rolling Stone, deadmau5 (Zimmerman) was asked how video games may have influenced his music, and he was quick to point out that the music of both Castlevania and Super Castlevania IV are among his favorites growing up. He mentions that games in the early days did not typically have soundtracks to speak of, but by the time the Nintendo Entertainment System came along, the music quality started to improve.
His love for video games continues to reveal itself, as he will occasionally stream games on his Twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/deadmau5) and at the 2015 Game Awards, he even performed a set that included songs from Super Mario World and Super Metroid. How exciting to have the hobbies you loved as a kid show up in the work you are paid to do. But what if video games could go a bit further and teach a life lesson that all of us could use?
This brings us back to Joel Zimmerman’s quote. Limits exist in many forms.
