The year is 2020. The world is now being ruled by an evil corporation, resulting from the mergers of the only two companies left after the planet's worst depression devastated the entire world economy. Those two companies, I will leave up to your imagination, but the new corporation is named PepSony Co. The president of PepSony is a woman who kind of resembles Joan Collins, only she has two electrodes poking from her head, letting us know that she 1.) is evil, and 2.) has artificially extended her life, so she's probably really like some 8000 year-old mummy from another planet or something (to be explored in the sequel, possibly).

While the corporation espouses happiness through consumerism, the rest of the world suffers. Suffering has both united all of the races and classes- now everyone is poor (except for the rich people)- but now violence is also a constant. The cities are filthy wastes of filth, joyless hellholes where 9-5 is not a grind, but a holiday (except for the rich parts, where people are spoiled and drive around in hover cars and suck down Velveeta like it's soylent green). PepSony forces its workers (and Everyone Works for The Man) on a grueling 14-hour schedule.

Tippy Tupperman is a poor kid, down on his luck in the city. He was raised by his mom and in a world where everyone struggles to make ends meet, they had it especially bad. "Your dad was a good for nothing schlub," mom always said. "He loved those damn video games more than he loved me."

So while mom vehemently disapproves of video games, Tippy has since discovered he has a natural talent and love for them. On the brink of his 20th birthday and he takes solace from his job by spending his off hours playing in the arcades.

All of the current games are produced these days by PepSony, of course, but Tippy is different- he has found a secret arcade in his elderly neighbor's basement. Old Man Miggles could get into lots of trouble for keeping the classics alive, but Tippy takes the risk, if only to savor the sweetness of (insert shitty old obscure Japanese arcade game name here, will do research later) for a few tender moments.

"Yessiree, gamin's in your blood! A-hoo hoo hoo!" Old Man Miggles laughs with his old man laugh.

Then, one day after work, Tippy sees that PepSony is sponsoring the first World International Arcade Game Championship. Only the best of the best need apply. But Tippy is just a poor kid from the shanty town! He'd be battling against rich kids who don't have to work and get to practice all day and get their energy from rich, nourishing cheese food products.

When he returns to his favorite place in the world, he sees that Old Man Miggles has suffered a stroke.

"Bof fri fleu" he says, gasping and reaching for Tippy with sadness in his eyes. The only real father figure Tippy ever knew...

Tippy makes a promise to the dying man right then and there. He WILL become World International Champion.

So, to mom's dismay, he enters and starts soaring through the ranks. Oh yeah, this competition is to the DEATH. Each loser falls through a big hole, like that stupid canceled game show where if you got a question wrong, the floor would drop beneath you. Only instead of soft padding and stagehands, only the sweet release of death by piranhas awaits.

Of course PepSony wasn't expecting some poor kid to be their next face of their new line of arcade games, and are trying to do everything to stop him. However, all of their tricks and traps fail one by one...

Until.

Tippy gets to the final competitor. He is victorious, beating the person swiftly at "Nose Airplanes III" (considered to be PepSony's hardest arcade game because the buttons were notoriously greasy). The crowd goes wild, but then Evil President Lady announces that there is ONE MORE man Tippy must face.

Who is this labcoated, bespectacled schlub she pulled from PepSony's Arcade Line R&D? As he steps up to the stage, he gives Tippy a knowing look- a familiar look.

"Dad...?"

It's HIM. It's lukemorse1. Father vs. Son...and this reunion's about to get violent. Well, as violent as one can get while playing competitive Mappyland. What happens in the end? A big rock opera extravaganza, that's what.

I'm thinking about getting ELO to do the soundtrack.

Well so much for that little resolution. At least he'll have his web cam to comfort him on those cold cold nights.

My subs, my views, my life.

He cares about the people who subscribe to his Youtube channel.

His wife and child, not so much.

Yeah, this guy made a really bad choice in choosing his e-friends over his family. But, he's going through something really terrible right now and needs a support system to help him through it.

Yeah, this guy made a really bad choice in choosing his e-friends as a support system.

Ah yes, i was fully expecting him to return. Seeing all his e-friends saying "good to see you back!" and throwing him a big pity party is just awful. This guy deserves a kick in the nuts for being such a big time idiot.

Quick, someone send el douchebag a copy of Kirk Cameron's "Fireproof."

Can't believe I felt bad for this guy. Couldn't even go a month without making a "re: haters" vid. Fuck him.