Wonderful Animated Music Video About Growing Up Playing Retro Video Games

I’ve got a wonderful animated music video here for you to watch for a song created by Jeremy Messersmith titled “Video Games” from his Mixtape for the Milky Way album. The song and video are about growing up playing retro video games. The music video was directed by Eric Power and the result is a nostalgia-fueled experience.

When talking about the song, Messersmith said:

“I’ve always loved video games- platformers, RPG’s, puzzlers. Genre doesn’t matter. I play them all. There’s a saying that when you look at a painting you’re really looking at every painting you’ve ever seen. I’ve never “outgrown” video games- they’ve grown with me and have remained a real source of joy and beauty in my life.”

Power went on to talk about the inspiration behind the project, saying:

“I’ve been playing video games since the mid 80’s when I first got a hold of an Atari. Since then, they have been a part of many cherished memories with friends as well as solo adventures. When we were talking about the making of this video, I asked Jeremy if we should make up our own games or straight up feature the ones we grew up with. We decided to just go for it and each made lists of some of our favorites. This proved to be a very difficult curation, as my intention was not just to show a random selection of games, but to also choose moments within those games that had a particular significance to us while also going hand in hand with the song.”

I loved the end result of this. Everything about this just makes me feel happy. I hope it does the same for you.

Video credits (25¢) : Directed and animated by @ericpowerup http://ericpowerup.net Piano, synths, production by @John Mark Nelson // Lyrics and vocals by jeremy messersmith Stream/purchase: http://smarturl.it/forthemilkyway @Mixtape for the Milky Way Follow: Instagram: @jeremymessersmith // @mixtapeforthemilkyway Twitter: @jmessersmith // @forthemilkyway Lyrics: when i was young i played video games castles and dungeons and damsels to save every night in the dark i would play i played on a flickering color tv i played with my forehead pressed up to the screen and i played until i would catch fire and for a little while i knew that i couldn't lose nothing in the world could tear me away when i grew up i played video games in basement apartments and empty arcades and i learned it was all just a joke there were no kingdoms or damsels to free no guardian angels that i'd ever seen and no gods but the ones that we make but for a little while i knew that i'd never lose nothing in the world could tear me away life isn't much like a video game sometimes it’s hard and there's nowhere to save and you can't start it over again so every day i play video games i guess i don't know what you want me to say i just don't want to cry anymore