Sure, I have a little spare time on my hands, why?

by Meg on July 17, 2008

You want me to help you build a video game hamster maze thing for YouTube?

SURE!

Leah S., this is complete and total Kubbur overload.

{ 60 comments }

1 temperance 07.17.08 at 1:15 pm

this is so unbelieveably awesome!!!

2 browngrl 07.17.08 at 1:18 pm

darn ALMOST made the ************ – I know being ***** not as good a use of my time as building a hamster game but it is my goal.

[Stop it. http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#FP - Ed.]

3 Babs 07.17.08 at 1:20 pm

Brill! Is there a version for Xbox? Or even better, Wii – then you can snorgle!

4 AuntieMame 07.17.08 at 1:23 pm

I love how he completely ignored the moving things, even when they were poking him in the butt. And this video is exhibit A of why I always turn the sound off on my computer games. Obnoxious!

5 Jennifer 07.17.08 at 1:31 pm

Looks like there’s a lot of shoving involved.

6 DKN 07.17.08 at 1:35 pm

O_o

I cannot. believe. I. watched. the WHOLE EFFING THING!! Phew! That was dangerous – thank god I made it through alr- *SPLODE*

7 katiedid 07.17.08 at 1:40 pm

My brother and I used to build lego mazes for his hamster.. but she always managed to just climb out the top… :-P I love the part where it gets squished by the elevator ….hehehe

8 caelus 07.17.08 at 1:51 pm

the background music reminds me the great time i had with my old gameboy…….

9 Erebella 07.17.08 at 1:52 pm

Wow, that was a trip! Someone really does have way too much time on their hands!

That part when one of the moving things in the way was zooming into his face, then away, and back again… Made me think of C.O. Extreme Close-up, but for the animal this time, not for us. Here’s a close-up, and a close-up, and a close-up, and a close-up! Just watch it again and think that at that part and you’ll start laughing.

10 wagthedogma 07.17.08 at 1:55 pm

Where the heck did they find a ham with racing stripes? :D

11 Chocolate Chipped 07.17.08 at 2:21 pm

Um, I don’t think that’s a hamster.

Looks like some exotic animal (or else a real fancy ham)

12 hey-h 07.17.08 at 2:28 pm

Awesome. And in case anyone’s wondering: Icelandic.

13 Stephanie 07.17.08 at 2:31 pm

Wow. The music was something else. ^_^

14 Stephanie S. 07.17.08 at 2:42 pm

Chocolate Chipped: I’m pretty sure it’s a real hamster. Similar to Seattle Roll’s *Beef* –> http://flickr.com/photos/seattle_roll/2658027910/

Although, I could be wrong. I’m a cat expert, not a hammie.

15 Sandy 07.17.08 at 2:42 pm

Chocolate chipped, looks like a regular dwarf hamster to me.

16 jen 07.17.08 at 2:48 pm

omg these people should win an award or something. too funny!

the elevator totally cracked me up. what a cute hammie! i want to dunk him in my milk and neeble neeble neeble and then snorgle heem and squeesh heem and call him george.

17 Kris 07.17.08 at 3:10 pm

Definitely redonkulous!

18 Elanor 07.17.08 at 3:19 pm

One of my Winter White hamsters looks exactly like that!! His name is Mr. Pigglesworth. My other Winter White, Professor Pouch, is rather more rotund…

I wish they could play in this maze, it’s great!

19 Katrina 07.17.08 at 3:32 pm

I thought for a second that he was going to jump out and say “Oh the heck with this!”

Tenacious little scamp!

20 Claire 07.17.08 at 3:42 pm

The levels of redonk in this clip cannot be measured.

21 Kiragirl 07.17.08 at 3:45 pm

High Score!

22 (the original) Mel 07.17.08 at 3:53 pm

I need to watch that again when I’m high. It’s just moderately disturbing now.

23 HISSSSSSSS 07.17.08 at 4:08 pm

Poooooor hampsty. :(

24 Anonymous Nerd 07.17.08 at 4:22 pm

The music and visual style is from Monty On The Run for the Commodore 64, just thought I’d mention.

25 MaggieBee 07.17.08 at 4:33 pm

OMG! Love! Hahahahah!

If you don’t want to watch the whole thing, at least check out the Cleenin’ Break HamMario takes at 01:49! :D

26 riolinda 07.17.08 at 4:41 pm

Awesome!! Where can I play this game? :)

27 Andria 07.17.08 at 5:29 pm

I love 0:54, where it looks like he laid the house out flat so the ham wouldn’t have to climb! :o )

28 berthaservant 07.17.08 at 5:37 pm

Yes, but does the hamster LEARN anything? Otherwise it has no value in terms of operant conditioning.

Oh, by the way, the score is now:

Japan 236
Iceland 1
US ?

29 bore 07.17.08 at 5:45 pm

Video clip from the C64 version of the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB5dhnvgliM
Orchestrated version of the ingame music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EeArqKNKgg

30 Ms. McPantiesinabunchnuff 07.17.08 at 5:57 pm

PAAHAHAAAA!! this is FABULOUS!!! :D

31 Sprock 07.17.08 at 6:19 pm

I gotta build me a ferret-sized one of those!!

32 Catsquatch 07.17.08 at 6:56 pm

ROFL! Some people have WAAAAAAY too much time on their hands….

;D

33 Mary (the first) 07.17.08 at 7:09 pm

I’m a little confused, did he get squished/eletrocuted at the end? ?? what happened??

34 Noelle 07.17.08 at 7:54 pm

I don’t know why but the music reminded me of a british sci fi tv show I used to watch.

Way cute, and I loved the frantic cleaning at one point. Energetic little guy!

35 Theo 07.17.08 at 8:00 pm

Noelle — if you mean Doctor Who (Tom Baker era, with the spacey analog-synth soundtrack), well, we’re still watching. Only it’s David Tennant now. He’s every bit as hammy in his own way, I might add.
http://www.pottermania.jp/Photos/CastsCrews/DT/DavidTennant3.jpg

36 Khadija 07.17.08 at 8:33 pm

SUPER MARIO!!!

37 oni 07.17.08 at 9:18 pm

mary1- he went to next level, derr ;)

38 Kristy 07.17.08 at 10:47 pm

This reminds me of all those cheesy Atari games I used to play in the 80s…what a brill idea.

Theo: LOVE Doctor Who and David Tennant!!

39 Wylizzle 07.17.08 at 11:15 pm

OMG so awesome! <3 the music.

40 chanpon 07.17.08 at 11:16 pm

This must be Luigi. He seemed to have some difficulty on what I thought were pretty straight forward paths there.

41 Gail (the first one) 07.17.08 at 11:24 pm

For some reason, my kittehs were disturbed by the music??? Isn’t that wacky??

42 Wbirdie 07.17.08 at 11:32 pm

HAMSTER KONG! :D

No wait a minute, there aren’t any flaming barrels……

Doo doo doodee doodee doooo!

43 shaz2 07.18.08 at 12:23 am

Thank you, Anonymous Nerd — I have played that game back in the 80s… and couldn’t recall the name. :)

It was a fab game!

44 gravyboat 07.18.08 at 3:07 am

LOVE. IT!!!

45 bookmonstercats 07.18.08 at 9:16 am

Very funny. Laughed my head off – clunk.

46 jebber 07.18.08 at 11:07 am

So this is how Icelanders get through those loooooong winters….

47 andrea 07.18.08 at 11:42 am

omg it’s Lemmiwinks!!!!!

48 Mandy 07.18.08 at 12:16 pm

I too loved the furious cleaning. The sound at the end was from that pinball game sometimes included with Windows. No idea if he was “electrocuted” or “squished”.

49 Nine 07.18.08 at 12:50 pm

My favourite bit is the handstand circa 1:41.

50 Noelle 07.18.08 at 2:08 pm

Theo..I was thinking of Doctor Who. I haven’t gotten around to watching the new one, although I love David Tennant. However, Tom Baker will always be the best Dr. Who for me.

51 Noelle 07.18.08 at 2:09 pm

Oh, and…OMG Theo talked to me!!!!! *SIGH*

52 Theo 07.18.08 at 2:20 pm

[eyebrow]

53 girljoy 07.18.08 at 6:51 pm

I remember seeing this on a UK kids show! I love it so much :D
I write this sort of music too, so it amazeses me. I love the ham. herro ham!
Makes me want to build little game mazes for him.

54 Jim 07.18.08 at 7:25 pm

This could totally be Bjork’s next video. Just occasionally superimpose her face on the bouncing obstacles, singing. Presto! Done.

55 Jeanine 07.18.08 at 11:28 pm

Go figure. They’re Icelandic. They have nothing better to do!

56 MMc 07.18.08 at 11:40 pm

After I got over the initial near-heart-attack-inducing shock of having the sound too loud on my earphones when the music first started, I found that whole thing oddly relaxing… And I loved the cleaning break mid-way through, hee hee.

57 ashagato 07.19.08 at 2:37 am

LOL noelle! i feel the same way!

58 Renee 07.20.08 at 4:39 am

movie says no longer available?

59 Theo 07.20.08 at 3:17 pm

Renee — nope, still works. Somebody ALWAYS says this.

Try clicking on the movie clip, but NOT on the gray “play” rectangle. Or, empty your browser cache, close your browser, then come back and try again.

Also, very often, workplaces actually block YouTube with a firewall, though I don’t really think that’s what’s going on in this case.

60 RR 07.20.08 at 3:52 pm

I almost peed when the hammie was lifted up to the next level! Brilliant!! And, Elanor, one of the nicknames for my cat is Mr. Pigglesworth — yay!!!

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