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Sony excited and subsequently let down gamers of the world yesterday after they unveiled the console design for Playstation 5. As with any such announcement, the aesthetics of the system are being parodied and dragged to hell by gaming meme communities such as r/gaming. The console's design is most often frequently being compared to a WiFi router - not much better than the fridge comparisons that Xbox has been receiving. 

In addition to the mockeries of the PS5's appearance, memers are despairing the fact that Playstation's overlords have yet to reveal the console's price. That's a pretty important detail when a product is being hyped even before a release date. Rumors have it that the machine will cost about $500, and that it will released around the holidays. If that's the case, at least we'll have plenty of time to save up. For now, we'll just focus on the memes.

See what we did there? These memes are for anyone who's had an ultimatum given to them after too much gaming. They're for the poor souls who are stuck at work when they'd rather be bullied by a kid on Xbox Live. They're for anyone who may or may not have a bit of a problem. 

Many of us '90s and early-2000s kids grew up playing (or watching our siblings play) Halo, so even if you yourself were never much of a gamer as a kid, you were probably immersed in the Halo culture at one point or another.

The drama of Lord of the Rings has always lent itself well to dank memery, and we're happy to report that this format featuring the villainous Saruman is making a bit of a comeback on Reddit. The scene being used is from The Fellowship Of The Ring, a moment in which Saruman offers Gandalf a choice between joining him or dying. Gandalf refuses to help Saruman, who remarks "So you have chosen death." The foreboding line is generally being used in much lighter contexts - think family quibbles and "things i don't like" style memes. They're pretty good, and we're happy to see the format is alive and well.

Just when you thought we'd moved past the Avengers: Endgame memes or at least Steve Rogers memes, another dank format starts popping up around Reddit and 9gag. This particular meme features an old ass Steve Rogers saying "No, I don't think I will" following an emotional exchange with Sam Wilson regarding his choice to spend his life with Peggy. As can be expected, memers have taken the sweet line and turned it into something a lot more funny. 

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It's a big day for gamers - Sega's Sonic Mania was released today and has been receiving mostly positive reviews. The game, which is available on Playstation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, is being touted as a return to its previous form. This is good news for nostalgic gamers, and an opportunity for new players to bask in the game's original glory. 

To celebrate the game's release, we've gathered up our favorite, dankest Sonic memes from the past few years. Happy gaming and meme-ing, y'all. 

Another day, another super exploitable meme format. 

"Hey Man You See That Guy Over There" started in April as a webcomic by Facebook user Florkofcrows. The comic, which features two sock men is supposed to represent the feeling of outrage when a person likes someone you don't. This outrage is basically the premise of many internet exchanges, so naturally the macro has been edited to reference various video games, comics and fandoms. Here are some of our favorite examples.

Available now for X Box One X, which should really have a better name.

Today the most beloved American console celebrates it's 15th birthday. Launching November 15th 2001, the Xbox was a revolutionary console, being the first gaming console to have an internal hard drive.
Its specs at the time matched those of a computer, something that can't be said about console gaming.
Of course this also that also means that the consoles launch games Halo and the zany Munch's Odysee also turn 15 today.