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“A Grande Armee for a Video Game Freak!”
For grand strategy
And generalship,
(bang)
Cavalry charges,
Phalanxes,
(boom)
Artillery,
Ships on seas,
Men at arms
In companies,
Galaxies,
Other races,
Colonies
Arranged in space,
Bases, Nukes,
And last but not least
A birds-eye view
Of Grande Armees
(In real-time strategy)-
These are things that you can’t see
If you’re stuck in a hole
As a console freak!
Dump the X-Box- Child’s play!
Toss the Playstation- It’s for the gay!
Game Cube- Bah!
Nintendo- Ha!
Now what gets you there
(No need to beware-
Except for Bill Gates
And his terrible wares!)
Is a simple PC-
DirectX-9,
AGP,
1Meg DDR,
3Gig AMD
(Intel if you’ve lots of money),
21” screen,
Good sound card with six
Surround sound speaks,
(So the bullets wiz by
From cheek to cheek),
You can even hook it up
To your HDTV
And kill all online
From sea to sea!
So it put me back $1003?
I built it myself-
Like my Grande Armee!
But don’t wait for me
I’ve battles to fight
In space, in air,
On land and seas,
With superior tactics
And grand strategies!
So, go play your games!
Don’t worry about me,
I’m getting ready
For World War III...!
wbiro
Grande Armee- What Napoleon called his armies.
Real-Time Strategy- genre of PC video game.