This Is Big Butts And You Cannot Jump Around

The end of things is something that is dealt with a lot in music.  In fact there is a musical term for the end of a song: Coda, which is taken from the name of the last Led Zeppelin studio album.

Other examples of the end being articulated in music is This Is The End by The Doors, The Ends by Everlast, and the well renowned classic Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-lot.  Music seems to provide a way that people can deal with the end in ways that, rather than wrenching, can be quite enjoyable.  The Doors deal with the end in a way that speaks from the perspective of a person that is constantly questioning themselves.  Everlast articulates a feeling of the end as something that we scarcely understand.  Sir Mix-a-lot deals with the end in a way that speaks to people of all persuasions.

However you choose to deal with it, the end is something that people must deal with, sometimes in a most unexpected fashion.  Such is the case with the former employees of the Montreal office of Visceral Games.  This week, Electronic Arts chose to close the studio behind Dead Space, Dante's Inferno, and The Simpsons Game, eliminating an untold number of jobs in the process.  This move was attributed to the poor marketplace performance of Dead Space 3, although Electronic Arts has yet to confirm that.

The former employees of Visceral Entertainment must now deal with the end, and how they deal with the end will speak to their character and the very foundation of their humanity.  As Everlast once said, "I came to get down.  I came to get down.  So, get out your seats and jump around.  Jump around.  Jump around.  Jump around. Jump up, jump up, and get down.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump.  Jump."  Such a deep statement on the human condition.