Oh, baby...mmm, unwrap that box.
Do you dream of watching the beautiful curves of this box get ripped into? Please, don't tell us.
A new form of internet "porn" is sweeping the world, and much like any other fetish, it has many other people confused. Videos are sprouting up across YouTube, Google Video and other sites detailing the literal geeky wet-dream: unboxing.
According to The Register, more than 73,000 viewers witnessed a man open a PS3 box on YouTube since November 11th. A further search has detailed many other videos, each involving a person unboxing his (or, in rare cases, her) new merchandise. Some of the most popular brands include the likes of Nintendo, Sony, and Palm.
The craze is getting to be large enough that it even has two websites devoted to it. First, there's unbox.it, a blog-style site that tracks down various unboxing videos. Then, there's unboxing.com, which takes on more of a full news-style site and carries the tag-line "Vicarious thrills from opening new gear. Share in the unboxing ceremony!"
It just goes to show that you can find just about anything on the net nowadays. Though all of this sounds a little to the left (ok, maybe more than a little) of "completely strange," we're betting it's just a harmless fad. After all, would you really get excited over watching a dude unwrap his Wii?
Better yet, don't answer that. But you can talk about unboxing (in all of its glory) in our forums if you'd like. Just please keep it clean.
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Video of such, not so much.
If its my own stuff its cool, but in this case its kinda weird!
And don't forget the thrill of deflowering that virginal shrinkwrap... :p
to a lesser degree the smell of a games manual (usually the onlything they are good for)
AHAHAHAHA
It might be like watching someone play a game and not getting a turn yourself. Utterly irritating. Also, what does this tell us about the kind of people that are in to this (no offense guys - well, maybe some).
Am I the only one who loves to unbox in the car right after leaving the store?
mentioning "palm" in there was baiting us, really, wasn't it? :p
in the car is pointless because there is no power outlet. my unboxings wait until the first place i can plug stuff in
edit: woot!! i'm a multimodder!
L J
shelf displaybox - I've seen games come in a large display box with a smaller display box inside and nothing but a filler and a CD in an envelope inside that.I'm always amazed at what all goes into laptops but have never cared to disassemble one (though as a kid I had a penchant for disassembling watches).
L J
:)
I would say its an april fools but clearly it isn't, which actually makes it a little worse.
As for unboxing, I'm with everyone else on this one: I like uboxing my own stuff, I don't get a kick out of watching someone else do it...