Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/08/unboxing/
Unboxing: the new geek porn
Look at the bubble-wrap on that!
Posted in Bootnotes, 8th December 2006 19:44 GMT
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A YouTube video of a man opening a box [1] has been downloaded more than 73,000 times since it was uploaded on November the eleventh, the WSJ reports.
So what's so special about this cardboard box? It holds a PlayStation 3, and its owner, a guy called David Abrams who runs a website called Cheap Ass Gamer [2], supplies a running commentary on his new baby.
David is the pioneer of a new form of geek porn called unboxing, where people film themselves unwrapping [3] new products from the likes of Palm, Nokia and Nintendo.
Two new websites devoted to the unboxing "ceremony" have sprung up: unbox.it [4] and unboxing.com [5].
And yes, they are very boring, unless you like this kind of thing, of course. In which case, they are very interesting. ®