Uh-Oh, Uh-Oh: Here Tweets the Hammer

For a few weeks now, I’ve been looking for any excuse to mention the Stop! Hammertime! Firefox add-on. After all, he may not be burning up the charts today, but MC Hammer dominated the early 90s. While they may not admit it, anyone who was between the ages of 10 and 20 in 1990 owned a copy of Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em. Many a fiery school-bus debate was sparked by the simple question: “Who’s the better dancer — MC Hammer or Michael Jackson?”

Lo and behold, today I learn Hammer is far more tech-savvy than I could ever have imagined, giving me more than enough reason to link to the aforementioned Firefox extension. His skills aren’t limited to dancing and sampling old Rick James tunes. He’s on Twitter. In fact, it was via a Hammer Tweet that a member of the Destructoid Gamer Community learned the baggy-panted one may have a new video game up his sleeve.

I, for one, wish him nothing but the best. It’s fun to chuckle about his long-gone fashion statements and pop-radio-friendly singles, but he seems like a stand-up guy. Plus, a part of me always respected his willingness to make fun of himself, even if it was to help pay all of those ridiculous bills.

So, here’s to Hammer, his Tweets and his top-secret project with Activision. If a Hammer game is truly in the offing, let’s hope it’s in the tradition of Guitar Hero and not this: