mod2amaryllis:

geckopirateship:

silver-tongues-blog:

“matpat gave the pope undertale” sounds way different than “matpat met the pope while representing the YouTube gaming community and it’s customary to give the pope a gift that’s reflective of the culture your represent and he chose undertale, a game about choices, consequences and reflect and peace/love”

Yeah, “matpat met the pope while representing the YouTube gaming community” is actually even more ridiculous so I’m not sure context makes this one better

Here lemme add to OP to clear things up:  It’s customary to give a gift that represents your culture.  Since MatPat’s American, he figured the Pope already pretty much gets what American culture’s all about, so he wanted to do something a little more specific, unique and meaningful.  Additionally, he realized that any attitude most people have outside of the internet community toward gamers (or youtubers, or fans of a specific thing, etc) would be defined fully by what’s reported in the media.  Mainstream reports on “gamers” as a whole are generally negative and focused on violence.  MatPat’s response to this was to offer an immensely popular and successful game that preaches pacifism.

It’s weird at face value, but he clearly put a ton of thought into it.

Also he acknowledged that the pope probably won’t play it but it’s a symbolic gesture. A game about mercy for the popes year of mercy. Also mat pat was invited by the pope along with ten other YouTube personalities. So really it’s the pope met matpat