Ugandan Knuckles is taking over the Virtual world

Who would have thought that the character taking over the latest Virtual Reality world is African inspired?  Meet Ugandan Knuckles. Based on a character from the "Sonic the Hedgehog" game, he is the latest phenomenon sweeping the internet. The Ugandan Knuckles meme originated in the online world of VRChat.  The massively popular online game allows huge number of players to interact with others as 3D character models in a Virtual Reality world they create. 

So naturally,in a world where you can be anything you want,  what would disruptive players want to do but all create the same character? These "tribes" of little red characters wander the landscape asking "Do you know da way?" in fake Ugandan accents, making clicking sounds and pretending to spit on characters they deem worthy of such 'punishment'. 

Roland spoke with VRChat player Jade Fritz about how playing VRChat and meeting Ugandan Knuckles online. The podcast is below: