The phrase glorious PC gaming master race was popularised in 2008 by reviewer Yahtzee Croshaw during a Zero Punctuation review of The Witcher, originally as a joke about elitist PC players. It was quickly adopted ironically by the community itself, spawning the r/pcmasterrace subreddit, guides, artwork and animated parodies including the FlashGitz version linked to this clip. Over time the insult became a badge of honour, and the short chant version survives as a quick audio shorthand for PC pride in edits, streams and console war jokes.