How can you feel unclean, I can’t get enough of these guys, they just crack me up. Not since Weird Al of old have I been more into a song that makes my nerd’ish heart beat with excitement.
If you’re not watching The Guild, you should be – it’s hilarious. Felicia Day writes and produces the show, basically did it on her own getting help where she could and now it’s taking off. Sandeep Parikh (Legend of Neil) is also involved and excellent on the show as well.
Now THATS funny – it reminds me of a “gnome” that once made a pass at my “nightelf” in WoW: I told the gnome “Young man I am a nun in real life and old enought to be your mother.” The response?
The wife and I saw this at The Guild’s panel at Comicon. Well done, and funny to boot. Also got to meet Felicia and Zaboo afterwards on the Exhibit floor – awesomely nice people as well.
This is the kind of terrible video that cater to the fans of a niche subject who are the equivalent of people who still find singing animal videos very entertaining.
It’s terrible, hilarious, and I feel unclean for having enjoyed it. I’ve been avoiding The Guild, but if this is a sample of the humor involved, I may have to watch.
The rogue is priceless (sorry, I’ll learn names once I start watching it), but I enjoyed the moments when Felicia dropped character, during the rain and in the last few frames.
Honestly, I think the Guild is hit or miss on a per episode basis, but overall I hope it continues to succeed bigtime. From what I know, Felicia Day and the rest kind of decided to make their own market when they were struggling with getting work and overall they’ve done a great job. There’s lots of talk about the internet being an equalizer for creatives but there’s fewer examples of people succeeding (beyond youtube cat videos or perez hilton). Gratz!
But, she’s an attractive chick that plays games and is mildly connected to Whedon culture. I can’t imagine how that would ever help her get where she has gotten.
The number of subtle little jokes crammed into this thing is amazing. Of course it helps to know both the characters and actors well to appreciate many of those infinitesimal but brilliant moments.
I would add though that the guild uses the type of humor that either you get or you don’t. It’s either pretty damn funny or pretty damn terrible. Kinda like Wayne’s World. I personally think they are pretty funny.
For the iTunesless, Amazon sells the mp3. Yeah, I’m not just a she-nerd, I’m a she-nerd who just shelled out 99 cents to put that on my Sansa. And a she-nerd who can never think about the brand name of her mp3 player without thinking of cockroaches, which has to make me some kind of super-uber-nerd with a major in obscurity.
I think what it comes down to is that, in a world where people outside our subculture treat us with suspicion or disdain, and their humor is laughing at us, it’s something done by someone who knows, someone who’s been here — and someone who, as a result, is laughing with us. Yeah, we all know those people, in some form or other. We are those people; we can see our own traits reflected in them, not all of them, nor all in the same character, but like a fragmented mirror, they show us ourselves.
Besides, Felicia Day has an amazing voice (reminds me of a young Annie Haslam) and I’ll cheerfully pay to listen to it.
Female Gamer, if you enjoy gamers laughing with us, have a Google for “Electric Fun Stuff” and “Has anybody seen my corpse”. This was in the Everquest days (where choosing which 3D MMO to play was a bit simpler than in these days of abundance ).
It’s a funny slice of sung MMO history. They have other songs on Civilisation, Starcraft, …
There were more songs than just the legendary Corpse one too. EFS made a bunch of them, and when they were in their heyday, there was tons of people mimicing them. I have a whole CDR somewhere with EQ-inspired/related songs. Some are good, some are bad, and some are horribly horribly bad.
I found the video ok, once I got that they were mocking the genre more than trying to have virtual whoopie with me. Felicia seems like, at least from the interviews, someone who gets that the majority of gaming folks are perfectly normal people who find the fringe people hilariously interesting in an odd way we cannot explain. Thus you Zabu who takes an emoticon as a come-on. iTunes will get another 99 cents out of me tonight, as I have to make sure I get this before it’s gone…
about 1 year ago
Be afraid . . . be very, VERY, afraid!
about 1 year ago
The pleasant rewards of no longer being niche!
about 1 year ago
Could have used a RL transition gender swap as the punchline. Aside from that, fairly awesome work.
about 1 year ago
Mmm, Auto-Tune. Where would people who cannot actually sing be without you?
about 1 year ago
We’re mainstream! Woo!
about 1 year ago
How can you feel unclean, I can’t get enough of these guys, they just crack me up. Not since Weird Al of old have I been more into a song that makes my nerd’ish heart beat with excitement.
about 1 year ago
That was hilarious.
about 1 year ago
I’m not entirely sure ‘The Guild’ qualifies as “mainstream”. Also, Felicia Day can hold her own without autotune.
about 1 year ago
This is pretty good, is it their own work or they re-wrote some existing song?
about 1 year ago
Why?
about 1 year ago
Jed Whedon, one of the songwriters from Dr. Horrible, is credited with the tune.
about 1 year ago
Given all the WoW-specific in-jokes I think it’s safe to say it’s their own work.
about 1 year ago
That’s effing great.
about 1 year ago
What’s the name of the band, City of Zeroes?
But I can easily imagine so many cultural studies professors at overfunded universities pondering the subtext of this work.
about 1 year ago
O.O
about 1 year ago
If you’re not watching The Guild, you should be – it’s hilarious. Felicia Day writes and produces the show, basically did it on her own getting help where she could and now it’s taking off. Sandeep Parikh (Legend of Neil) is also involved and excellent on the show as well.
about 1 year ago
Unclean but in a good way, I think.
Love the success they are having, hope we get to see more wacky awesomeness like this down the line.
about 1 year ago
I’m trying to be open minded and to have a sense of humor, but I find that video disturbing. It’s not funny to me at all. I obviously don’t get it.
about 1 year ago
D-One doesn’t get it.
Film at eleven!
about 1 year ago
Now THATS funny – it reminds me of a “gnome” that once made a pass at my “nightelf” in WoW: I told the gnome “Young man I am a nun in real life and old enought to be your mother.” The response?
Stone cold silence.
Julie
about 1 year ago
The wife and I saw this at The Guild’s panel at Comicon. Well done, and funny to boot. Also got to meet Felicia and Zaboo afterwards on the Exhibit floor – awesomely nice people as well.
about 1 year ago
This is the kind of terrible video that cater to the fans of a niche subject who are the equivalent of people who still find singing animal videos very entertaining.
about 1 year ago
…Pass.
about 1 year ago
It’s terrible, hilarious, and I feel unclean for having enjoyed it. I’ve been avoiding The Guild, but if this is a sample of the humor involved, I may have to watch.
Thanks?
about 1 year ago
The rogue is priceless (sorry, I’ll learn names once I start watching it), but I enjoyed the moments when Felicia dropped character, during the rain and in the last few frames.
about 1 year ago
Aaaand, it became the #1 download on iTunes, knocking Taylor swift down a notch.
about 1 year ago
Honestly, I think the Guild is hit or miss on a per episode basis, but overall I hope it continues to succeed bigtime. From what I know, Felicia Day and the rest kind of decided to make their own market when they were struggling with getting work and overall they’ve done a great job. There’s lots of talk about the internet being an equalizer for creatives but there’s fewer examples of people succeeding (beyond youtube cat videos or perez hilton). Gratz!
about 1 year ago
Oh and like Tycho – I just want to groom her.
about 1 year ago
I want my 13 seconds back!
about 1 year ago
Bill me. Payable in 2032.
about 1 year ago
How about a little Tank and Spank.
about 1 year ago
Great, it’s this generation’s Pac-man fever.
about 1 year ago
9 Times out of 10, nerd humor is not funny. This is not that one time out of 10. Felicia Day never is, ever.
about 1 year ago
Posting again, for great justice.
But, she’s an attractive chick that plays games and is mildly connected to Whedon culture. I can’t imagine how that would ever help her get where she has gotten.
about 1 year ago
I can’t stop watching it over and over.
The number of subtle little jokes crammed into this thing is amazing. Of course it helps to know both the characters and actors well to appreciate many of those infinitesimal but brilliant moments.
about 1 year ago
this r not funneh. wow iz srs buisness!
truth be told this was at least as entertaining as a tamake whateverhernameis video, so, hey, nifty.
about 1 year ago
I thought it was pretty funny. The rogue is hilarious.
about 1 year ago
I would add though that the guild uses the type of humor that either you get or you don’t. It’s either pretty damn funny or pretty damn terrible. Kinda like Wayne’s World. I personally think they are pretty funny.
about 1 year ago
For the iTunesless, Amazon sells the mp3. Yeah, I’m not just a she-nerd, I’m a she-nerd who just shelled out 99 cents to put that on my Sansa. And a she-nerd who can never think about the brand name of her mp3 player without thinking of cockroaches, which has to make me some kind of super-uber-nerd with a major in obscurity.
I think what it comes down to is that, in a world where people outside our subculture treat us with suspicion or disdain, and their humor is laughing at us, it’s something done by someone who knows, someone who’s been here — and someone who, as a result, is laughing with us. Yeah, we all know those people, in some form or other. We are those people; we can see our own traits reflected in them, not all of them, nor all in the same character, but like a fragmented mirror, they show us ourselves.
Besides, Felicia Day has an amazing voice (reminds me of a young Annie Haslam) and I’ll cheerfully pay to listen to it.
about 1 year ago
You had us at “she-nerd.”
But I kid…
about 1 year ago
+1 DKP for Renaissance reference!
about 1 year ago
OK, the only obscure cockroach reference I’m coming up with is Archy and Mehitabel so, Female Gamer, please clue the clueless.
about 1 year ago
(hint for those googling, it’s actually Gregor SaMsa)
about 1 year ago
Ah, so still a literary reference
about 1 year ago
Female Gamer, if you enjoy gamers laughing with us, have a Google for “Electric Fun Stuff” and “Has anybody seen my corpse”. This was in the Everquest days (where choosing which 3D MMO to play was a bit simpler than in these days of abundance
).
It’s a funny slice of sung MMO history. They have other songs on Civilisation, Starcraft, …
about 1 year ago
Okay… okay… .em gyrus
about 1 year ago
There were more songs than just the legendary Corpse one too. EFS made a bunch of them, and when they were in their heyday, there was tons of people mimicing them. I have a whole CDR somewhere with EQ-inspired/related songs. Some are good, some are bad, and some are horribly horribly bad.
I found the video ok, once I got that they were mocking the genre more than trying to have virtual whoopie with me. Felicia seems like, at least from the interviews, someone who gets that the majority of gaming folks are perfectly normal people who find the fringe people hilariously interesting in an odd way we cannot explain. Thus you Zabu who takes an emoticon as a come-on. iTunes will get another 99 cents out of me tonight, as I have to make sure I get this before it’s gone…
about 1 year ago
I too have been avoiding The Guild, and if this is a sample of the humor involved, I will continue to do so.
about 1 year ago
I wonder if Felicia Day has ever seen ‘The Gamers’ (not to be confused with ‘Gamer’ which is something else entirely)?
*chuckles*It’s parody, right down to the semi-dance with wind blowing hair bit in the video. I am amused.
about 1 year ago
This must be a guy thing.