4 posts tagged “video games”

It's no secret that I'm a nerd in many respects. I play video games, read comic books and graphic novels, like sci-fi, fantasy and hope that someday I will own a lightsaber. One thing I touched for a small amount of times were MMOs or MMORPGs. For those that don't speak nerd talk, think World of Warcraft. Now I played WoW for about a month because I wrote a paper on the effects of online gaming on social skills in college but I never delved into it. There is on thing I can't deny though, films made in WoW are hilarious. If you never saw the "Make Love, Not Warcraft" episode of South Park, watch it now. It was nominated for an emmy!

Anyway, if a movie is made in a game is referred to as Machinima and I came across this one the other day that focuses on the election. In the clip, several players are interviewed and polled about their voting choices for the election. Not a bad idea considering 11 million people play Warcraft.

Saw this today and couldn't help but laugh and ponder what would have happened to the Mario franchise if the villains got wise...

I've always found it funny that video games are pretty out there. Today most games focus on creating an element of realism but when games first started being created, let's be honest, the concepts were a little out there. A Italia plumber that can jump really high. Knights riding ostriches. A yellow circle eating glowing dots and fruit. And of course the copious amounts of alien armies being taken down by a single ship. Pretty crazy. Well, how did they come up with them...here's your answer.

So I found this on Kotaku today and I thought it was pretty funny for a short little snippet. Happy Monday!