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Animated by KC Green
Written by Tom Church
Edited by Chris Farmer
Performed by Ross Payton, Aaron Carstein, Chris Farmer and Tom Church

A comparison of medieval warfare and its most recent interpretation, nerds hitting each other with boffer weapons. Yeah. Narrated by Nathan Shelton and shot by Juard Van Dijkhorst. Edited by Ross Payton.

“My heart is filled with gladness when I see
Strong castles besieged, stockades broken and overwhelmed,
Many vassals struck down,
Horses of the dead and wounded roving at random.
And when battle is joined, let all men of good lineage
Think of naught but the breaking of heads and arms,
For it is better to die than be vanquished and live. . . .
I tell you I have no such joy as when I hear the shout
‘On! On!’ from both sides and the neighing of riderless steeds,
And groans of ‘Help me! Help me!’
And when I see both great and small
Fall in the ditches and on the grass
And see the dead transfixed by spear shafts!
Lords, mortgage your domains, castles, cities,
But never give up war!”
–Bertrand de Born, French aristocrat and troubadour

I bet OSHA had a lot to do with the level design of the Megaman games…

Outtakes from Episode 1. Geeks arguing and calling each other douche bags. Hilarious even if you’ve never game.

One of the unsung heroes of web comics.

Read the rest of the series.

Compare with the original:

Police Squad is a classic police comedy show starring Leslie Nielson and the precursor to the Naked Gun film series. This is a faithful adaptation of the movie’s opening in the game GTA IV.

See the Darkseed 2 Let’s Play for a real explanation.

As you might guess, I am a little obsessed with the Oregon Trail. Last year, I asked some web comic artists attending the Small Press Expo to draw their vision of what the Oregon Trail would look like. This is what Kristofer Straub of Starslip Crisis drew.

You can see the rest of them here.

In a world of dark conspiracies and monsters, the most daunting challenge is…creating a character to play the game. Welcome to Angst & Katanas, a humorous look at horror games and the people who play them. In this first episode, a newbie makes a character, a badass vampire hunter, while the game master tries to keep his power fantasies in check.

Special thanks to Kate for her art!

Directed and written by Ross Payton
GM: Nathan Shelton
Newbie: Travis Else
Camera: Juard Van Dijkhorst
Sound: Mike Rogers
Art by Kate Ashwin
Logo: KC Green

Inane fan fiction or inspired post modern deconstruction of the English language? You be the judge.

John Freeman who was Gordon Freemans brother was one day in an office typing on a computer. He got an email from his brother that said that aliens and monsters were attacking his place and aksed him for help so he went.

John Freeman got his computer shut down and wet on the platform to go up to the roof of the building where he left his motorcycle and normal people close because he was in his office lab coat. John Freeman got on his motorcycl and said “its time for me to live up to my family name and face full life consequences” so he had to go.

There’s also a video enactment of this short story.