It’s a convergence of geek cool: World of Warcraft, Creative Commons, online collaboration, and developer angst. Adobe program manager Mike Spiff Booth has an awesome hobby: he makes WoW machinima for the songs of Creative Commons singer/songwriter Jonathan Coulton. Here’s his video for Coulton’s biggest hit to date, Code Monkey.
Yes, this is the theme song for the G4 comedy Code Monkeys, itself styled like an 8-bit machinima. Welcome to the rise of geek culture.
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Written by Mike Abundo [email] for b5media.
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Oct 19, 2007 at 6:09 am
[…] Code monkey think someday he have everything Even pretty girl like you – Jonathan Coulton, Code Monkey. […]
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