Saturday, June 16, 2012

Videogame High School Episode 4



So Ive started watching this series on youtube called Videogame High School. Its like 90210 set in some near future where videogames are the dominant cultural feature and e-sports are the most watched thing on TV. I didnt think there was any way it could be good, I just watched an episode to see how bad it was but then I ended up watching the whole thing and a few more.

I find it fairly cheesy but somehow compelling and totally watchable. The writing and acting are surprising good, with "The Law" being consistently hilarious, and if you are an afficianado of videogame and internet culture theres a lot of little details that you will appreciate.

This episode isnt the first one, but its one of the better ones and it features a totally awesome song by the Protomen. If you like this one maybe go back and start from #1. The games are filmed as live action but have some post processing and FX to make them look "digitized." Overall the series wont make you say "wow," but it has some LOL moments and for some reason it all just works.










5 comments:

Darth said...

DUDE! I watched the entire thing like 2 days ago, because a friend told me to watch it.

I thought about telling you about this but wasn't sure you were gonna like it...

Chronic said...

Haha, yeah I think its pretty well done for a totally ridiculous concept. Its pretty popular and I think they are in preproduction for season 2, and the 1st season hasnt aired completely yet.

Darth said...

I really like the racer dude who speaks like a medievil knight. Somehow he reminds me of bender...

Chronic said...

Well, Bender is the Drift King IRL, so yeah, naturally.

umo said...

Pretty funny, I loved the cameo from his dad FreddieW. It all made sense when I saw in the credits who was behind it. Shame you didn't wait 6 months until there was more of it to watch though ;)