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    Code Monkeys and Nerd Humor

    I recently watched Code Monkeys on Netflix. It was a short-lived animated sitcom about a video game company. The animation is done in 8-bit style pixelation and abound with video game references (for example, they have to jump over a pit of spikes to get to the meeting room, and the top status randomly flashes lines relevant to the plot, like an aggression meter or points scored). This is the kind of show I would be all over. Except… None of the characters are likable. The main character’s co-workers is one of those “Stiffler” guys who constantly makes sexual and homosexual remarks, humps everything, and without fail, tells the hero…

  • Dungeons and…. mostly Dungeons

    Am I truly such a nerd that this keeps me entertained? This is the first of 10 parts of the epic D&D adventure of Acquisitions, Inc, and their quest to save their fallen friend from the depths of stygian hell. Yes, watching some nerds play Dungeons and Dragons was more entertaining to me than watching most of the movies I’ve seen in the past few months. Why? Well, because they’re funny, for one thing. This is the type of humor you don’t see at all anymore. Funny movies, what are they now? The same tired stereotypes and cliches. Raising a baby from a man who’s a baby himself. People getting…