As someone who holds a degree in Video Game Design and Development, and who worked for EA Orlando in the early part of the 00’s, I have to say, this is great. It’s absolutely “dumbed down”, but it would NOT have any comedic value if they got into the overly-technical specifics of the industry and design companies/teams. Everything here is a jab at either Blizzard or EA (a corporate headquarters in Montreal? lmao). I played WoW for over a decade, before it got so ridiculous it ceased to be entertaining, and this hits a lot of the “why’s” RIGHT on the head. The “Sunny” team created something really good here. I’m excited to finish this out now, and will be binging it over the next two days or so.
I work in the video game development business as well, but on the freelance and indie side. I think you’re downplaying just how dumbed down it is, because it is extremely and absurdly dumbed down, like saying all cooking is like sticking something cold in a microwave to re-heat it.
Other than that you’re right, there wouldn’t be any room for the humor if it were anywhere near accurate. Thumbs up for realizing that.
I haven’t watched the show since early 2020 so I don’t remember what it looks like in the show, but you can google pictures of server rooms if you’re interested. They’re just rows of big tall boxes full of computers. Not that I’ve ever worked around any of that. People that run servers are usually different from the game developers, although they work together like police and ambulance people do.
this and “dead pixels” is gamming humour altho this one is a tad more over the top and the other dead pixels just has players not game developers still both funny imo
I was wondering what happened to s1 ep10. It looks like from the descriptions that the ‘special-quarantine’ links might be it. And ‘ep11’ is the other special that’s listed.
edit: yeah, the file names on the vids say ‘ep10’, ‘ep11’.
Awesome show. You’ll notice on the crew list it’s written by og Always Sunny writers Megan Ganz, Charlie Day, David Hornsby and of course Rob McElhenney. They seem to consistently deliver.
As someone who plays games and has knowledge about games development… this is just ridiculous. The jokes are idiotic and the characters are over the top, trash caricatures of even more idiotic tropes that have been used and abused to death by much better shows, and most importantly, the internet. Everything they do isn’t stupidly funny, it’s just stupid (but turned up to 11).
Removing the “games developer” theme would change absolutely nothing about the show. It’s a generic, politically correct sitcom that simply has it tacked on to somehow seem “cool and original”. It fails at it harder than the Big Bang Theory failed at geekdom.
I don’t even know wtf you’re talking about. I absolutely LOVE The Big Bang Theory. I watched every episode of every season. It’s one of my all-time top 5 favorite shows. I fully support political correctness. If anything, your comment makes me want to watch this show because I have zero faith in your judgment.
Uh, let’s keep in mind that the cast of The Big Bang Theory is some of the highest-paid actors on television. You don’t get 12 seasons unless you’re AMAZING! #Duh
And Emmerdale farm churning out 7708 episodes, EastEnders as run 7880 with Coronation street doing a whopping 10203, they have been dragged endlessly. Cannot stand these soaps, Does it mean it a great series. Maybe for the mainstream folks who have no idea in what is good and what is not.
With whom? Sgt Pancake? I actually want to watch this show out of spite for that comment. I absolutely LOVE The Big Bang Theory. It’s one of my all-time top 5 favorite shows. I fully support political correctness. If anything, your comment makes me want to watch this show because I have zero faith in Sgt Pancake’s judgment.
Couldn’t handle more than 5 episodes, and the last 3 was torture for me to watch, but I was hoping it would get better so i tried my best to watch more episodes. This show is for people that like generic stuff, like 2 1/2 men, Big bang theory and other shit shows like that. Mainstream garbage as i like to call it.
As someone who holds a degree in Video Game Design and Development, and who worked for EA Orlando in the early part of the 00’s, I have to say, this is great. It’s absolutely “dumbed down”, but it would NOT have any comedic value if they got into the overly-technical specifics of the industry and design companies/teams. Everything here is a jab at either Blizzard or EA (a corporate headquarters in Montreal? lmao). I played WoW for over a decade, before it got so ridiculous it ceased to be entertaining, and this hits a lot of the “why’s” RIGHT on the head. The “Sunny” team created something really good here. I’m excited to finish this out now, and will be binging it over the next two days or so.
I work in the video game development business as well, but on the freelance and indie side. I think you’re downplaying just how dumbed down it is, because it is extremely and absurdly dumbed down, like saying all cooking is like sticking something cold in a microwave to re-heat it.
Other than that you’re right, there wouldn’t be any room for the humor if it were anywhere near accurate. Thumbs up for realizing that.
at the end of episode 3 is that what a server room looks like ?
I haven’t watched the show since early 2020 so I don’t remember what it looks like in the show, but you can google pictures of server rooms if you’re interested. They’re just rows of big tall boxes full of computers. Not that I’ve ever worked around any of that. People that run servers are usually different from the game developers, although they work together like police and ambulance people do.
If you could just go ahead and watch this, that’d be greeeat. 8/10
this and “dead pixels” is gamming humour altho this one is a tad more over the top and the other dead pixels just has players not game developers still both funny imo
I was wondering what happened to s1 ep10. It looks like from the descriptions that the ‘special-quarantine’ links might be it. And ‘ep11’ is the other special that’s listed.
edit: yeah, the file names on the vids say ‘ep10’, ‘ep11’.
Awesome show. You’ll notice on the crew list it’s written by og Always Sunny writers Megan Ganz, Charlie Day, David Hornsby and of course Rob McElhenney. They seem to consistently deliver.
This show should be watchable but it feels like a c class Community and the actors involved deserve better.
just awesome!!!!! 5/5
CW is not dead. He is alive and well in Sicily Italia. I saw him!
Great show So funny thanks all for recamending it
Ashly Burch and F.Murray Abraham are especially amazing in this show.
As someone who plays games and has knowledge about games development… this is just ridiculous. The jokes are idiotic and the characters are over the top, trash caricatures of even more idiotic tropes that have been used and abused to death by much better shows, and most importantly, the internet. Everything they do isn’t stupidly funny, it’s just stupid (but turned up to 11).
Removing the “games developer” theme would change absolutely nothing about the show. It’s a generic, politically correct sitcom that simply has it tacked on to somehow seem “cool and original”. It fails at it harder than the Big Bang Theory failed at geekdom.
I don’t even know wtf you’re talking about. I absolutely LOVE The Big Bang Theory. I watched every episode of every season. It’s one of my all-time top 5 favorite shows. I fully support political correctness. If anything, your comment makes me want to watch this show because I have zero faith in your judgment.
Uh, let’s keep in mind that the cast of The Big Bang Theory is some of the highest-paid actors on television. You don’t get 12 seasons unless you’re AMAZING! #Duh
And Emmerdale farm churning out 7708 episodes, EastEnders as run 7880 with Coronation street doing a whopping 10203, they have been dragged endlessly. Cannot stand these soaps,
Does it mean it a great series. Maybe for the mainstream folks who have no idea in what is good and what is not.
I concur
With whom? Sgt Pancake? I actually want to watch this show out of spite for that comment. I absolutely LOVE The Big Bang Theory. It’s one of my all-time top 5 favorite shows. I fully support political correctness. If anything, your comment makes me want to watch this show because I have zero faith in Sgt Pancake’s judgment.
Couldn’t handle more than 5 episodes, and the last 3 was torture for me to watch, but I was hoping it would get better so i tried my best to watch more episodes.
This show is for people that like generic stuff, like 2 1/2 men, Big bang theory and other shit shows like that.
Mainstream garbage as i like to call it.
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