Contact ElGeeko

Code Monkey | Posted on: Friday, August 12th, 2011

This is a music video about the life of the common lowlands code monkey. Jonathan Coulton is a singer/songwriter who releases his songs via the Creative Commons license, which enables projects such as this video. Through his “Thing A Week” podcast, Jonathan has put out a clever, creative song like this one every week for a year. Mike Spiff Booth is a Program Manager at Adobe who thought this great song really deserved a video. Before you ask, since apes, goblins, and night elf receptionists don’t tend to interact much in the wild, he couldn’t only use captured game footage to make this video. Every frame of this video was composited together by hand using images captured from the WoW Model Viewer, WoW Map Viewer, and the World of Warcraft game itself. No monkeys were harmed in the making of this film. Please visit www.spiffworld.com for more information about his videos, including info about how he makes them. The song at the end of the video is “Big Bad World One”, another great Jonathan Coulton song.

Posted on
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Filed under:
News of the Geek, Video.
Subscribe
Follow responses trough RSS 2.0 feed.
Comments Closed
1 2 3 4 5 6 10

182 Comments

  • nzcarey1 says:

    just so you know…. if i every get to audition for xfactor or american idol then i will sing this song if i get picked…. somewhere along the way…. its an amazing song

  • oxkiller79 says:

    Hi Vechz 😀

  • Vechz says:

    Big warm fuzzy secret heart. :3

  • Adam Jankowski says:

    World of Warcraft 60 day PRE PAID GAME CARD CODE
    tinyfileshost. com/download/117646/VmYmIxY/1
    filespeedy. net/download/117646/YzA4O

  • John Smith says:

    This was nearly 8 years ago.. Fuck

  • Schpankme Verimuch says:

    did you forget what you type?
    “It’s true. Homo sapiens is a part of the ape family.”
    were you the only one with an opinion?
    So you feel empowered with your hands on the keyboard, or what ever it is your touching?
    Tell me, when your not playing with yourself, do you have a hobby?

  • Schpankme Verimuch says:

    You do know there’s know hell? Right?
    GOD GOOD
    DEVIL EVIL
    …………LIVE for GOOD …….
    Don’t you just love the duality of those that sell you this bullshit?
    Almost everything you’ve been taught, see or think you know is a Lie, Hoax or Fraud.
    … IX XI …
    search: THREE CITY STATES
    see YouTube: Season of Treason Full
    see YouTube: Syncretism The Magnum Opus
    see YouTube: The Starch Solution

  • Schpankme Verimuch says:

    Code Monkey Vegan.

  • MegaShot4 says:

    What the hell does this have to do with code monkeys?

  • Schpankme Verimuch says:

    Chimpanzee are genetically close to Humans, they thrive on ‘simple sugars’ from plants, perfectly tuned with their short digestive systems; whereas Humans have longer digestive systems, making it easier to extract more nutrients, over longer periods of time from cooked starch. What separates Humans from Chimpanzee is that we can cook, eat and store starch. Paleo man was a Starchavore.
    YouTube:
    The Starch Solution
    Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
    The China Study

  • Schpankme Verimuch says:

    In 1975, I switched from my Vegan life style to the new Paleo Diet, “to get bigger & stronger”; ten months ago, at age 50, I almost died from Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Type II Diabetes, Kidney Stones, Gout and Prostate Issues. I switched back to VEGAN, and have completely reversed or cured ALL of the above Diseases and Issues.
    YouTube:
    The Starch Solution
    Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
    The China Study

  • Don Vito says:

    Omg.. The memories… I’m gonna cry

  • MegaShot4 says:

    It’s true. Homo sapiens is a part of the ape family.

    It seems weird, but, well, so do many other things.

  • Calvin Compton says:

    Man, Vanilla was the shit.,

  • GamesUnleash says:

    well i don’t think code apes would go well in this song

  • nzcarey1 says:

    something about this video speaks to me so much…… maybe cuz im a code slinging monkey who loves wow and youtube…..

  • Felipe Acosta says:

    Hahaha

  • SuperMineallmine says:

    why do java programmers wear glasses?

    because they don’t C#

  • Sebastian Mauer says:

    Happy Programmer’s Day.

    #programmersday

  • Joel Burke says:

    Had to share this for all you music loving Code Monkeys like me.

ElGeeko.com is proudly powered by WordPress
Theme heavily based on Revolt Basic by NenadK. | Entries (RSS)