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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.

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  • Subtleviper says:

    I first watched this in 2008…..I feel old and I’m only just in my teens.
    Well then.

  • Omegaknucklesaltenan says:

    R.I.P. Code Monkeys

  • Shane Clynes says:

    This is the best lover story i have ever seen. MUCH better then that
    twatlight vampire and puppy story thing with that pale worthless bitch.
    this has a great ape and a nice girl. they can act better too.

  • TheMajorskillage says:

    WTH DIS GUY COPIED ME IVE ALWAYS LIKED MOUNTAINDEW AND I AM A PROGRAMMER
    WHAT THE

  • Melvinator says:

    I’ve been playing since vanilla…. where has this been?!?!

  • OngBaakâ„¢ says:

    ahaha best ! 😀

  • Renan Torres says:

    OK, this should cover me for the next 100 years…. Thumbs up if you’re
    watching in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024,
    2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036,
    2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048,
    2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060,
    2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072,
    2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084,
    2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096,
    2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108,
    2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114 or 2115.

  • mcclendon6251 says:

    I remember watching this when I was 8. Now I’m 16.

  • David Kokua says:

    +Farran Lee reminded me of this song, and so I send it into the world now..
    I doubt it’s new to anyone to whom it’s relevant, but, just maybe… I
    love you, Code Monkeys!

  • Chris Salter says:

    Here comes a little batch of Jonathan Coulton songs. +Adam Manley Densmore and
    +Matthew Rutledge-Taylor , you guys in particular need to watch these. I
    think you’ll be at least mildly amused.

  • Aerobix says:

    twitch.tv/vanillastreamer follow me on twitch with classic wow on the new
    vengeance-wow freeserver ! lvl progress

  • Audrey Greenlees says:

    +Glenn Morgan​

  • MaimoUna Staywid says:

    If Clifford brought you here.. I love you xD Like this 5SOSFam!

  • Ericka Ouellette says:

    Wow- the 5SOSFAM hasn’t found this yet…

  • Ericka Ouellette says:

    Michael Clifford I know you see this…

    I’m watching you.

    At least follow me twitter?@ErickaHemmo

    I’ll buy you pizza..

  • Ericka Ouellette says:

    Michael, you here babe?… Can you follow me on twitter
    please?…@ErickaHemo

  • AICabal says:

    Oh wow, one of the classics.

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  • bman342a says:

    Wonder how many geeks have sent this to that girl.

  • iChocolateAddict says:

    Wow… I used to listen to this 8 years ago, back when I was 12. So many
    memories..

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