Code Monkey
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 though 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, I 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 my videos, including info about how I make them.
The song at the end of the video is “Big Bad World One”, another great Jonathan Coulton song.
Tags: ape, code, coulton, elf, goblin, jonathan, molten, monkey, NIGHT, of, spiff, spiffworld, warcraft, world, WOW
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
Mustsee: Johnny Hallyday Mon Fils. Live. Superclip!!
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
awesome.
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
Thank you Mister Spiff! I love the song, and your video is perfect with it, just perfect.
I particularly love the way her careless horn shatters his whole being before he takes that long walk back to the cube.
Any hope of getting on MTV?
::: applause, applause, applause :::
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
This vid is so cute. :>
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
Are you talking to me? ‘Cause if you are, it’s been several months since I played, so I can’t remember exactly what some of the places look like beyond the ‘bigger ones’ like Goldshire, Ironforge, Stormwind…Alliance places XD
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
Its BB newb
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
This video is so true.
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
Dr. martin on 2:00
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
Lol, for the last month I have been living 2:18 - 2:24. It was fukin great. Programming sucks and I hate my job so that was a nice long vacation for me.
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
I love the song and video, But I shouldn’t watch Betty and me before it. I keep expecting Dr. Martin to pop out of the woodwork.
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
I knew that was the name of the other place XD I just couldn’t remember the name of it. I was there for Talk Like A Pirate Day 2008, but since my WoW ‘prepaid time’ has ran out, i can’t play right now
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
The video shows them getting together, but in the song they did not. It didn’t have a happy ending.
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
how is it about the mid eighteenth century when they talk about Fritos, mountain dew, tab and computer programming? are you talking about the video?
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
lol i dont understand really but sure nice vid
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
well it depends on the persons point of veiw
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
i believe its both ratchet and booty bay
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
dude stfu, its just a song and people can take it anyway they want.
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
I think they’re in Ratchet XD
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
you’re fucking insane
this song is clearly about the struggle of the lower class in mid eighteenth century France and your failure to grasp that is telling of your own lack of insight and general education!
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
Who doesn’t like Dr. Martin?
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
your not crazy
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
Big Bad World One, also by Jonathan Coulton.
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
is it me or is this a tragic love song?lol
please reply to me if you aggre so i dont seem craxy ^_^
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
Is that Dr. Martin covered up in the picture?
Dun dun duuuun!
Friday, January 9th 2009 at 11:33 am
LOL Mountain Dew kicks ass