WoW Moviewatch: Code Monkey
by Michael Gray 
Mar 18th 2011 at 12:00PM
This video is about three years old, but it's still brilliant. It doesn't feel dated at all. This video proves how a good concept, some careful consideration while building the imagery, and a strong sense of fun can maintain a video through the years. Your graphics don't have to be fancy if your overall craftsmanship is strong.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Forreststump Mar 18th 2011 12:17PM
"Code Monkey" is distilled awesomesauce. So much so that my hunter has a gorilla pet named... "CodeMonkey".
Aaron Mar 18th 2011 12:19PM
I still have CodeMonkey in my stable. :D I used to get whispers all the time "have you heard the code monkey song?" haha
Aubrey Mar 18th 2011 12:20PM
Hadn't seen that before, I love the song though! It was a really cute video, thanks for posting it =)
razion Mar 18th 2011 1:24PM
Spiffworld has a lot of other machinima on his youtube channel which are also definitely worth taking a look at.
Azurite Mar 18th 2011 12:22PM
Gotta love Jonathan Coulton!
Elleyna Mar 18th 2011 12:25PM
Very old video, but probably one of my favorites of all time.
Ostego Mar 18th 2011 12:32PM
That was great!
Thanks for the pick-me-up, someday somehow CodeMonkey = ]
johansson.matti Mar 18th 2011 12:40PM
This was the first machinima I ever saw, and the one that turned me on to Coulton. I love this and it makes me cry little happy tears. Thanks for posting this again.
Nospoon Mar 18th 2011 1:45PM
This was the first Machinima I was ever exposed to. In fact, the guy that got me into WoW was very uninformed and said, you can make a monkey toon and dance and stuff.
Thon Mar 18th 2011 2:03PM
Aren't gnomes just small, hairless monkeys?
Nospoon Mar 18th 2011 2:05PM
Actually, I think he was talking about Tauren... but he was pretty dumb, so he could have been talking about Gnomes... ;)
Tsuki Mar 18th 2011 2:08PM
Oh man reminds me of Code Monkeys on G4. Good times, good times.
tomteboda Mar 18th 2011 2:31PM
Congratulations to Spiffworld and Jonathan Coulton for the inclusion of Skullcrusher Mountain as a quest in Cataclysm. You guys deserved the Easter Egg!
RetPallyJil Mar 18th 2011 3:11PM
I can't believe I never saw this one before. How cute and well-done!
RetPallyJil Mar 18th 2011 3:13PM
Ha the first I saw was "Big Blue Dress." Might as well start with a searing superstar classic!
Obsidiana Mar 18th 2011 3:53PM
It doesn't feel dated because WoW's graphics are exactly the same years later. >.
bella Mar 18th 2011 4:03PM
Great Video. Really well done. I like the song a lot. It's gonna be stuck in my head all day.
Darias.Perenolde Mar 18th 2011 6:41PM
My Codemonkey is a bank mule on our guild's secondary storage guild. In addition, I use him when I need to test addons and strip him of anything but the ones I'm testing / coding at the time. Of course, he's a gnome mage. :)
Also, as for other JoCo songs and Spiff vids, I specifically sought out the pants back in the day featured in the "Mr. Fancypants" video. They belong with the Eldr'naan set that you get through TBC levels, and I collected the whole thing. It's got this great chest-hair-showing 70s vibe (hrm...is that why it was at lvl 70 dungeons?), and the purple and green are just atrocious.
When I wear it, I refer to as Teh Sexay set. No woman in the guild can resist (vomiting).
Xabidar Mar 18th 2011 11:41PM
You should check out the sequel, too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxLLiTkiOaQ
David Mar 23rd 2011 6:51PM
3 years old? Actually it's pushing 5 years old now! Man this brings back some serious memories...