WoW Moviewatch: The Archaeology Song
by Michael Gray 
Nov 30th 2011 at 12:00PM
It's no surprise that someone would create a song about that frustration. The Archaeology Song is a ballad of hatred and remorse, dedicated to the endless hours spent swinging a pike at the dirt. Fjofjo did a good job of making the song ironic. It sounds like a dirge of tears, but it's pretty clear Fjofjo loves the game. The real-life costume is suitably hilarious, and the whole thing comes together well.
Good luck out there, archaeologists. Indiana would be proud!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Aticus Nov 30th 2011 12:17PM
"DPSing the ground" lolz!!
HappyTreeDance Nov 30th 2011 12:29PM
That was actually really cute, especially because Tyrande's Stupid Doll is something that I NEVER EVER got. Just wish he would have used a little less autotuning!
Zerzhul Nov 30th 2011 12:54PM
Awesome! I'm the guy who filmed a bunch of it in-game for fjo (Zerzhul/Zereaver). I'll have to make sure he knows this is being featured. It was so much fun doing this with him. Been playing together since 2005.
clundgren Nov 30th 2011 12:59PM
Enjoyed it.
Archaeology was my biggest disappointment in Cataclysm. When it was first announced, it sounded so great -- there would be questlines, puzzles, and alternate progression through the "Path of the Titans" -- we would be like Indiana Jones.
Instead, we got hours of flying up and down, sticking a surveyor in the ground occasionally, and then running in the wrong direction because the damn thing never points the right way. On top of that, the tier 11 BiS for a ret pally was the troll 2-hander, so you felt like you were required to keep searching for the damned thing.
And instead of feeling like Indiana Jones, they turned half of Uldum into an Indiana Jones parody. Not the same thing at all.
Erin Nov 30th 2011 1:02PM
That was really well done. Catchy song and some great footage too. At the end when she fell out of the sky with wings it looked awesome.
I can't believe I'm saying this but it made me want to level Archaeology. I'm STILL sitting at 1 point saying I'll start leveling arch "tomorrow" really I will! ^^ (And I love to collect "junk" and weird items so likely I know I'll just become way too obsessed with finding a certain trinket like our poor friend in the video!).
zerzhul Nov 30th 2011 2:36PM
The falling portion was by far the most fun to film. Seeing how well it turned out (the best part of in-game shots imo) was fantastic when he finished editing it.
Aaron Dec 1st 2011 11:51AM
Only way to make that falling bit better would have been to have several of names of the arch items float by ala Colbert's intro.
warpknight6 Nov 30th 2011 1:02PM
How awesome. Makes me wish I'd spent time on Archaeology O_O
Haven't bothered with it at all! I just haven't had enough time to deal with it, though I do play WoW a fair bit 0_O
VioletPheonix Nov 30th 2011 1:21PM
Love it! Downloaded it! XD
TonyKP Nov 30th 2011 1:22PM
"Good luck out there, archaeologists. Indiana would be proud!"
Indiana would have taken one look at WoW's boringly-broken version of archaelogy, snorted in derision, and gone off somewhere to find a bottle of whiskey and a hot babe.
Blazing Rain Nov 30th 2011 3:43PM
To be fair Indy is more of a treasure hunter with an encycoledic knowledge of artifacts than an Archeologist.
Silversol Nov 30th 2011 3:47PM
Maybe he was referring to the state of Indiana?
>.>
richmale1969 Nov 30th 2011 1:32PM
Damn this song is too annoying.
RothKeahi Nov 30th 2011 1:41PM
As soon as he said Night Elf trinket I almost died. I have been searching for that damn thing for SO LONG... Two characters to 525 archaeology, both have made every Night Elf artifact except for that damn trinket...
Triforceelf Nov 30th 2011 1:51PM
Nice. The buff this patch that increases the number of fragments you get may make your blues SLIGHTLY less. Though I wouldn't bet we wont still be singing this song.
ladygamertn Nov 30th 2011 2:07PM
Loved it... heck, I live it... the pain is palpable and shared. Well done!
Donko Nov 30th 2011 3:13PM
Grats on getting featured Fjo, stop BOPing me on spell cleaves.
Vote Dinko.
bluskreem Nov 30th 2011 3:22PM
Fantastic song. I'll be sure to loop this for my next dig hunt.
Prelimar Nov 30th 2011 3:40PM
i wasn't on board with this until that "falling" shot. that was some epic filming there, and worth watching the whole thing for just that alone.
zerzhul Nov 30th 2011 4:00PM
That was one of the last things we did on the project. We had taken a break from filming stuff, then came back to it way later and Fjo had the idea to do that part. We spent a good part of an evening on it. Looking at that, then some of the other stuff we did, I wish we had enough time to go back and re-do some of the other ideas since we had learned a lot about what we were doing as we did it. Recording in-game shots was a first for me, so there were plenty of mistakes on my end. I thought Fjo did a great job of editing some of the less stellar shots into some pretty good sections regardless.