The Funeral of WoW Gold

The Guild is a comedy web show based around a group of MMORPG players known as The Guild. While a lot of the humor is clearly inspired by World of Warcraft ( Buy wow gold ), the name of the game the actors are playing is never mentioned, and the comedy should strike home for any video game fan, MMORPG players especially. Each show is about 5 minutes in length, which is great for those of us who have important video games that take up most of our time.

For its primary storyline, The Guild humorously examines what happens when online game players meet in real life. In season one, Zaboo, played by Sandeep Parikh, decided to show up at the doorstep of Codex, played by Felicia Day, after a misunderstood online message. So far, season two has Codex trying to rid herself of Zaboo’s company.

This is where the humor of The Guild does most of its work - in the meeting of the game world and the real world. For example, one of the funniest running gags is Zaboo’s constant use of the “‘d” construction at the end of words, as referenced in the title of the second Webisode. Zaboo uses phrases like “obvious’d” and “Kinko’d,” presumably references to “pwned” from the online gaming language ‘leetspeak’. Only, Zaboo uses this language in real life.

The climax of the first season came when the entire group decided to meet in person for the first time to discuss guild business. Again, this show is ultimately about the intersection of real life and gaming culture.

Of course, MMOs have been a ripe spot of humor for a while now, going back to things like Leroy Jenkins. But, more often than not, people are laughing at us MMORPG players and gamers in general. With The Guild, I think the creators are laughing with us, which is a refreshing change.

The Guild is a hilariously funny show and definitely worth the five minutes a week. In fact, you can still watch the entire first season in about an hour. The new season is available in HD on MSN Video, in the Zune store, on YouTube, and even on Xbox Live.