Posted on Friday, December 7 @ 22:23:55 Eastern by Duke_Ferris
Just in time for the holidays, an awesome animated short with lil' baby Jesus in the middle. For the record, that's the title of the cartoon, I'm not actually killing your savior.
I think part of the reason it's so brilliant is that it feels so much like it's the Christmas episode of part of a larger series. I get a sense of the deeper personality of all the characters, and feel I should know their back-stories even though they have none. This cartoon is a stand alone effort.
"It's the tale of three nerds who turn a nativity scene into a LARP battle, and various acts of sacrilege ensue. We conceived it around Thanksgiving of 2006, and hoped to have done in time for X-Mas. Well, we kind of underestimated how horribly tedious animation is, and lo and behold, it's November 2007 and we've got 6 minutes and 36 seconds of animation that we didn't really plan on devoting a year of free time to. So enjoy!"
I watched the entire thing before reading the news thinking "What is this series? I have to watch it!" - Your description of it is perfect. If there's a place to help get this made into a television series or something, link me to it. I'll help. (Unless I have to, like, pay or something.)
Not bad, but not great. The funniest part was the credits. For tax reasons! Heh heh. Could use a little better writing. And could be A LOT more offensive. Maybe they should actually go to church, that's where I get all my good ideas for anarchy and blasphemy.
It comes as no surprise when I say we human beings have become total dick bananas when it comes to being civil to each other. Selfish, self righteous and greedy are just few of the things that many of us have become these past several years and it is no surprise that it has moved into the culture of gaming. It is amazing how these kinds of people, no matter how small or petty their bastardized actions are, can ruin a good... read more...
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