BBtv - My Steampunk Papercraft Commodore 64 MMORPG Identity Crisis (animation by For Tax Reasons)

Remember IM IN UR MANGER / KILLIN UR SAVIOR"? That was the genius work of internet animation funnymakers Matt Burnett and Ben Levin, aka For Tax Reasons. Today, they offer an all-new, all-awesome animated short as an exclusive for Boing Boing tv viewers, and by that, we mean YOU. Includes Steampunk, LARP armor, papercraft, Commodore 64s, MMORPGs, Final Fantasy, suicide cults, and meditations on bad UI -- some of the many things that make Boing Boing great.

In part two of today's episode -- what's the secret behind For Tax Reasons' terrific work? They make those fancy animations with hard labor coerced from underpaid, non-union robots. Robots with simmering resentments that might! just! blow! up!

Link to Boing Boing tv blog post, with discussion thread and downloadable video.

• [nemrel]

  Verizon FiOS on my Boing Boing? Unfortunately it’s more likely than you think…

• [cstatman]

  effin brilliant. thank you for making my morning so much brighter

• [kfractal]

  any vid with a shot of the dinosaur book in it rocks!

• [Anonymous]

  Bender is that you? Using a Mac? That is so gay….

• [Anonymous]

  that’s right … the term “steampunk” should only be made fun of.

  hilarious movie, though

• [Monique]

  Thank you BoingBoing for introducing this to my life. I’m a better, and quite possibly a happier person because of it. These guys rule and the world needs more stuff by them asap.

• [ithidet]

  bOING bOING will you marry me?

• [macisaguy]

  that animation was fantastic, and incredibly spot on.

  yeah…these guys are funny.

• [Jamie Sue]

  That was the most awesome thing ever. bOING bOING is so sexy.

• [darrell]

  Kudos Ben and Matt. You guys never cease to amaze me. Robot spite…and robot rights?