Watch The Guild
August 3, 2008 | 3 Comments
This one’s going to take a bit of getting to the point, so bear with me.
During the last mission trip of the summer big waves were made in the internet TV world. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog, Joss Whedon’s latest creation, debuted for free for a limited time. Needless-to-say I missed that limited time. Instead I forked over the $3.99 to purchase the show from iTunes. I figured, based on my love for Joss’ Firefly, that I’d probably enjoy the three act show.
Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog
I was right. The show is just about hilarious as it is downright unique — it’s a musical about a super-villian wannabe who has a blog. Anyway, the show is pretty funny so I looked it up on Twitter. The show has a Twitter account (I’m not sure who actually does the tweeting) but I followed it. I noticed the @drhorrible follows two people: @feliciaday, Penny from the show, and @theguild, The Guild (see, I’m getting there). Felicia Day seems to be an avid Twitterer so I started following her. The Guild, on the other hand, has rarely been updated so I ignored it.
Felicia Day is the creator, writer and star of The Guild
A few days later I see that Felicia Day is featured in Penny Arcade’s Comic Con Sketchbook. Turns out that she is also the creator, writer, producer, star, webmaster, ect of a YouTube show called The Guild. Since Felicia Day and The Guild would be appearing at PAX, I figured I’d give it a watch. After all, if I have the opportunity to run into them at PAX (oh yes, I’m going) then I want to check it out.
The Guild is pure hilarity. It’s about a World of Warcraft guild who decide to actually meet. Felicia Day starts each episode talking into her webcam blog (a lot like Dr. Horrible himself). The first season centers around the guild meeting for the first time — and all that entails. You can watch the entire season on YouTube, as well as a few bonus videos (Felicia’s DDR video is pure internet gold). According to the website, which is currently being “owned by Dr. Horrible and Penny Arcade”, the second season will be going into production very, very soon which is pretty exciting.
Have you seen The Guild? What do you think? Let me know in the comments below.