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

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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!

[#1 posted by Anonymous , March 20, 2008 7:12 PM]

We are Legion
We do not Forget
We do not Forgive
Expect us

.......ANONYMOUS

[#2 posted by Anonymous , March 20, 2008 9:11 PM]

Still awesome.

[#3 posted by Anonymous , March 22, 2008 7:22 AM]

So awesome!

[#4 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator , March 24, 2008 9:07 AM]

For the record, those two awesomes are from different IP addresses.

[#5 posted by Anonymous , March 24, 2008 10:58 AM]

It's wonderful to see independent animators finding their own outlet and getting recognition. You two are awesome!

-Fawn

[#6 posted by Shendro , March 27, 2008 7:03 PM]

Love the work so far. The animation is slick and the voices and jokes are spot on. Keep us posted on anything new.

[#7 posted by Anonymous , March 30, 2008 6:44 PM]

I will also comment with a unique "awesome."

[#8 posted by Anonymous , March 31, 2008 3:12 PM]

Excellent. i hope to see more soon