Hello, Nerds!

June 26, 2006 4:50 AM

World of ColbertCraft. No, it's not a real game. Yes, it's just a bit of clever believable marketing. But you get to hear Stephen say "Wiiiiiiiii," and that's a keeper.
posted by grabbingsand (20 comments total)

Wow, all 5 of those links were a waste of my time. I thought maybe just 4 would be, but yeah, all 5.
posted by about_time at 6:18 AM on June 26, 2006

A fifteen second clip of a widely-watched TV show and some filler links? Ordinarily I'm not one to complain about post quality, but, uh...
posted by Spacelegoman at 6:18 AM on June 26, 2006

Seemed funny this morning halfway into my first cup of coffee.
posted by grabbingsand at 6:26 AM on June 26, 2006

A fifteen second clip of a widely-watched TV show and some filler links?

Um, except, Spacelegoman, these aren't clips from the TV show and thus NOT "widely watched"...they're little shorts Colbert did for a game conference, the link to which you dismissed as "filler."
posted by jbrjake at 6:54 AM on June 26, 2006

i'm not keeping it.
posted by ab3 at 7:00 AM on June 26, 2006

Yeah, probably a crap post, but the Colbert Report clip about D&D Online makes me giggle like the 13 year-old D&D geek that I still feel like I am in my mid 30's.
posted by papercake at 7:29 AM on June 26, 2006

I wish someone would post it to Youtube. The sound isn't working for me on the GameVideos player.
posted by smackfu at 7:45 AM on June 26, 2006

smackfu, try moving the volume slider. I had the same problem and that fixed it.
posted by kuujjuarapik at 7:57 AM on June 26, 2006

Thanks, that did fix it.

Now that I got it working, what's with the weird cuts in the video?
posted by smackfu at 8:29 AM on June 26, 2006

I think we're seeing a poorly edited version of a much larger presentation. Enjoyed it.
posted by boo_radley at 8:37 AM on June 26, 2006

I was expecting so much more. Is this something you would need to have polyhedral dice to understand?
posted by grapefruitmoon at 9:54 AM on June 26, 2006

We may need a new tag, NSFH or something, to save those special moments at home for something more funny, productive or something.

Also, who is this painfully unfunny guy Colbert?
posted by Laotic at 9:57 AM on June 26, 2006

Laotic, you're on notice.
posted by boo_radley at 10:06 AM on June 26, 2006

That wasn't real?
posted by joelf at 10:11 AM on June 26, 2006

Always finish your first cup before posting.
posted by graventy at 11:36 AM on June 26, 2006

Counterpoint: Colbert is very smart and funny.
posted by snoktruix at 12:23 PM on June 26, 2006

The full video has been posted:
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3151727
posted by omarr at 4:53 PM on June 26, 2006

Thanks Omarr. Between this and the D&D segment, I think it's safe to say Colbert is a huge nerd.
posted by Gary at 11:23 AM on June 27, 2006

Ha! The full version has a Spore joke.
posted by smackfu at 1:18 PM on June 27, 2006

"Late last week we coughed up a morsel of Stephen Colbert's minute-long MI6 presentation. We admitted it wasn't hilarious, but that it showed promise."

No, it showed you let the summer intern near Final Cut Pro.

I have to give props to Stephen for droping Len Lakofka's name. Now here is a crime, there is a Wikipedia article for Lendore Isles but not Len.
posted by MiltonRandKalman at 11:44 PM on June 27, 2006