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Aussie made Work and Play Pilot Available

GameSetWatch reports on an Aussie made sit-com called "Work & Play". It's a cross between "The Office" and "The IT Crowd", so if you love those shows, I'm sure you'll be entertained by this. The show is centered around a fictitious game company called "Beepford Games", and the first pilot episode has just been released. It's very humorous and it was filmed entirely at the IR Gurus studio!

Thuyen Nguyen: "I wouldn't say it's a professional production, but it definitely isn't two guys in front of a webcam either. Perhaps of note, it was shot at IR Gurus, who made Heroes of the Pacific, and the upcoming Heatseeker. So even if the video doesn't tickle your fancy, you can treat it as a pseudo studio tour :)" He adds: "Please note that this is a personal production, and not commissioned by IR Gurus in any way."

I can recognize some of the game developers starring in there, such as Kate Inabinet and Garth Midgely, and I'm sure the others are familiar faces from Atari Melbourne House and other studios in Melbourne. Nice work, guys :)

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  • 1. Ex Dude - Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:27:50Z
    This will surely replace Big Brother...
  • 2. Mdobele - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:20:26Z
    Ha ha ha this is surprisingly good for a first episode! Really looking forwards to seeing where this one goes.
  • 3. Anonymous Coward - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:47:36Z
    The company's called "Beepford Games"...
  • 4. Anonymous Coward - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:59:29Z
    lol at the guy who models boxes
  • 5. Anonymous Coward - Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:52:21Z
    Is this supposed to be a comedy?? PFFFFTTTT!
    Sorry it simply was not funny. But hey thats just my opinion.
  • 6. Anonymous Coward - Sat, 20 Jan 2007 1:28:41Z
    On the whole, could have done with some script improvements.... but well shot, some quite funny bits.

    (and the 'journalist' needs to learn how to act!)

  • 7. Amckern - Sun, 21 Jan 2007 0:20:48Z
    Poor Kate - lets hope shes got something intersting in Atomic about it.
  • 8. Souri - Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:3:40Z
    Yeh, it needed some tightening up, and some re-shoots here and there (and I say that as someone who has no experience whatsoever in doing this sort of thing ;))

    But on the whole, I thought it was entertaining. There were some very humorous moments, and I'm sure things will improve as they get do more of these shows. There must be a gold mine of game dev related material to draw from, so I'm looking forward to seeing more!! :)