Pure Pwnage

Pure Pwnage was a web show started by two people, Jarett Cale and Geoff Lapaire; based on the lives of flatmates Jeremy and Kyle. Jeremy is a 'pro gamer', or actually just an unemployed man who plays games all day and does not fit at all well in society, and Kyle is going to film school and he documents Jeremy's life as a gamer including typical day to day challenges. The first episode was picked up by PC Gamer, who featured it in their magazine, and new audiences began crying out for episode 2, then 3, then 4, and it eventually became a fully developed series complete with an actors, a story, character development and all the norms of TV media.

The success of the show lead to a Canadian TV station signing them on to produce a TV show. I think this is an admirable story about the power of the internet reaching to audiences that were never previously targeted in general mass media, and it is generally good to see them where they are now as I have followed their progress over the years since they started with my two brothers. Catchphrases from the show are now part of gaming culture, and is the indisputable source of 'Boom headshot!'. The show also makes references to popular gaming culture, so gamers and people with an interest in gaming alike can refer and relate to it. As a gamer myself I still find it hilarious and even my parents make the occasional reference to it now and then.

The show is usually only available in Canada but there are a few episodes available on YouTube and likewise over the internet. They have since stopped making the webseries. given their new schedule and the accidental death by car-crash of one of their actors in the show.