The Guild Casts Its Spell Again

By James Poniewozik | @poniewozik | July 13, 2010 | +

Those of you who, like me, don’t have an Xbox can now watch season 4 of Felicia Day’s online comedy, The Guild, at MSN, where its first episode (embedded above) posted today. Those of you who (also like me) are not gamers, and who think a comedy about gaming is not for you, should reconsider and watch the series from the beginning. (The episodes are three to eight minutes, so we’re not talking a major commitment.)

While the show is set in a group of online gamers—and the references to rituals like “in-game holidays” funny even to non-gamers—it’s above all about a community of misfits and unlike individuals bonding together (and not) and finding meaning in their passion. The stuff, in other words, of many great sitcoms.

If you’re already a Guild fan, be sure to catch Maureen Ryan’s interview with Day at her blog The Watcher. Onward, Knights of Good!

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tyrantking

Isn’t quite fair to lump gamers and MMORPG players together. I play plenty of games, own all three current gen systems, but even I find MMORPG players odd. (I’m sure I’ll be singing a different tune once Lego Universe is released in October) That said, the guild is fantastic and hilarious.
http://twitter.com/poniewozik James Poniewozik

Yes, lumping gamers and MMORPG players together is just something those of us do who have never heard the term MMORPG. (Except maybe in a Guild episode?)

That said, I do play the hell out of Doodle Jump for the iPhone.
Rorschach

Sweet
masurix

We ARE odd, sir! ;)
tech7625

MMO players are not like this at all. I think it would have been possible to make a better, more honest portrayal of gamers, it would just be a lot more vulgar/depressing (and funnier).
olivececile

They sort of deal with the difference between MMO players and gamers (don’t ask me to distinguish) in the whole storyline about the stunt man and his roommate.

I’m so glad you and Mo Ryan have decided to cover The Guild a bit. That’s some funny stuff going on nowhere near your cathode ray (unless you watch it on XBox, I guess…but you see my point). What’s fun to me about online shows is that they all seem to be interconnected by actors and crew, so if you find one you like you are not far from another that might also be up your alley.
tyrantking

And that’s why I’ll never get Felicia Day as a naughty fairy out of my head. Ever.