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Code Monkeys is a TV show portraying the incredible life of videogames developpers in the 80's.

The story takes place at "GameAvision", a videogame company, starring Dave and Jerry, two "code monkeys".

While their job is to imagine the stupidest games possible, they will usually live extraordinary adventures, which will lead them to meet a bunch of weird people : Steve Wozniak (creator of Mac and Breakout), Gary Gygax (co-author of Dungeon&Dragons), yakuzas, cowboys and even nazis.

As you will see, this comedy show features dumb and scatology-related humour. Sex themed insults are about as common as violent and gory deaths, which makes this show looks a lot like South Park !

So beware, Code Monkeys will not please everybody (and nor is  suited for everyone).

Anyways, the graphical realisation of this cartoon is just awesome, great quality pixel art which makes this show feel like it's played on NES. Moreover, besides the easy humour, you'll see loads of nice references to 80's videogames culture.

To summarize, this show is based on a very good idea, and besides some poor quality stories, you'll enjoy it without any doubt, especially if you like 80's and videogames !

By the way, the official website of the show features two stupids games : a test-your-luck game that you'll never win, and a hangman that will keep on insulting you !

Unfortunately, this show is only broadcasted on G4TV , an american cable channel.

Hopefully, you can still buy yourself the season 1 DVD !