Dead Pixels

This series is funny and rude and ultimately hugely enjoyable. It's about people coping with their boring jobs by existing in their favourite violent game show as graphic animes where they live their "real lives". Loved it to bits

Have just watched the 1st episode. Absolutely hilarious.

The in game antics balanced against the gamers real lives - spot on.

Can't wait for next week.

I've just made it through the first season, and starting on season 2. This is a laugh-out-loud funny show with sharp dialogue, and damaged but relatable characters. I am not a gamer, so I suspect there are some game-specific jokes that I am not getting, but I haven't noticed. The obsession with gaming works as a stand-in for anything that divides those who are in the social mainstream from those who feel like outsiders, outliers, or social misfits. Those who are different, for whatever reason, can feel as if they live in a different reality than others around them. This show uses gaming to explore characters who live like this. As a female, I appreciate the two women characters who, while being very different, are both strong, smart and mouthy. No cutesy simpering bimbos here. Nice to watch women who aren't prissy shrinking violets but who are tough,clever and amusingly vulgar. The only thing that I occasionally find jarring is the recurring violence directed at (virtual) animals. A bit of this can be slightly funny for its cringe or shock value, but there is too much of it for my taste. Minor criticism though, because the show is just so well done overall.

I can see this series being re-commissioned, it will be interesting to see how these characters develop. The first couple of episodes seem a little forced, but by episode 3 I was really quite enjoying it. If you haven't seen it, give it a try. Well worth a watch.

I'm not an MMORPG player but I have dabbled in the past, as well as being a huge single player gamer. Gamers need to get behind and support content like this, because outside of Go 8-bit I can't think of anything else gamer related on TV, despite gaming being a bigger market than films now.

The acting is good, and the interactions between the different characters are amusing, but Russel steals it for me. Plenty of laugh out loud moments for me (and my husband who isn't a gamer!) and that's rare for me with comedy. There is lots of satire here and it's a genuine shame there weren't more episodes in the series.