A Day in the Life of a Turret

Wednesday 7 May 2008 :: by Thierry Gagnon

Set in the Portal universe, two automatic machine-gun turrets fight boredom on the job in this hilarious comedy machinima video short.

Thanks to its sharp dialogue, cool music and spot-on editing, this is one of the best Machinima comedy short I have seen so far

While they wait for the next “organic” to gun down, two turrets pass the time by talking about mundane stuff such as which game is better between Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3, being locked-out of Facebook and the meaning of cake. The gamer trash talk is hilarious and the Companion Cube’s cameo appearance is a delight.

PLEASE NOTE: this video contains gamer-style trash talk.

I was playing Call of Duty 4. FPS Excellence.

Are you Kidding? Halo 3 PWN (owns) Call of Duty 4.

Call of Duty 4 is Halo 3’s bitch.

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