Jonathan Coulton

[Flippy the Squirrel]

So I know you're all familiar with [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI]Still Alive (Spoiler if you've not finished Portal)[/ame], but do you know about the man who wrote it?

His name is Jonathan Coulton, and he's amazing. He's a self-made "internet superstar" who is starting to get some mainstream recognition, largely because of the exposure of Portal.

Yahoo Video Piece on JC

So, anyways, I invite you to listen to his work. I highly suggest the following songs:

• RE: Your Brains

• Creepy Doll

• Baby Got Back (Sir Mix-A-Lot Cover)

• Code Monkey (theme song and inspiration for the G4 show of the same name)

• Tom Cruise Crazy

• The Future Soon

• Skullcrusher Mountain

• Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Well, you get the point. The man's talented.

 

[Barlim]

Heh, funny you should make this thread now, as just the other day my roommate and I discovered that he wrote Still Alive. We've been fans of Re: Brains for a long time now, and when we got the Audiosurf demo we noticed his name on the Still Alive acoustic version. Epiphany! It was a magical moment for us.

 

[SogeKing]

He's also working with Harmonix to bring Still Alive to Rock Band (yay ).

 

[Icomeanon]

You're leaving out some great pieces of his slightly more serious work!

Shopvac

Big bad world one

I crush everything

His website jonathancoulton.com let's you listen to all of his songs for free so check it out and give the man some money

 

[Flippy the Squirrel]

Yeah, he played it at the GDC last week.

 

[Moose]

And don't forget [link=http://youtube.com/watch?v=v4Wy7gRGgeA]Code Monkey![/link]

 

[Flippy the Squirrel]

Oh oh oh .. look what I found!

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