Extra Credits
| Extra Credits | |
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Official logo as of March 2014
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| Genre |
Edutainment Game studies |
| Created by | Daniel Floyd James Portnow |
| Written by | James Portnow |
| Starring | Daniel Floyd James Portnow Allison Theus (2010-2013) Elisa Scaldaferri (2012-2014) Scott DeWitt (2013-present) Dan Jones (2014-present) Heather McNabb (2015-present) |
| Narrated by | Daniel Floyd |
| Opening theme | "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 300 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Daniel Floyd |
| Editor(s) | Daniel Floyd Carrie Floyd |
| Production company(s) | Extra Credits LLC |
| Distributor | Extra Credits LLC |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Original videos: kirithem on YouTube Official series: The Escapist (2010-2011) PATV (2011-2013) YouTube (2014-present) |
| Original release |
Original videos: February 17, 2008 – April 16, 2010 Official series: July 28, 2010 – present |
| External links | |
| EC Archive | |
Extra Credits is a video lesson series presented by game designer James Portnow, animator/narrator Daniel Floyd, and artists Allison Theus, Elisa "LeeLee" Scaldaferri, Scott DeWitt, and Dan Jones. The series of videos discuss issues pertinent to video games and game studies, particularly discussing issues concerning video game development, addressing the legitimacy of video games as art, and creating intellectual discourse on important issues in gaming culture.
The series was developed directly from a series of lecture videos by Floyd and Portnow, informally known as "Video Games And...", which ran sporadically from February 17, 2008 to April 16, 2010.
The series originally aired on The Escapist from July 28, 2010 to August 10, 2011, before being split off over a financial dispute. Between September 7, 2011 and December 31, 2013, the show aired on PATV, a distribution channel hosted by Penny Arcade, whose downsizing of partner services after the latter date was cited as the reason for the show's subsequent "move" to YouTube, where the show is currently aired. In addition, the episodes have been syndicated on many websites, including ScrewAttack and the creators' own EC Network. The opening song, "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM is the Super Mario 64 theme in a different tone, adding to the video game themes the show offers.
The series has its roots in 2008 when Floyd created two video presentations for his respective art history and media theory classes at Savannah College of Art and Design. Floyd states that the style of his presentations was "loosely modeled" after Zero Punctuation. The assignment had a time limit of ten minutes, so Floyd sped up his voice by 10% to meet that limit, an effect that continued in subsequent episodes. Floyd then contacted James Portnow, who was referenced in the early videos, and they agreed to work together on more videos with Portnow attaching episodes to his articles on Edge. These were not part of an officially-named series, though this early collection eventually went by "Video Games and...". A blog maintained by Floyd for the videos used the secondary title "Talking About These", and certain videos also went by "Game Design Corner". One episode also features journalist Leigh Alexander from Gamasutra in a discussion about video games and their female audience.
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