Felicia Day’s Geek Anthem ‘I’m the One That’s Cool’ Blasts Through Amazon Charts
Geeky people are cool. We know this because Felicia Day has told us so in The Guild’s new song, “I’m the One That’s Cool.” (And she knows it’s true because she read it in a “sweet piece in this week’s Wired magazine.”) And we’ve shown our love for The Guild and this song by making it #1 on Amazon.
There’s a reason that all the uncool kids are listening to it. Written and directed by Jed Whedon, the brains behind The Guild’s songs “Do You Want to Date My Avatar” and “Game On,” “I’m the One That’s Cool” is a danceable song with a touch a bitterness and a whole heap of eff-you.
Day posted to her Google+ account,
OMG thank you guys SO MUCH for making us #7 on iTunes in Rock, and #1 on Amazon! I’m literally crying. Indie victory high fives
Later today, there’s going to be 100 new channels for you to watch… But they’re not on TV. Nope, they’re all on YouTube, catering to unique interests ranging from cooking, to, more to the point, the geek and nerd crowd. Each channel will be filled to the brim with enough original content to program an entire season of television, but with you – the actual viewer – and not some network executive in mind.
One of those highly anticipated channels? Geek & Sundry from nerd icon Felicia Day, which will feature her original series The Guild, but also shows from Wil Wheaton, Paul and Storm, and a bunch of children. We chatted with Day in advance of the launch, and she gave us the scoop on what Geek & Sundry means to her career, what we can look forward to on launch day, and the chances of her crossing over with fellow nerd Chris Hardwick’s own channel:
MTV Geek: Obviously you’ve been at the forefront of the web video scene for a while, but Geek and Sundry is a huge leap forward. What’s it been like moving from just, you know, two series or so, to doing a whole channel?
Felicia Day: Doing Guild and Dragon Age at the same time last year really taught me and my producing partner Kim Evey what it takes to be able to manage multiple shows at one. The great thing was that we had the resources to bring more people on, and for some reason it’s working with 6 shows now pretty well (knock on wood)!
The new ‘The Guild’ music video, The Flog and more
Screen captures from the new The Guild music video I’m the One That’s Cool are now up, along with the premiere episode of The Flog and Felicia interview on Attack of the Show.
WonderCon 2012: Felicia Day Launches Geek & Sundry YouTube Channel
Hollywood actress and well-known gamer Felicia Day used WonderCon 2012 in Anaheim to announce her new YouTube channel, Geek & Sundry, which launches April 2nd. This premium YouTube channel and company, founded by Day and the producers of the hit web series “The Guild”, will launch with six new original series.
The channel will present the very best of indie geek culture by exploring fun themes in comedy, gaming, comics, music, and literature that are sure to captivate audiences every week. Geek & Sundry will also provide a social destination and community for fans connecting online and offline about nerd culture worldwide (GeekAndSundry.com).
Alongside Felicia Day (“Eureka”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), Geek & Sundry will feature compelling original content by Wil Wheaton (“Star Trek”, “The Big Bang Theory”), Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt (“Sword & Laser”), and Paul and Storm (“w00tstock”), as well as the hit web series “The Guild”, and the very first Dark Horse motion comics.
Geek and Sundry Trailer: New Shows Start April 2nd!
The trailer for Felicia’s new web channel Geek and Sundry came out today. Now you can have a look at the upcoming shows which begin airing on April 2nd.
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Executive producer Sera Gamble tells TVGuide.com exclusively that Felicia Day will guest-star on the April 27 episode titled “The Girl With the Dungeons and Dragons Tattoo.” “We were so stoked that she agreed to do the episode because we’re all fan girls and boys here,” Gamble says.
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The title is a reference to the bestselling Steig Larsson crime novel The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and the acclaimed big-screen adaptation of the same name. Like Larsson’s protagonist, Day will portray a young woman who’s handy with a computer. Day has serious geek cred, not only appearing in numerous Joss Whedon projects such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog and Dollhouse, but also created, wrote and stars in the original web series The Guild, about a guild of online gamers.
