That underlying paradox of the gamer persona fueled the long-running web series "Pure Pwnage," which followed a kid named Jeremy who was highly skilled at video games but a failure at real life.
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There are currently eighteen episodes of Pure Pwnage the web series and eight episodes of a TV series commissioned by Showcase.The Showcase Blog: Pure Pwnage Comes to Showcase All the episodes from the original web series are available for streaming on the official Pure Pwnage website. User-contributed subtitles are available in over 30 languages and counting.
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Various Pure Pwnage shorts/featurettes can be found on the official website by clicking the "Shorts" menu tab.
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A "preview" clip of Pro at Cooking was shown after Pure Pwnage Episode 14, where Dave cooks stew.
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In 2012, it was announced that the crew are making a Pure Pwnage film with funding by their fans.
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The Pure Pwnage web series and TV series feature many of the same characters and actors, but there are also notable differences in the cast and the characters' experiences.
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In 2008 and 2009, Derek Harvie wrote for Kenny vs. Spenny for Comedy Central. In 2009 Harvie showran the half-hour series Pure Pwnage, a scripted a comedy about the life of a "pro gamer". Harvie and show creators Geoff Lapaire and Jarett Cale received a 2010 Gemini Award nomination for Best Comedy Series.
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Pro at Cooking was an Internet-distributed educational series about cooking made by Dave and Davin Productions. The series (a spin-off to Pure Pwnage) was a comedic cooking show hosted by Dave Lee, also known by his Chinese name Dawei. Each episode featured a different female assistant. The series was filmed in Toronto.
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Melanie Neige Scrofano is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing Mrs. McMurray on the Crave comedy series Letterkenny, Rebecca on the CBC comedy- drama series Being Erica, October on the Showcase mockumentary series Pure Pwnage, Tia on the CTV fantasy-drama series The Listener, and the title character of the Syfy modern Western drama Wynonna Earp.
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AVGN is a show about a fictional character created by James Rolfe. The character is portrayed as a foul- mouthed, short-tempered retro gamer who reviews old video games usually sarcastically and negatively with frequent use of profanity for comical effect. Pure Pwnage, was a fictional series chronicling the life and adventures of Jeremy, a self-proclaimed "pro gamer". Red vs.
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Pure Pwnage (pronounced "pure ownage")The word "pwnage" can be pronounced several different ways. The show's creators pronounce it "ownage". Jeremy justifies this pronunciation with the following statements: "When people say , they sound like a complete fag, and I'm not cool with being a fag, so I pronounce it ." Pwn' was originally a typo of 'own', because the 'P' is near the 'O' on the keyboard.
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Duopoly is an independent film, television and multi-platform content company founded in 2002 by Catherine Tait and Liz Manne. Tait and Manne, both veterans of the independent film and television industries, established the company in order to develop and produce compelling new content properties, to forge productive relationships with talent and creators from Canada and the US, and to help create new businesses in the entertainment space. Among Duopoly's productions are Pure Pwnage, Chilly Beach, Bam Bam and Celeste starring Margaret Cho, and Yam Roll."Manne, Tait hang Duopoly shingle" Variety , Oct.
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Kippel played Chad the Jock in the 2003 film Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, which was tagged as "A teenager's guide to heavy metal, cheerleaders, true love, and Satan". He also had a recurring role on Life with Derek as the I-Wanna-Rock drummer Ralph in the band "D-Rock". In 2010, he made an appearance on Pure Pwnage and played Davis in the film Dog Pound. Kippel also played Gavin "Spinner" Mason on Degrassi: The Next Generation from seasons 1-9 and reprised his role in the television film Degrassi Takes Manhattan.
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Between 2010 and 2013, he appeared in the mockumentary Pure Pwnage as well as guest roles in The CW's fantasy horror series Supernatural, The CW's medical drama Emily Owens, M.D., Showcase's sci-fi miniseries Eve of Destruction and CTV's police crime drama Motive. In 2014, he was cast as Wells Jaha, one of the main characters in the first season of The CW's post- apocalyptic drama show The 100. His first significant role in a feature film was in the 2016 sports-drama film Race. Goree was one of the main leads in the Freeform horror drama Dead of Summer.
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On set, Rob was approached by the director who cast him in his first role. Ramsay studied dramatic arts at Acadia University while simultaneously appearing on Disney’s ‘Aaron Stone’, ‘Pure Pwnage’ and ‘The Jon Dore Show’ for the Comedy Network. Ramsay graduated in 2010 as the valedictorian of Acadia University and was accepted to the New School of Drama in New York City. He eventually had to turn this opportunity down because he was cast as ‘Donnie’, the lovable lineman in the football comedy ‘Blue Mountain State’. In 2011, Ramsay was cast as the lead in ‘Patchtown’; a satirical, dark comedic short about “oppression, consumerism and a culture of discarded love”.
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The show addresses topics such as the legitimacy of online media, the state of Canadian film and television industry, Canadian culture versus American culture, advertising and its permeation of the social fabric, as well as the 2010 Toronto mayoral elections. The series featured one-one-one interviews with Colin Mochrie, Geoff Lapaire and Jarett Cale (the creators of the popular online series turned Showcase television series Pure Pwnage), mayoral candidates of Toronto's Mayor Elections 2010 George Smitherman and Joe Pantalone, Jennifer Hollett of CBC's Connect with Mark Kelley, Journalist with the Real News Network Jesse Freeston, artists and activists Posterchild and Sean Martindale, as well as then-Mayor of Toronto David Miller. Musical guests of the show included Hooded Fang and Anna Cyzon. Truth Mashup's coverage of the launch of Sun News Network and said network's right wing bias was covered by various media including The Grid Magazine (Toronto) and The Georgia Straight (Vancouver), TV-eh podcast and CIUT's Vibe Collective.
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