Chaucer of Warcraft

by Alexander Sliwinski { Feb 12th 2007 at 3:00AM }

Sister site WoW Insider found this cute little piece of machinima telling The Pardoner's Tale from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. Although the edits aren't the tightest in the world, it was originally designed as a class project, so we'll give it some slack. Those needing the Cliff's Notes, 'cause you know we used them reading this in high school, the story is pretty simple. Three guys are out to kill Death -- like the Grim Reaper -- whom they blame for killing their friend. An old man tells them to find him by a tree, where they find gold coins. Not going to ruin the ending, but they all find Death.

Tags: chaucer, pardoners tale, poison, world of warcraft, WorldOfWarcraft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Vince @ Feb 12th 2007 3:05AM

he doesnt recite in rhythm, therefore it sucks.

William @ Feb 12th 2007 3:59AM

oh yeah u didn't ruin the ending... lol wow.

Enliven @ Feb 12th 2007 7:55AM

Quite possibly the worst recital ever.

Satertek @ Feb 12th 2007 8:22AM

Did this same project a few years back (minus the WoW, heh) nice job guys.

Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote @ Feb 12th 2007 8:35AM

he doesnt recite in middle english, therefore it sucks.

Daniel @ Feb 19th 2007 4:53PM

I sorta liked that story, but i had physician's tale to do a project on and that was a very hard subject to do it on

RDX @ Feb 12th 2007 9:38AM

About as interesting as listening to a cardboard box speak.

FSK405K @ Feb 12th 2007 9:49AM

Wow....I don't know what to say....that's really quite a show...nothing like it anywhere.

I hope it was for a computer class and not a english or literature class. And I hope it was for high school and not college. Finally, I hope Chaucer himself didn't try to inflect as Commander Data.

Eric @ Feb 12th 2007 12:18PM

"of Warcraft"

Yup, not watching it.

Zodiak @ Feb 12th 2007 6:38PM

It's not as good as the Super Mario Warcaft a few days ago =)

Sensai @ Feb 12th 2007 12:40PM

Um...you guys have to believe me when I tell you this. That's my video. No joke, 100% telling the truth. I play the part of the Pardener.

It's bad on purpose. We did it all in about one night, and were really tired of it by that time.

Wow...this is like from last year. Haha. I'm famous!