South Park's World of Warcraft episode gets Emmy nomination

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 19th 2007 at 5:25PM }

We already know that South Park's homage to World of Warcraft is one of the best episodes ever, but now the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences may agree because the episode "Make Love, Not Warcraft" just received an Emmy nomination. But, but, but the episode is inaccurate on various game issues we can hear the WoW fanboys scream already, pointing to things like The Renegade is wearing plate armor and mages clearly can't wear plate. Well, they went ahead and nominated the episode anyway.

The WoW episode wasn't even the only gaming related episode from the last television season. We also had Cartman altering the time line so he could get his hands on a Wii, where he eventually ended up in a war between atheists and it was even a two-parter. They didn't give that kind of treatment to the episode where the Xbox 360 showed up -- but we did eventually get a free HD episode out of the deal. Trey Parker and Matt Stone are clearly tapped into the internet generation so we're sure to see more gaming references and episodes in the future like the classic Chinpokomon episode.

Tags: blizzard, emmy, southpark, tv, worldofwarcraft

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

eldee @ Jul 19th 2007 5:32PM

I wonder what aspect of the episode earned the nomination? The disgusting obesity toward the end, or the watery shits cartman took all over his mother?

Anam @ Jul 19th 2007 5:46PM

I think it was the witty dialogue that occurred before, between, and after those parts.

JonnyBoy2U @ Jul 19th 2007 5:41PM

LMAO...

I can just see the judging...and the acceptance speech.

Steve @ Jul 19th 2007 5:42PM

If it wins, it will be the end of the world...of Warcraft!

Martez @ Jul 19th 2007 6:05PM

"How do you kill that which has no life?"

thenino85 @ Jul 19th 2007 11:01PM

This is one of my favorite episodes, but at the same time, why did this get nominated for an Emmy? I can think of other episodes that are more Emmy worthy. It's pretty standard South Park material. Is it because of the explicit video game bashing? The portrayal of video gamers as obese out-of-touch losers? Yes, I know you're probably thinking "but they're making fun of WoW players, not gamers!" To most people, WoW is just another video game. What am I saying, the entertainment industry has *never* given an award for purely political reasons. *rolls eyes*

Quentin @ Jul 20th 2007 1:40AM

I really think you are missing the point about this episode. I really don't think the subject matter was out to "bash" video games. Come on, Blizzard gave it their full blessing and it's known that the South Park staff is addicted to the game as well. Consider it a nice little satire, yet a brilliant one at that.

Adv2k1 @ Jul 20th 2007 1:05AM

While I am a Nintendo fanboy the Wii episodes should of been nominated the satire presented about religion was brilliant the wii stuff was fun too, or even the Family Guy episodes with censorship about Muslim cartoons was smarter. This is a VERY BAD CHOICE. While the episode is funny it totally isn't the best episode of that season.

Rare Hare @ Jul 20th 2007 1:37AM

I still haven't seen it :(

Khatib @ Jul 20th 2007 10:17AM

WHO thinks this is the best South Park episode ever? Do you people ever even watch South Park? They sold out to Blizzard hardcore on this episode to get the rights to use the game software to create scenes for the ep. It's blatantly obvious. Think about it. People lose their jobs, drop out of college, go broke, get divorced, ignore their children, KILL OTHER PEOPLE, DIE from playing 48 hour stretches... BAD THINGS happen to people who take MMOs to seriously.

The worst thing that happened to anyone in this South Park episode is they put on weight and got pimples. Talk about pulling punches.

Worst. South. Park. episode.

Ever.