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''Doomsday Arcade'' is a comedy web series shown on The Escapist. The show tells the harrowing tale of two average civilians named Michael Lunds and Michael Shanks who are trapped in the middle of a shocking doomsday scenario: <s>Video game characters</s> NPCs have found a way into the real world and are out to win their freedom from the oppressive <s>Users</s> users. On the way, they not only exact their [[Genre Savvy|Genre Savvy-ness]] on various game characters, new and old, but also discover that there might be a deeper reason behind the invasion which revolves around them.
Let's be honest, though, [[Hurricane of Puns|you're really in it for the puns and references.]] Especially the numerous [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade hangings]] of not only these puns, but also various game cliches in general. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130929225217/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/doomsday-arcade/492-Episode-One In short, this is one to watch...]
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* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Verbose Matt
* [[Shout-Out]]: So many. Some are blatantly obvious, but some are rather subtle, such as [[wikipedia:Richard Garriott#Other accomplishments and interests|Lord British going into space]] and the urban legend-based arcade game ''[[wikipedia:Polybius (game)|''Polybius'']].
** From the [[
{{quote|''"Look at this report! It makes no sense! No periods, no commas, [[Zero Punctuation|no punctuation!]] Take it back!"'' {{spoiler|This is fuelled further by the likelihood of the man with the report being Yahtzee.}}}}
* [[Take That]]: Michael Atkinson and Alyx Vance.
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