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The series was a success, was nominated for several awards, and received a novel adaptation. While no physical media was released of the series, in 2020-2021 [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl48jMfth9b8hGcCNBPvvaXH0p9GOe8uq both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl48jMfth9b8YEfEoSfnESQnBlCxR2bHw seasons]] were made available for free on YouTube.
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The series was a success, was nominated for several awards, and received a novel adaptation. While no physical media was released of the series, in 2020-2021 [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl48jMfth9b8hGcCNBPvvaXH0p9GOe8uq both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl48jMfth9b8YEfEoSfnESQnBlCxR2bHw seasons]] were made available for free on YouTube.Website/{{YouTube}}.
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The series was a success, was nominated for several awards, and received a novel adaptation. And yet there's still no DVD release, so if you want to watch it... tough luck.
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The series was a success, was nominated for several awards, and received a novel adaptation. And yet there's still While no DVD release, so if you want to watch it... tough luck. physical media was released of the series, in 2020-2021 [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl48jMfth9b8hGcCNBPvvaXH0p9GOe8uq both]] [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl48jMfth9b8YEfEoSfnESQnBlCxR2bHw seasons]] were made available for free on YouTube.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: It was released over 6 VHS volumes that were made '''exclusively''' available to schools. The show never got a public home media release, VHS or otherwise, when the second season was made available on iTunes. The only trace of season 1 to be found online is a trailer, though it is hoped that the first season will also eventually be released on iTunes.
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Five "tech wiz" teenagers: Mike Hansen, Alison "Pi" Renfrey, Rebecca "Bec" Chan, Marcello Di Campili and Abraham "Ram" Foley come upon a secret message on the internet. It leads them to Alexandra Davis, the president of a struggling video game company Catalyst, who is looking for brilliant game testers. Within the first episode, the protagonists all get hired, and soon discover and befriend a quirky artificial intelligence named "Virgil Reality", who from then on frequently serves the role of the show's ComicRelief. A lot of the episode plots revolve around video games, the Internet, and other modern technology.
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Five "tech wiz" teenagers: Mike Hansen, Alison "Pi" Renfrey, Rebecca "Bec" Chan, Marcello Di Campili and Abraham "Ram" Foley come upon a secret message on the internet. It leads them to Alexandra Davis, the president of a struggling video game company Catalyst, who is looking for brilliant game testers. Within the first episode, the protagonists all get hired, and soon discover and befriend a quirky artificial intelligence named "Virgil Reality", who from then on frequently serves the role of the show's ComicRelief.PluckyComicRelief. A lot of the episode plots revolve around video games, the Internet, and other modern technology.
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[[caption-width-right:250:Is it really a good name for a computer-filled workplace?]]
An Australian 1999-2001 series about a group of high-school kids, working as game testers for the video game developer Catalyst. It lasted for two seasons.
Five "tech wiz" teenagers: Mike Hansen, Alison "Pi" Renfrey, Rebecca "Bec" Chan, Marcello Di Campili and Abraham "Ram" Foley come upon a secret message on the internet. It leads them to Alexandra Davis, the president of a struggling video game company Catalyst, who is looking for brilliant game testers. Within the first episode, the protagonists all get hired, and soon discover and befriend a quirky artificial intelligence named "Virgil Reality", who from then on frequently serves the role of the show's ComicRelief. A lot of the episode plots revolve around video games, the Internet, and other modern technology.
The series was a success, was nominated for several awards, and received a novel adaptation. And yet there's still no DVD release, so if you want to watch it... tough luck.
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!!Tropes featured in the series include:
* ArtificialIntelligence: Virgil.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Virgil, at times.
* ComputerVirus: Catalyst is attacked by one of these in "It's Only Words".
* TheCracker: Sabretooth, from the episode of the same name.
* ExactWords: Episode "Free Stuff" -- Marcello tries getting rich by creating a program which searches the internet and automatically accepts all offers which include the word "free". Too late he realizes that it also accepts offers along the lines of "buy for 10000$, get one free" and the like.
* FilmFelons: A non-film example--in the episode "Rear Windows", a criminal gang releases a game on the internet to "crowdsource" a kidnapping strategy from the unaware players.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The first episode is all about the question: which of the five kids gets the job? The second episode likewise has a lot of tension about the fate of Virgil. All of these characters end up becoming regular protagonists.
* HollywoodGameDesign: The series generally plays fast-and-loose with the way video game industry is depicted. For starters, the very premise of game testing being an awesome, fascinating job is shaky.
* HollywoodHacking: "The Shadow" features Hollywood-style hacker tracking--a program which, in a ViewerFriendlyInterface, slowly homes in on (and loudly announces) the hacker's home city, street address, and finally (somehow) their name.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Apparently the producer itself (Australian Children's Television Foundation) doesn't have the rights to release the series on DVD. Take a look at the two trailers on YouTube; the comment sections are full of people pining to watch the series again.
* MagicalComputer: All over the place, generally.
* ThePlace: "Crash Zone" is what the main characters name their workplace.
* PunnyName: Virgil Reality's name, a pun on "virtual reality".
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Virgil's virtual form gets a redesign in the second season--in the first one he looks like a blurry splotch with a face, in the second one he's simply a floating head.
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[[caption-width-right:250:Is it really a good name for a computer-filled workplace?]]
An Australian 1999-2001 series about a group of high-school kids, working as game testers for the video game developer Catalyst. It lasted for two seasons.
Five "tech wiz" teenagers: Mike Hansen, Alison "Pi" Renfrey, Rebecca "Bec" Chan, Marcello Di Campili and Abraham "Ram" Foley come upon a secret message on the internet. It leads them to Alexandra Davis, the president of a struggling video game company Catalyst, who is looking for brilliant game testers. Within the first episode, the protagonists all get hired, and soon discover and befriend a quirky artificial intelligence named "Virgil Reality", who from then on frequently serves the role of the show's ComicRelief. A lot of the episode plots revolve around video games, the Internet, and other modern technology.
The series was a success, was nominated for several awards, and received a novel adaptation. And yet there's still no DVD release, so if you want to watch it... tough luck.
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!!Tropes featured in the series include:
* ArtificialIntelligence: Virgil.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Virgil, at times.
* ComputerVirus: Catalyst is attacked by one of these in "It's Only Words".
* TheCracker: Sabretooth, from the episode of the same name.
* ExactWords: Episode "Free Stuff" -- Marcello tries getting rich by creating a program which searches the internet and automatically accepts all offers which include the word "free". Too late he realizes that it also accepts offers along the lines of "buy for 10000$, get one free" and the like.
* FilmFelons: A non-film example--in the episode "Rear Windows", a criminal gang releases a game on the internet to "crowdsource" a kidnapping strategy from the unaware players.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: The first episode is all about the question: which of the five kids gets the job? The second episode likewise has a lot of tension about the fate of Virgil. All of these characters end up becoming regular protagonists.
* HollywoodGameDesign: The series generally plays fast-and-loose with the way video game industry is depicted. For starters, the very premise of game testing being an awesome, fascinating job is shaky.
* HollywoodHacking: "The Shadow" features Hollywood-style hacker tracking--a program which, in a ViewerFriendlyInterface, slowly homes in on (and loudly announces) the hacker's home city, street address, and finally (somehow) their name.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Apparently the producer itself (Australian Children's Television Foundation) doesn't have the rights to release the series on DVD. Take a look at the two trailers on YouTube; the comment sections are full of people pining to watch the series again.
* MagicalComputer: All over the place, generally.
* ThePlace: "Crash Zone" is what the main characters name their workplace.
* PunnyName: Virgil Reality's name, a pun on "virtual reality".
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Virgil's virtual form gets a redesign in the second season--in the first one he looks like a blurry splotch with a face, in the second one he's simply a floating head.
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