Dorkly Reveals the Weird Side of Video Games: In-Bred Yoshis, Sleazy Agents and… Waluigi

Ever wonder what Waluigi is like when he’s not playing tennis or driving a go-kart? The guys at Dorkly will make you wish you didn’t!

Video game inspired cartoons have been all over the internet for years, but the stuff at Dorkly is actually well-animated, well-acted and, you know funny. The art form of moving pixels around to tell a joke has evolved a lot since the early days of “let’s make Mario swear and have blood and boobies and stuff!”

The slimeball agent is easily Dorkly’s best original character:

The voices and sense of humor seemed a little familiar, so I wasn’t too surprised to find out Dorkly is a spin-off of College Humor:

This is definitely a site to keep an eye on. Just doing a little research for this post I ended up wasting about an hour there, with cartoons covering everything from Bowser’s nagging wife, to Link’s yard sale to Dr. Light guilt-tripping Mega Man. They’re not all winners, but they put out so many you’re going to find something you like. You can check ‘em out here. And here’s one for the road that ties in with my MIA Mario Villains post: