Jo Jacobus Wilhelmus Luijten (Roermond, April 24, 1978) is a Dutch comedy video artist & video game developer who works with Kinna McInroe as narrator under the pseudonym of Squirrel-Monkey.
Jo Luijten | |
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 Luijten performing at the Ha Ha Cafe Comedy Club in North Hollywood | |
| Born | Jo Jacobus Wilhelmus Luijten April 24, 1978 (age 46) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
| Occupation | Video artist |
| Years active | 2012-present |
| Website | www |
Videos
editMost of the Squirrel-Monkey videos show what social networking sites and video games might have looked like if created on the computers of the 1980s or 1990s. Since their introduction in March 2012,[1] the videos have received positive press from a number of news and technology websites, including Mashable,[2] Wired,[3] The Huffington Post,[4] CNET[5] and Gizmodo.[6]
The Nighthawk Cinema in New York City in collaboration with Daily Motion selected his Squirrel-Monkey video If Angry Birds were invented in the ’80s for the Cinema Selects cinema screening.[7] The Hungarian online magazine Urbnplyr considered the video If Instagram were invented in the '80s... as one of the best videos of 2014.[8]
Luijten also works outside of the Squirrel-Monkey productions. In 2013, as part of the YouTube Comedy Week, Warwick Davis presented Warwick Davis' Top 10 Tech Sketch Moments, which included a video made by Luijten.[9]
Games
editIn 2016 Luijten developed two election-inspired online games, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump as their main characters.[10] The object of the game is to win the United States presidential election.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ Squirrel-Monkey (2012-03-18). If Facebook were invented in the '90s... (YouTube). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ^ Wasserman, Todd (April 3, 2012). "What If 'The Facebook' Was Invented in the '90s?". Mashable. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ Watercutter, Angela (February 4, 2014). "If Instagram Was Around in the '80s, This Would Be Its Launch Video". Wired. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ Brooks, Katherine (February 25, 2013). "The Joy Of ASCII: Bob Ross Video Just Might Be The Strangest Painting How-To We've Ever Seen (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ Moyer, Andres (April 5, 2012). "Twitter, Facebook go retro like Google Maps". CNET. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ Liszewski, Andrew (February 4, 2014). "Instagram Would Have Been Even Awesomer In the 80s". Gizmodo. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ [1], Nitehawk Hatched, April 30, 2012.
- ^ [2], LISTAPORNÓ 2014: az év legjobb videói , December 25, 2014.
- ^ Davis, Warwick (May 24, 2013). "Warwick Davis' Top 10 Tech Sketch Moments". The Multiverse. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ Fashingbauer Cooper, Fashingbauer Cooper (June 8, 2016). "Trump and Clinton star in retro video games you can really play". CNET. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ^ Blevins, Blevins (June 3, 2016). "Presidential Blitz turns the blighted 2016 election into a fun, retro game". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ^ Sabris, Sabris (June 7, 2016). "Presidential Blitz turns 2016 election into retro game". CNET. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
External links
edit- Jo Luijten at IMDb
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