Jon Brown
- Writer and executive producer
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E4 orders Dead Pixels Series 2
Dead Pixels, the sitcom about a friendship group who play a computer game together, is to return for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 18th July 2019World of Dorkcraft: this caustic new sitcom pokes fun at hardcore acolytes of online role-playing games, following exasperated office drone Meg (Raised by Wolves's brilliant Alexa Davies) and skittish shut-in Nicky (Will Merrick) as they happily ignore any and all real-world responsibilities to pursue intangible gains in the orc-filled world of Kingdom Scrolls. Creator Jon Brown - a writing veteran of Fresh Meat - clearly knows his virtual subject, mining surprising amounts of pathos and raunch from a plausibly gaudy gaming realm.
Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 28th March 2019Interview with Dead Pixels writer Jon Brown
Dead Pixels creator: 'So many films and TV shows get gaming so badly wrong'.
Den Of Geek, 28th March 2019Dead Pixels review
There are perils in making a comedy about gaming. After all, the core market may be too firmly glued to their screens to tune in, while the geeky image of the pastime that endures even as more people partake could be a turn-off for non-players.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 28th March 2019Dead Pixels generates comedy from gaming highs & lows
As if there wasn't enough good comedy on British television at the moment, with This Time, Fleabag, Derry Girls, Home and Timewasters currently on the air, Dead Pixels has now arrived to win laughs from the world of gaming.
Sophie Davies, The Custard TV, 28th March 2019Interview: Dead Pixels writer Jon Brown
"I wanted it to resonate with people who play games".
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 15th March 2019E4 orders half-animated computer game comedy from Fresh Meat team
Dead Pixels, a half-live action, half-animated comedy from the Fresh Meat producers, is coming to E4 next year. It focuses on friends obsessed with a computer game.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2017Jon Brown's lovable techcom is revealing unexpected reservoirs of tenderness and wisdom every week. Tonight, velociraptor boss Casey is looking to make cutbacks - and even the boys have to justify their positions (Ewan: "I'm like a giant dependable mound of back flesh"). Elsewhere, Josh's gift to his parents of a cultural world tour has had adverse consequences when, on return, mum Linda (Morwenna Banks) announces she's found herself - and wants out of her marriage.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 22nd May 2017Loaded review
When sitcom characters suddenly become wealthy, it's rarely good news for the viewer. Think Roseanne or Only Fools And Horses. But Channel 4's Loaded could well break that jinx, depicting four newly-minted tech millionaires who quickly realise that riches are the start of their problems, not the end.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 8th May 2017Loaded: episode one review
It needs the confidence to calm down.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 8th May 2017