VIDEO: "Athene," "Furious" tell mummy they're in the LA Times

Yesterday  I wrote about iPower, the group that's become a YouTube sensation with it's pseudo-reality show "Athene."  Here's a little excerpt:

For the last several months, iPower, as the group is called, has had a constant presence on the site's most-viewed list, with a strange, twice-weekly video series starring 27-year-old Chiren Boumaaza as a video game "expert" who has spent so many thousands of hours playing World of Warcraft that his game avatar, Athene, has become invincibly powerful. Other players fear and even revere her (this is role-playing nerd-dom, remember).

The show's central joke, then, is that Boumaaza has become so obsessed with his character's game-world fame that he adopts the character's pugnacious, trash-talking identity even when he's not playing. His silent, sullen, hot-looking girlfriend, Tania, is always dutifully by his side, getting verbal abuse and occasional affection from him. Adding a layer of hilarity is the shirtless, scowling Furious, who wears a black cap and a trim blond beard, and whom Athene always introduces as "my boyfriend," even though neither of the characters is intended to be gay.

So wow, a little mainstream media attention can really go to a guy's head!  He just sent me a video of him walking to his mummy's house to tell her the news, which is that now that the article's out, he's going to be famous in Hollywood.  That's right people, Athene may be closing movie deals by the end of the week. 

For his poor mummy's sake, we can only hope things work out.  Anyway, check out the video, and if your GPS unit, CDs or wallet got ripped off last time you were in Antwerp, well, you may have a lead.

(Translation tip: Athene says "pwn" a lot -- which means to 'kick the butt of' in geekspeak)

Comments

[Crisharn]

Followed him for a long time now, he and his group is serious. The IPOWER clips are really good to listen to, you can understand that they aren't this cursing in real life. they are masterminds which knows what lifes about

[Addict]

LOL, too funny. Made my day.

[floedel]

Athene wins! ;D

[Nancy]

Ah! I am so happy for them! People should really see the group's more serious videos as well; they defend net neutrality and and discuss interesting themes such as: fluoride in public water, and the severity of a blogged suicide. Congratulations to the entire IPOWER team!! And why were Ian and Dean cut out of the picture?! Haha, I can see their hair.. Boo, LA-TImes..

[Alex]

Athene and the rest of IPOWER can be funny, but then in some clips you see the true, intelligent people who are making a difference.