Video Mods

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Video Mods
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Created byTony Shiff
Directed byKris Renkewitz
Frank Drucker
Benjamin Porcari
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producers Alex Coletti
Tony Shiff
ProducersParrish Gust
Greg Lontkowski
EditorsTerry Schwartz
Ron Douglas
John Laskas
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesBig Bear Entertainment
IBC Entertainment
Release
Original network MTV2
Original releaseSeptember 18, 2004 (2004-09-18) 
July 22, 2005 (2005-07-22)

Video Mods is a television series that aired on MTV2. This show turned video game characters into musicians. It was created by Tony Shiff of Big Bear Entertainment in 2003. A pilot aired in December 2003, having been underwritten by Electronic Arts. It was a form of branded entertainment, as the pilot featured characters from their games SSX 3 , The Sims 2 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted .

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In 2004, MTV2 Head of Programming Alex Coletti commissioned four new episodes which aired that fall. The pilot and all 2004 episodes were produced and directed by Shiff, with Animation Director Kris Renkewitz. In 2005, additional episodes were animated by IBC Digital and Elektrashock.

MTV never cleared the music rights for any purposes beyond their television airings, and for several years, a majority of the episodes have become lost media. In 2022, all of the episodes were unofficially available to view on YouTube, as well as various other sites.

Music videos

Game(s)Band/ArtistSong
NBA Street V3 Beastie Boys "Oh Word?"
Medal of Honor: European Assault Yellowcard "Only One"
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom [note 1] Blink-182 "All the Small Things"
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out"
Death, Jr. My Chemical Romance "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
Destroy All Humans! Sum 41 "Pieces"
Darkwatch Good Charlotte "Predictable"
Dungeon Lords Hoobastank "The Reason"
Fight Night Round 2 Ying Yang Twins "What's Happnin'"
Fight Club Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz "Get Low"
Half-Life 2 Breaking Benjamin "So Cold"
The Sims 2 Fountains of Wayne "Stacy's Mom"
BloodRayne 2 Evanescence "Everybody's Fool"
Outlaw Golf 2 The Darkness "I Believe in a Thing Called Love"
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude The Black Eyed Peas "Shut Up"
BloodRayne 2 , Jade Empire , Tribes: Vengeance , and Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude The Vines "Ride (The Vines song)"
Tribes: Vengeance The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon (The Von Bondies song)"
Dawn and Dusk Evanescence "Bring Me to Life"
Lineage II The Killers "Mr. Brightside"
Need for Speed: Most Wanted T.I. "Do Ya Thing"
BloodRayne 2 , Jade Empire , Tribes: Vengeance , and Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude New Found Glory "All Downhill from Here"
Star Wars: Battlefront II Foo Fighters "DOA"
SSX 3 Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris "Gossip Folks"
SSX 3 , The Sims 2 , Tribes: Vengeance , and The Urbz: Sims in the City The Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started"
Jade Empire Christina Milian "Dip It Low"
Juiced Jimmy Eat World "Pain"
Silent Hill 4: The Room Taking Back Sunday "This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)"
Indigo Prophecy Queens of the Stone Age "Little Sister"
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3 , Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 , Karaoke Revolution Party Ciara featuring Missy Elliott "1,2 Step"
SSX 3 , The Sims 2 , Unreal Tournament 2003 , Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness , Sonic Heroes , Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell , Tony Hawk's Underground 2 , Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy , Crash Bandicoot , SpongeBob SquarePants , Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude , and othersVG Unity"Stand and Choose"
SWAT 4 The Used "Take It Away"
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Unwritten Law "Save Me (Wake Up Call)"
Sid Meier's Pirates! The All-American Rejects "Dirty Little Secret"
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Jane's Addiction "Mountain Song"
L.A. Rush Twista "Hit the Floor"
EverQuest II Avenged Sevenfold "Bat Country"
The Sims 2: Nightlife Weezer "Beverly Hills"
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) PSC "Do Your Thang"
Guitar Hero Sum 41 "Fat Lip"
True Crime: New York City Fat Joe "Get It Poppin'"

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