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Ever since YouTube rolled out annotations two years ago, we’ve seen all kinds of games and even blatant attempts at gaming the in-video links. But for Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Rob Polonsky—or ChadMattandRob as they are known to their YouTube faithful, they saw annotations as a whole new way to tell stories on the popular video platform. The trio, along with Lonely Island member Jonah Goldstein, whipped up a string of elaborate interactive comedy series starting with 2008’s breakout The Time Machine, which scored several million views across its web of “episodes.” They followed it up with The Murder in 2009 and then this year’s The Birthday Party which bowed in January (see below). Now the trailer for their latest interactive quest—The Treasure Hunt—hit the internet today (above) expected to release sometime later this summer. Related News:‘Twilight: Eclipse’ – The 8-Bit Interactive Game Hits The...

Generally, judging objects by appearances (or in this case, a name) is a foolproof method for gauging the approximate substantial qualities of said objects. Thus, if I had not known any better (and I had not) I would’ve judged Chad, Matt & Rob by my own mental bookcover as three boring, ordinary frat boys making mediocre sketch comedy. Unfortunately, my tried and true method completely failed me here. These four La residents (Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Rob Polonsky, and Jonah Goldstein) have put together quite a portfolio of that rise high above their low-standard-setting name(s). Shall the children be punished for the sins of their fathers (or mothers)? No, no they shall not. What have we here, then? Alien attack pranks gone awry, movie spoofs gone awry, innocent games of cops & robbers gone awry! Sure, it sounds textbook, but alas, fool me twice….These fine, upstanding (I’ll assume...