Even My Name is Earl has a bit o’ gamer in it

Forget for a minute that the kids in the show get an Xbox in the most recent episode. There’s a far more subtle moment in NBC’s My Name is Earl episode titled “My Name is Alias.”

During a few flashbacks through Darnell “Crabman” Turner’s secret agent career, there’s a quick scene in a jungle where a man is beating an oversized drum. Then another man peeks in through the trees and says, “There’s about to be a Donkey Kong killscreen in the game tent, if you’re interested.”

That moment is a direct parody of…