Seanbaby
{{Short description|American writer and video-game designer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox writer
| image = Seanbaby 2003.jpg
| caption = Seanbaby, on the left, at E3 in 2003 with a fan
| name = Seanbaby
| birth_name = Sean Patrick Reiley
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|06|15}}
| birth_place =
| occupation = Comedy writer, columnist
| alma_mater = University of Idaho
| genre = Satire, fratire, comedy
| website = {{URL|http://www.seanbaby.com}}
}}
Sean Patrick Reiley (born June 15, 1976),{{cite web|url=http://seanbaby.com/about/index.html|title=About Seanbaby.com|work=Seanbaby.com|accessdate=November 6, 2015}} better known as Seanbaby, is an American writer and video-game designer best known for his comedy website and frequent contributions to video game media outlets Electronic Gaming Monthly and 1UP.com, as well as the humor website Cracked.com.{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2006/10/seanbaby_vs_uwe/|title=Seanbaby vs. Uwe Boll|last=Kohler|first=Chris|date=October 23, 2006|work=Wired News|accessdate=July 17, 2012}}{{cite web | title=Seanbaby speaks: "Calculords is a weird idea that I'd never get to see unless I made it" | url=http://www.pockettactics.com/features/seanbaby-speaks-calculords-weird-idea-id-never-get-see-unless-made/ | website=Pocket Tactics | date=October 2013 }}{{cite news | url=http://humor.gunaxin.com/interview-seanbaby/172631 | title=Interview with Seanbaby | newspaper=Gunaxin Humor | first=Dustin | last=Koski | date=March 2013}}
Writing career
Seanbaby's original website houses many reviews of old video games, a substantial section on the old Super-Friends cartoon, critiques on old DC comics, a collection of Hostess Pie ads (with commentary),{{cite web | url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/all-the-hostess-comics-ads-in-one-creamy-cake/ | title=All the Hostess comics ads in one creamy cake | website=The Beat | date=Nov 2012}} sarcastic commentary on Christian fundamentalists and hipsters, examples of poorly translated English, reviews of bad movies and comics, ineffective or overblown self-defense techniques, current events, and a photo gallery of himself with friends.
Seanbaby was a frequent writer for Electronic Gaming Monthly.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.egmnow.com/press/SEANBABY-REILEY-JOINS-EGM.html |title=Sean "Seanbaby" Reiley Re-joins EGM |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |date=December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100303043307/http://www.egmnow.com/press/SEANBABY-REILEY-JOINS-EGM.html |archivedate=March 3, 2010 }} In addition to his reviews and other content, he wrote a monthly column concerning bad games entitled "Rest of The Crap." He was a frequent contributor on the popular gaming website 1UP.com, where his EGM work was posted. He provides commentary on bad games for 1UP's Broken Pixels show. He also writes a column called "The Final Last Word" for The Wave magazine of Silicon Valley.
He was also a writer for the short-lived MTV2 animated comedy show The Adventures of Chico and Guapo. He has returned to regularly updating seanbaby.com and began writing as a columnist for Cracked.com.{{cite web|url=http://mancave.cbslocal.com/2015/09/01/seanbaby-the-internets-own-hilarity-technician/|title=Seanbaby, the Internet's Own Hilarity Technician|last=Totland|first=Martin|work=CBS Local Media|date=September 1, 2015|accessdate=November 6, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919211306/http://mancave.cbslocal.com/2015/09/01/seanbaby-the-internets-own-hilarity-technician/|archivedate=September 19, 2015|df=mdy-all}} Apart from the typical "listicles" of Cracked.com, Seanbaby's articles also include parodical comics, usually golden-age comicbooks with altered dialogue, and the running gag of 1930's ice-cream mascot "Popsicle Pete" being characterized as a supernatural monster. In 2020, he and fellow Cracked veteran Robert Brockway began publishing comedy articles on the Patreon-supported 1-900-HOTDOG where they also produce a weekly podcast, the Dogg Zzone 9000. Seanbaby and Brockway and Jason Pargin also created the 'Bigfeets' podcast, recapping the television show Mountain Monsters.{{cite web |author=Bigfeets |title=Bigfeets |website=soundcloud.com |url=https://soundcloud.com/1800bigfeets}}
Calculords
{{Main|Calculords}}
Seanbaby is the creator of the mobile game Calculords, which combines elements of lane attack, collectible card games, and math puzzles.{{cite web | url=http://mancave.cbslocal.com/2014/04/14/calculords-saving-the-galaxy-with-basic-arithmetic/ | title='Calculords': Saving the Galaxy with Basic Arithmetic | website=CBS Local | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150548/http://mancave.cbslocal.com/2014/04/14/calculords-saving-the-galaxy-with-basic-arithmetic/ | archivedate=April 2, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}{{cite web | url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/03/03/5-hit-points-trying-to-stump-calculords-seanbaby-with-math-problems-and-80s-based-trivia/ | title=5 Hit Points: Trying to stump Calculords' Seanbaby with math problems and '80s-based trivia | date=March 2014 | first=Dan | last=Hsu | website=Gamesbeat }} According to Sean, "Calculords is a weird idea that I’d never get to see unless I made it".
A sequel, Calculords 2: Rise of the Shadow Nerd, has been announced.{{ Cite news | url=http://www.pockettactics.com/news/ios-news/seanbaby-set-to-cure-all-the-worlds-ills-with-calculords-sequel/ | title=Seanbaby set to cure all the world's ills with Calculords sequel | author= Dave Neumann | website=Pocket Tactics | date=January 2016}}
Filmography
=Radio=
- The ATHENA Superpower Hour: KUOI 89.3 FM; Moscow, Idaho; 1998 (co-host)
=Television appearances=
- Electronic Gaming Monthly Special: The 15 Best Games of the Millennium and Their Sequels, MTV (host)
- Video Game Vixens, G4 (judge)
- Attack of the Show, G4 (guest host)
- G4tv.com, G4 (guest host)
- Top Ten Best and Worst Videogames, MTV (guest)
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official|url=http://www.seanbaby.com}}
- [http://www.cracked.com/members/Seanbaby/ Seanbaby] on Cracked.com
- {{IMDb name|id=1993802|name=Seanbaby}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060713015659/http://egm.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3137235 Seanbaby's "Rest of the Crap" Archive]
- [https://1900hotdog.com/ 1900hotdog.com]
Category:American Internet celebrities
Category:American comedy websites
Category:American video game designers