Seanbaby
Encyclopedia
Sean Patrick Reiley better known as Seanbaby, is an American writer best known for his comedy website and frequent contributions to video game media outlets Electronic Gaming Monthly
and 1UP.com
. He is also a regular contributor to the humor website Cracked.com. His site began as a personal homepage while he was studying for his bachelor's degree
in Art at the University of Idaho
, Moscow, Idaho
. He continued to expand the page after moving to Portland, Oregon
, and San Francisco, California. Updates have been infrequent in recent years, but as of 2006 he has made considerable new modifications to the website.
According to the March 5, 2007 episode of the EGM Live*
podcast, the nickname "Seanbaby" originated when an excitable female acquaintance would refer to him as "Sean, baby!".
cartoon
, critiques on old DC
comics, a collection of Hostess Pie ads (with commentary), sarcastic commentary on Christian fundamentalists and hipsters, poorly translated English, reviews of bad movies and comic
s, ineffective or overblown self-defense
techniques, current events, and a photo gallery of himself with friends. Cynicism and ridicule punctuate the nostalgia and parody of Seanbaby.com.
One of the most famous moments in his website's history occurred when Seanbaby created a section to lampoon letters that appeared in early issues of Nintendo Power
. One of the targets was an East Lyme, Connecticut
man named Mark Discordia (chosen because, despite being in his mid-30s at the time he wrote to the magazine, appeared to have a child-like appreciation of the Nintendo Entertainment System
). A man purporting to be Discordia began a flame war with Seanbaby, which was highlighted by the man's outlandish claims of affluence, promiscuity and illegal drug usage.
Seanbaby is an avid admirer of media icons Mr. T
, Lynda Carter
, Steven Seagal
, Rudy Ray Moore
, Bruce Willis
, Jean-Claude Van Damme
, and Bruce Campbell
. He also helped bring James H. Vipond and Miguel of Fat Chicks in Party Hats into the public consciousness, although some have speculated that "Miguel" is just a Seanbaby pseudonym. Seanbaby has claimed that Lowtax from Something Awful
mimicked the Fat Chicks in Party Hats concept. Over the course of many of his comedy articles, he also claims that he nourishes a burning hatred against Gregory J.P. Godek, author of several romance guide books, and vocally despises the newspaper comic The Family Circus
, often lampooning it in his articles..
Seanbaby has collaborated on several projects with Erik Wolpaw
from Old Man Murray
. He is known for the idiosyncratic color of his hair, most often rendered in illustrations as a red and blue mohawk.
. In addition to his reviews and other content, he wrote a monthly column concerning awful games entitled "Rest of The Crap". Seanbaby was a frequent contributor on the popular gaming website 1UP.com
where his EGM work was posted and provides commentary for bad games on 1UP's Broken Pixels show. He writes a column for The Wave magazine from Silicon Valley
that is entitled 'The Final Last Word' which appears in every issue.
He was also a writer for the short-lived MTV2
animated comedy show The Adventures of Chico and Guapo
.
As of late he did return to regularly updating seanbaby.com and has begun working as a columnist for Cracked.
Seanbaby also has written for late night comedy television website AdultSwim.com in his own column on the website called Library of a Madman, where he reviews books in his typical critical style.
and a weekly radio show.
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Electronic Gaming Monthly is a bimonthly American video game magazine. It has been published by EGM Media, LLC. since relaunching in April of 2010. Its previous run, which ended in January 2009, was published by Ziff Davis...
and 1UP.com
1UP.com
1UP.com is a video game website owned by IGN Entertainment, a division of News Corporation. Previously, the site was owned by Ziff Davis before being sold to UGO Entertainment in 2009....
. He is also a regular contributor to the humor website Cracked.com. His site began as a personal homepage while he was studying for his bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in Art at the University of Idaho
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...
, Moscow, Idaho
Moscow, Idaho
Moscow is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border. It is the most populous city and county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, the land grant institution and primary research university for the state...
. He continued to expand the page after moving to Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, and San Francisco, California. Updates have been infrequent in recent years, but as of 2006 he has made considerable new modifications to the website.
According to the March 5, 2007 episode of the EGM Live*
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Electronic Gaming Monthly is a bimonthly American video game magazine. It has been published by EGM Media, LLC. since relaunching in April of 2010. Its previous run, which ended in January 2009, was published by Ziff Davis...
podcast, the nickname "Seanbaby" originated when an excitable female acquaintance would refer to him as "Sean, baby!".
Seanbaby.com
Seanbaby's original website houses many reviews of old video games, a substantial section on the old Super-FriendsSuper Friends
Super Friends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup...
cartoon
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
, critiques on old DC
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
comics, a collection of Hostess Pie ads (with commentary), sarcastic commentary on Christian fundamentalists and hipsters, poorly translated English, reviews of bad movies and comic
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
s, ineffective or overblown self-defense
Self-defense
Self-defense, self-defence or private defense is a countermeasure that involves defending oneself, one's property or the well-being of another from physical harm. The use of the right of self-defense as a legal justification for the use of force in times of danger is available in many...
techniques, current events, and a photo gallery of himself with friends. Cynicism and ridicule punctuate the nostalgia and parody of Seanbaby.com.
One of the most famous moments in his website's history occurred when Seanbaby created a section to lampoon letters that appeared in early issues of Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power
Nintendo Power magazine is a monthly news and strategy magazine formerly published in-house by Nintendo of America, but now run independently. As of issue #222 , Nintendo contracted publishing duties to Future US, the U.S. subsidiary of British publisher Future.The first issue published was...
. One of the targets was an East Lyme, Connecticut
East Lyme, Connecticut
East Lyme is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 18,118 at the 2000 census. The latitude of East Lyme is 41.353N...
man named Mark Discordia (chosen because, despite being in his mid-30s at the time he wrote to the magazine, appeared to have a child-like appreciation of the Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
). A man purporting to be Discordia began a flame war with Seanbaby, which was highlighted by the man's outlandish claims of affluence, promiscuity and illegal drug usage.
Seanbaby is an avid admirer of media icons Mr. T
Mr. T
Mr. T is an American actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team, as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, and for his appearances as a professional wrestler. Mr. T is known for his trademark African Mandinka warrior hairstyle, his gold jewelry,...
, Lynda Carter
Lynda Carter
Lynda Jean Carter is an American actress and singer, best known for being Miss World USA and as the star of the 1970s television series The New Original Wonder Woman and The New Adventures of Wonder Woman ....
, Steven Seagal
Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal is an American action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, guitarist and reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal began his adult life as an Aikido instructor in Japan...
, Rudy Ray Moore
Rudy Ray Moore
Rudy Ray Moore was an American comedian, musician, singer, film actor, and film producer. He was perhaps best known as Dolemite , the uniquely articulate pimp from the 1975 film Dolemite, and its sequel, The Human Tornado...
, Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis
Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and musician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles...
, Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg , professionally known as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor, best known for his martial arts action films, the most successful of which include Bloodsport , Kickboxer , Double Impact , Universal Soldier , Hard Target , Timecop ,...
, and Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lorne Campbell is an American film and television actor. As a cult movie actor, Campbell starred as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series of films and he has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Bubba Ho-tep, Escape From L.A. and Sundown:...
. He also helped bring James H. Vipond and Miguel of Fat Chicks in Party Hats into the public consciousness, although some have speculated that "Miguel" is just a Seanbaby pseudonym. Seanbaby has claimed that Lowtax from Something Awful
Something Awful
Something Awful, often abbreviated to SA, is a comedy website housing a variety of content, including blog entries, forums, feature articles, digitally edited pictures, and humorous media reviews. It was created by Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka in 1999 as a largely personal website, but as it grew, so...
mimicked the Fat Chicks in Party Hats concept. Over the course of many of his comedy articles, he also claims that he nourishes a burning hatred against Gregory J.P. Godek, author of several romance guide books, and vocally despises the newspaper comic The Family Circus
The Family Circus
The Family Circus is a syndicated comic strip created by cartoonist Bil Keane and currently written, inked, and colored by his son, Jeff Keane. The strip generally uses a single captioned panel with a round border, hence the original name of the series, which was changed following objections from...
, often lampooning it in his articles..
Seanbaby has collaborated on several projects with Erik Wolpaw
Erik Wolpaw
Erik Wolpaw is an American videogame writer. Erik along with Chet Faliszek were the two writers behind the now-defunct Old Man Murray video game commentary web site. As of 2011, he works for Valve Software in Seattle...
from Old Man Murray
Old Man Murray
Old Man Murray was a UGO Networks computer game commentary and reviews site, known for its highly irreverent and satiric tone. It was written and edited by Chet Faliszek and Erik Wolpaw. Old Man Murray was critical of games that received strong reviews elsewhere, most notably the King's Quest...
. He is known for the idiosyncratic color of his hair, most often rendered in illustrations as a red and blue mohawk.
Recent activities
Seanbaby was a frequent writer for Electronic Gaming MonthlyElectronic Gaming Monthly
Electronic Gaming Monthly is a bimonthly American video game magazine. It has been published by EGM Media, LLC. since relaunching in April of 2010. Its previous run, which ended in January 2009, was published by Ziff Davis...
. In addition to his reviews and other content, he wrote a monthly column concerning awful games entitled "Rest of The Crap". Seanbaby was a frequent contributor on the popular gaming website 1UP.com
1UP.com
1UP.com is a video game website owned by IGN Entertainment, a division of News Corporation. Previously, the site was owned by Ziff Davis before being sold to UGO Entertainment in 2009....
where his EGM work was posted and provides commentary for bad games on 1UP's Broken Pixels show. He writes a column for The Wave magazine from Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
that is entitled 'The Final Last Word' which appears in every issue.
He was also a writer for the short-lived MTV2
MTV2
MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...
animated comedy show The Adventures of Chico and Guapo
The Adventures of Chico and Guapo
The Adventures of Chico and Guapo is a show that aired originally on MTV2's Sic 'Em Fridays, but currently it can be found on MTV Overdrive. Set in New York City, the show is about two interns trying to get ahead in the music business. Chico and Guapo work at Mr. Angelo's Recording Studio...
.
As of late he did return to regularly updating seanbaby.com and has begun working as a columnist for Cracked.
Seanbaby also has written for late night comedy television website AdultSwim.com in his own column on the website called Library of a Madman, where he reviews books in his typical critical style.
Media appearances
Seanbaby has been featured on several websites and has hosted a program on MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
and a weekly radio show.
Radio
- The ATHENA Superpower Hour: KUOIKUOIKUOI-FM is a freeform, college radio station at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. It broadcasts in Moscow, the neighboring city Pullman, Washington, and in other townships on the Palouse. KUOI is headquartered in the third floor of the Student Union Building at 6th St. and Deakin St., on...
89.3 FM; Moscow, IdahoMoscow, IdahoMoscow is a city in northern Idaho, situated along the Washington/Idaho border. It is the most populous city and county seat of Latah County and the home of the University of Idaho, the land grant institution and primary research university for the state...
; 1998 (co-host)
Television appearances
- Electronic Gaming MonthlyElectronic Gaming MonthlyElectronic Gaming Monthly is a bimonthly American video game magazine. It has been published by EGM Media, LLC. since relaunching in April of 2010. Its previous run, which ended in January 2009, was published by Ziff Davis...
Special: The 15 Best Games of the Millennium and Their Sequels, MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
(host) - Video Game VixensVideo Game VixensVideo Game Vixens was a special four-part TV show hosted by Hal Sparks on G4 that featured what the network considered to be "the sexiest female video game characters of the year." It debuted in June 2005...
, G4 (judge) - Attack of the Show, G4 (guest host)
- G4tv.comG4tv.comG4tv.com, also known as G4tv: The Show or simply G4tv, is a weekly video game talk show that aired on G4 and was produced by Laura Foy. The questions and polls used on the show were from the G4tv.com discussion forums live chatroom and were on any topic concerning games or the technology of gaming...
, G4 (guest host) - Top Ten Best and Worst Videogames, MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
(guest)
See also
- Daniel O'BrienDaniel O'Brien (comedian)Daniel O'Brien , also known as "DOB", is a humorist, roller blade enthusiast, and senior writer for Cracked.com. Cracked magazine has existed in print since 1958 but was relaunched in its present form in 2006...
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- MaddoxMaddox (writer)Maddox is the pen name of George Ouzounian, an American humorist, satirist, Internet personality, and author. He gained fame on the Internet in the early 2000s for his opinion-oriented website, The Best Page in the Universe, which he still maintains. His first book, The Alphabet of Manliness ,...