Kinda Funny

Kinda Funny is an online entertainment company that produces videos and podcasts on video game culture, film, television, and comics.

Kinda Funny
IndustryEntertainment
GenreComedy, Video games
FoundedJanuary 5, 2015 (2015-01-05)
FoundersGreg Miller
Colin Moriarty
Nick Scarpino
Tim Gettys
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
United States
ServicesOnline video
Community website
Websitekindafunny.com

Kinda Funny creates content on two YouTube channels: The primary Kinda Funny channel features comedy videos such as Kinda Funny: The Animated Series, as well as Kinda Funny's flagship podcast 'The Kinda Funny Podcast' (formerly 'The GameOverGreggy Show'), while Kinda Funny Games is the company's video game arm focusing on Let's Plays and weekly podcast The Kinda Funny Gamescast. Since June 19, 2017, the Kinda Funny Games arm of the company has produced a live, daily, video games news podcast, for YouTube and the streaming website, Twitch, under the name "Kinda Funny Games Daily".

History
Kinda Funny members (from left) Gettys, Miller, and Scarpino at RTX in 2015.

On January 5, 2015, prominent IGN editors and producers Greg Miller, Colin Moriarty, Nick Scarpino, and Tim Gettys left the video game entertainment company to begin their own entertainment venture.[1] The new company was funded primarily through viewer support, and crowdfunding on Patreon.[2]

The channel covers games, film, television, and comics, as was covered at IGN, but often touches on other topics such as politics and snack foods. Their fans at IGN appreciated their off-topic commentary on these other subjects, so they decided to pursue it full-time with daily podcasts, live game and video streams, and produced YouTube shows. Their crowdfunding had raised $30,000 in the months leading up to their decision, and $10,000 the day of their announcement.[3] Soon after, raised close to $35,000 a month between two Patreon accounts. Ben Kuchera of Polygon viewed the news as evidence that fan-funded content had reached new levels, and remarked that content-creators served to make more money when fans paid creators directly rather than the creators using advertising to raise money from fans.[4] The team also continued to freelance for IGN after they left.[5]

On March 30, 2016, Kinda Funny formed a partnership with Rooster Teeth by joining the LetsPlay Network and now occasionally appear in video content on the LetsPlay channel, as well as selling merchandise through the Rooster Teeth online store and participate in LetsPlay events.[6]

New Kinda Funny content featured during one of GameSpot's two stage shows at the 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo.[7] Greg Miller was named "Trending Gamer" at the 2015 The Game Awards[8] and "Most Entertaining Online Personality" at the 2016 SXSW Gaming Awards.[9]

On March 13, 2017, Colin Moriarty announced his resignation from the company following a difference in creative vision with the rest of the Kinda Funny co-founders.[10]

In January 2019, Kinda Funny announced Kinda Funny 4.0. This included the end of The Morning Show and the beginning of many new weekly shows. These include Internet Explorerz, KF/AF, Screencast, Party Mode, and Debatable. The group also retooled their podcast lineup; most notably they retired the long running GameOverGreggy Podcast and replaced it with The Kinda Funny Podcast. The Kinda Funny initiative was kicked off with a month long Patreon fundraiser drive.[11] The month was so successful that Kinda Funny was able to kick off a Kinda Funny World Tour 2019.

References
  1. Campbell, Colin. "Greg Miller quits IGN for new venture". Polygon. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  2. Schreier, Jason. "Kotaku Asks: Video Game Personality Greg Miller [Q&A Over]". Kotaku. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  3. Calvin, Alex. "Why are some of the games media's biggest names turning to Patreon?". MCV. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  4. Kuchera, Ben. "Patreon, Greg Miller and the real cost of going indie". Polygon. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  5. Sinclair, Brendan. "Greg Miller leaves IGN". Games Industry. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  6. Gutelle, Sam. "Gaming Channels Kinda Funny, Rooster Teeth Announce Partnership". Tubefilter. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  7. Paget, Mat. "Kinda Funny, Screw Attack, iJustine, and More Partnering With GameSpot for E3 Live Show". Gamespot. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  8. Makuch, Eddie. "Witcher 3 Wins Overall Game of the Year at 2015 Game Awards". Gamespot. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  9. Dornbush, Jonathon. "SXSW Gaming Awards 2016 winners". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  10. Moriarty, Colin (March 13, 2017). "Colin Moriarty - "It's with a heavy heart and great sadness that I announce my resignation from Kinda Funny, effective immediately."". Facebook. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  11. "New in 2019". Kinda Funny. January 4, 2019. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
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