Greg Miller (born April 27, 1983) is an American media personality who came to prominence as a former editor and video host for the entertainment website
IGN
''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...
. He is the co-founder and
CEO of the entertainment company
Kinda Funny, and has been employed by
WWE
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and vari ...
as a host since 2022.
Early life
Miller was born in
Glen Ellyn, Illinois, on April 27, 1983.
Growing up, he was very interested in video games and dreamed of writing for ''
Electronic Gaming Monthly
''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' (often abbreviated to ''EGM'') is a monthly American video game magazine. It offers video game news, coverage of industry events, interviews with gaming figures, editorial content and product reviews.
History
The m ...
'' or ''
GamePro''. He was the editor-in-chief of both of his high school's newspapers.
In 2005, he graduated from the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...
in
Columbia, Missouri, where he earned a degree in journalism and wrote for the ''
Columbia Missourian'', becoming the editor-in-chief Tom Warhover's go-to writer for video game content.
Career
Miller started his career at the
Columbia Tribune
The ''Columbia Daily Tribune'', commonly referred to as the ''Columbia Tribune'' or the ''Tribune'', is one of two daily newspapers in Columbia, Missouri, the other being the ''Columbia Missourian''. It is the only daily newspaper in Columbia whose ...
in 2005, after he was unable to find a job writing about video games. There, he was a general assignment reporter working the weekend nightshift and covering everything from politics to sports to tragedies. In 2006, he convinced the paper to give him his own column called ''Game Over'' to write about video games in addition to the difficult subject matter of his general assignments.
Miller joined IGN in 2007.
Miller was a frequent cast member and host on the IGN audio-video
podcast
A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosin ...
s ''Game Scoop!'' and ''Podcast Beyond''. Miller gained popularity with IGN fans hosting a video show called ''Up At Noon''.
Miller started his
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ...
channel ''GameOverGreggy'' in 2012, and he and IGN co-worker
Colin Moriarty
Kinda Funny is an online entertainment company that produces videos and podcasts on video game culture, film, television, and comics.
Kinda Funny creates content on two YouTube channels: The primary Kinda Funny channel features comedy videos su ...
were allowed to produce content as long as it wasn't about video games. In 2013, they rebranded the channel to ''Kinda Funny'', and produced a weekly show called ''GameOverGreggy'', alongside fellow IGN colleagues Nick Scarpino and Tim Gettys. In 2014, they started a
patreon
Patreon (, ) is a membership platform that provides business tools for content creators to run a subscription service. It helps creators and artists earn a monthly income by providing rewards and perks to their subscribers. Patreon charges a com ...
to fund their side project. Miller and his castmates left IGN on January 5, 2015, to found a company named after their YouTube channel.
In 2017 and 2018, Miller hosted the
D.I.C.E. Awards alongside
Jessica Chobot
Jessica Chobot (born Jessica Lynn Horn; July 7, 1977) is an American on-camera host and writer. She has hosted the IGN shows ''IGN Strategize'' and ''Weekly Wood'', which also runs on Xbox Live; she previously worked as presenter of the ''IGN ...
.
In 2021, he hosted
E3, alongside Jacki Jing and Alex “Goldenboy” Mendez.
Miller was named "Trending Gamer" at the 2015
The Game Awards
The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony honoring achievements in the video game industry. Established in 2014, the shows are produced and hosted by game journalist Geoff Keighley, who worked on its predecessor, the Spike Video Game Awards ...
and "Most Entertaining Online Personality" at the 2016
SXSW Gaming Awards. He was nominated for a
Streamy Award in 2014 for
Rooster Teeth
Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC is an American digital media company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman, Rooster Teeth is a subsidiary of W ...
's ''The Gauntlet'' in the category of best collaboration.
In 2016, Miller provided the voice of
Superboy
Superboy is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in American comicbooks published by DC Comics. These characters have been featured in several eponymous comic series, in addition to ''Adventure Comics'' and other series featuring ...
in
DC Universe Online
''DC Universe Online'' (''DCUO'') is a free-to-play action combat massively multiplayer online game set in the fictional universe of DC Comics. Developed by Dimensional Ink Games and co-published by Daybreak Game Company and WB Games, the game w ...
. Miller's affinity for
Spider-Man was memorialized in an
easter egg
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in the video game
Spider-Man as ''Shirtless Spider-Man''.
Miller has been a voice actor in numerous other video game titles, including
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2
''Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2'' is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One on 14 November ...
as Howard the Duck,
Lego DC Super-Villains
''Lego DC Super-Villains'' is a Lego-themed action-adventure platform video game developed by Traveller's Tales. The fourth installment in the '' Lego Batman'' series of games, it is a spin-off that focuses entirely on villains of the DC Univers ...
as Polka-Dot Man,
Lego Marvel's Avengers
''Lego Marvel's Avengers'' is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, for the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Wind ...
as Aldrich Killian, and
Oddworld: Soulstorm.
In 2020, Miller was invited to co-author the story ''Kill the
Batman'' from ''
The Joker
The Joker is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson, and first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book '' Batman'' on April 25, 1 ...
80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular'' #1 alongside
Rogue One
''Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' (or simply ''Rogue One'') is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards. The screenplay by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy is from a story by John Knoll and Gary Whitta. It was produced by L ...
writer
Gary Whitta
Gary Leslie Whitta (born 21 July 1972) is an English screenwriter, author, game designer, and video game journalist. He was editor-in-chief of both the UK and US editions of ''PC Gamer'' magazine and contributor to gaming magazine ''ACE''.
Whit ...
. In this year he also appeared in
The Solitaire Conspiracy, a video game by
Mike Bithell. Miller appears in full motion video sequences playing Jim Ratio, who serves as the player's handler throughout the campaign.
Miller was one of five co-owners of the
FCF Wild Aces indoor football team.
Personal life
Miller married his first wife while in college, but the couple divorced in 2008.
He married his second wife, Canadian video game shipment company co-founder Geneviève St-Onge, in May 2017. They have one child together.
Miller was diagnosed with
Hodgkin lymphoma
Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a type of lymphoma, in which cancer originates from a specific type of white blood cell called lymphocytes, where multinucleated Reed–Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the patient's lymph nodes. The condition w ...
in August 2012. His cancer has remained in remission since chemotherapy, but he has said that his personality changed due to the experience.
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
American male video game actors
American male voice actors
American media critics
American YouTubers
IGN
People from Glen Ellyn, Illinois
University of Missouri alumni
Video game critics
The Game Awards winners