Sean Patrick Reiley (born June 15, 1976), 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 ''

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'' and 1UP.com, as well as the humor website

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Writing career

Seanbaby's original website houses many reviews of old

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s, a substantial section on the old ''Super-Friends''

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, critiques on old

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, a collection of Hostess Pie ads (with commentary), sarcastic commentary on Christian fundamentalists and hipsters, examples of poorly translated English, reviews of bad movies and

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s, ineffective or overblown

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techniques, current events, and a photo gallery of himself with friends. Seanbaby was a frequent writer for ''

''. 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

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. He was also a writer for the short-lived

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animated comedy show '' The Adventures of Chico and Guapo''. He has returned to regularly updating seanbaby.com and began writing as a columnist for

. 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''.

Calculords

Seanbaby is the creator of the mobile game ''Calculords'', which combines elements of lane attack, collectible card games, and math puzzles. 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.

Filmography

Radio

*The ATHENA Superpower Hour:

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89.3 FM;

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; 1998 (co- host)

Television appearances

*''

'' Special: The 15 Best Games of the Millennium and Their Sequels,

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( host) *''Video Game Vixens'', G4 (judge) *''

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'', G4 (guest host) *'' G4tv.com'', G4 (guest host) *''Top Ten Best and Worst Videogames'',

(guest)

References

External links

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Seanbaby's "Rest of the Crap" Archive1900hotdog.com
1976 births Living people American Internet celebrities American comedy websites American critics American video game designers Video game critics University of Idaho alumni Place of birth missing (living people)