Ben Popken edit
Ben Popken | |
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| Born | 19 April 1982 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, blogger |
| Website | http://iambenpopken.com |
Ben Popken is a journalist and blogger known for his work as the former site lead and Managing Editor of Consumerist.com, a daily consumer affairs blog started by Gawker Media in 2006 and sold to Consumer Reports in 2009.
Keith Lowell Jensen edit
Keith Lowell Jensen | |
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| Born | March 5, 1972 |
| Occupation | Stand-up Comedian |
| Website | http://keithlowelljensen.blogspot.com |
Keith Lowell Jensen (born March 5th, 1972) is an American stand-up comic. He released two hour long comedy albums, To The Moon (2009) and Cats Made of Rabbits (2011) before signing with Stand Up! Records in 2012. Elf Orgy came out on Stand Up! in 2013 [1] and Atheist Christmas in 2014.[2] Atheist Christmas was also released as a special and is currently playing on Hulu. [3] Jensen produced and performed in the Coexist Comedy Tour which was the subject of the documentary film of the same name, directed by Larry Brand and released by 8180 film in 2013 [4]. The film played on The Starz Network [5] after being premiered at Michael Moore's Winter Comedy Arts Festival.[6] Jensen also co-produced and directed Why Lie? I Need a Drink, a documentary on panhandling with Jonathan Morken's Apprehensive Films. [7] Jensen has appeared on Spike TV's Manswers as a panhandling expert, [8] and on The History Channel's How The States Got Their Shapes as an atheist comedian competing against a Christian Comedian in an American religious history trivia competition. In addition to comedy clubs Jensen performs frequently at atheist and skeptic themed events such as Skepticon [9], Reasonfest, [10] The Secular Student Alliance National Convention [11], and American Atheists National Convention[12].
External links edit
Category:American humorists Category:American skeptics Category:American stand-up comedians
Bob Chipman (critic) edit
Moviebob | |
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| Occupation(s) | Film, Video game critic, |
| Employer | Freelance |
| Known for | Film criticism, Video game journalism |
| Website | Moviebob |
Bob "Moviebob" Chipman is an independent film and video game critic, best known for his time spent at The Escapist.[13][14]
Career edit
Pre-Escapist edit
Before The Escapist, Chipman produced an independent series titled The Game Overthinker, which was gaming commentary using video game fan-fiction as a framing device.
For The Escapist edit
For The Escapist, he produced a movie review series titled Escape to the Movies on Fridays. Later he produced a series titled The Big Picture about a lot of things from video games, comics, movies and the general geek culture.
Post Escapist edit
Chipman left writing for The Escapist on (date here). Since then he has been running an independent operation of movie reviews while producing weekly content for ScrewAttack. The first ScrewAttack show is called The New Game Overthinker which discusses video games and In Bob We Trust, which covers any other topic be it movies, comics or geek culture.
External Links edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ http://main.standuprecords.com/release/elf-orgy/
- ^ http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/funny-war-on-christmas/content?oid=12196718
- ^ www.hulu.com/watch/727565
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2158791/
- ^ http://www.starzplay.com/Movies/Details/17406
- ^ http://wintercomedy.org/the-coexist-comedy-tour/
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Why-Lie-I-Need-Drink/dp/B0040GMPJE
- ^ http://www.spike.com/video-clips/zmu6ii/manswers-professional-begging
- ^ http://skepticon.org/speaker/keith-lowell-jensen/
- ^ http://lanyrd.com/2013/reasonfest/
- ^ https://www.secularstudents.org/2014con/west/speakers
- ^ http://www.atheists.org/convention2013/entertainment
- ^
- ^ http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/08/10/harangue
Twitch.tv edit
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Type of site | Streaming video service |
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| Owner | Amazon.com |
| Key people |
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| URL | www |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | June 6, 2011 |
| Current status | Active |
- ^ Nunneley, Stephanie (August 27, 2013). "Twitch announces massive PAX Prime schedule". VG247. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
- ^ "Twich.tv Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved June 7, 2015.