Nick Scarpino talks about two things: video games and nerd culture. His professional responsibilities took him to work for a few entertainment companies on both sides of the camera. Nick is the founder of Kinda Funny, an online entertainment company, with a few of his friends who share his nervousness and penchant for comedic scenes. Nick is also an avid podcaster and co-anchors many of them under the Kinda Funny brand.
Who is Nick Scarpino?
Born on January 13, 1981, the bearded comedian is also a director, producer, writer and host on his online comedy website and “Kinda Funny” channels. Nick and his company maintain a massive presence and following on YouTube, Twitch, and Patreon. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from the University of California, Irvine in 2002.
In 2005 Nick Scarpino was hired by IGNEntertainment where he started as a video producer. Two years later, he assumed the role of Senior Video Producer and then Senior Supervising Producer two years later.
The same year, he became Director of Production for the company’s video department. He also doubled as a consulting producer for Flash-Frame Productions and Layer Media, a responsibility he held for over two years, culminating in March 2014 and 2015 respectively. He eventually left IGN in 2015 to create his own company after being responsible for production since 2014.
Nick’s online entertainment company had been floating around since 2013, but in 2015 he and his fellow co-founders decided to give it all their time and effort. Nick, Greg Miller, Colin Moriarty and Tim Gettys were all top IGN editors and producers. Kinda Funny focuses on creating video content on topics such as comedy, television and film, and gaming culture. They also occasionally touched on outside topics covering topics ranging from snacks to politics. This played a big role in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding received.
The capital for establishing Kinda Funny came in the form of viewer donations and crowdfunding on the membership platform, Patreon. Nick and his friends have created two main YouTube channels for the company. The first is called Kinda Funny and focuses primarily on comedy videos. The other Kinda Funny Games channel is the company’s video game arm.
The company also has two main podcasts: The GameOverGreggy Show and The Gamescast Funny Kind. In June 2017, Nick and his friends began co-hosting their third podcast. This is a daily live video game podcast called Kinda Funny Games Daily, produced for YouTube and Twitch. They then also started the Kinda Funny Morning Show Podcast.
In March 2016, Nick Scarpino and Kinda Funny entered into a partnership with Let’s Play Network, which resulted in their partnership with Rooster Teeth Productions, also an online entertainment company. Scarpino also appeared on Rooster Teeth’s famous ‘Achievement PIG’ game show.
Apart from live content on his online platforms, Nick has also appeared in a few movies and miniseries such as Not Another Zombie Apocalypse in 2013.
Who is Nick Scarpino’s wife?
Scarpino never passes up an opportunity to be unconventional. Nick, who has often spoken of his inability to plan events, describes his wife as his opposite in this context.
In an episode of The GameOverGregg show on JulyOctober 21, 2016, Nick explains how he proposed to his wife. He had decided to go broke to buy the perfect ring and had broached the idea that he and his then-fiancée needed to get away. He booked an expensive hotel and made dinner reservations. Just as they were dressed and about to leave the hotel room, he stopped and stared at her for a moment.
He commented on her beauty and mentioned that one thing was missing. He then got down on one knee and proposed.
Nick Scarpino has often talked about how they’re always sure to keep the humor at home. However, his wife doesn’t seem to get much screen time as almost nothing is known about her other than her relationship with her husband, an online celebrity.
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