Update: Max Scoville, co-host of The Comedy Button, has confirmed that he has joined IGN as a new host.
https://twitter.com/agentbizzle/status/552181448409485312
Original story: IGN veterans Greg Miller, Colin Moriarty, Nick Scarpino and Tim Gettys have announced on their respective Twitter accounts that they’ve left the entertainment website in order to keep working on their Kinda Funny YouTube channel.
Greg Miller served as an entertainment host for IGN and presented the well-known Up at Noon show, while Moriarty was one of IGN’s senior editors since April 2013.
Moriarty, Scarpino, Gettys and Miller are best known for their collaboration on The GameOverGreggy Show, which has included celebrity appearances from voice actor Dave Fennoy (The Walking Dead), actor Aisha Tyler (Archer) and film director Kevin Smith (Clerks).
I quit IGN. #KindaFunnyGames http://t.co/JW76jHUzSt pic.twitter.com/rICbbZ1crH
— Greg Miller (@GameOverGreggy) January 5, 2015
“In September, you changed our lives. We launched a Patreon for Kinda Funny, and your response was beyond (BEYOND!) our wildest expectations,” Greg wrote in a statement on their new crowdfunding Patreon page.
“The support, the tweets, the shares — it all showed that we really had built the community of best friends we’re always talking about. And, once we knew that, all we wanted to do was make more content for you.
“Enter Kinda Funny Games. Now that we don’t work for IGN, we can talk about the stuff you’ve always wanted us to talk about on YouTube — games.
“We’re launching a brand new podcast called Kinda Funny Gamescast, Twitch streams, YouTube Let’s Plays Monday through Friday, and a daily Twitch.tv/KindaFunnyGames talk show titled ‘Colin and Greg Live.’”
I quit IGN. So did @GameOverGreggy, @nick_scarpino, and @TimGettys. Here's what's next. http://t.co/QvB1hueM4Z #kindafunnygames
— Colin Moriarty (@notaxation) January 5, 2015
Miller and Moriarty both confirmed on the latest episode of The GameOverGreggy Show that they would continue to keep producing episodes of Podcast Beyond, IGN’s official PlayStation podcast, as freelancers.
