Justin Tyler McElroy is an American podcaster, comedian, and former video game journalist.
18 Facts About Justin McElroy
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Justin McElroy is known for his work on podcasts and as the co-founder of video game journalism website Polygon.
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Justin McElroy attended Marshall University, and lives in Huntington as of 2020.
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Justin McElroy has been married to Dr Sydnee Smirl McElroy since 2006.
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Justin McElroy worked for the Ironton Tribune as a reporter from 2005, covering Ohio University Southern, the Ironton and Coal Grove areas and feature stories.
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In 2012, Justin McElroy co-founded Polygon, a video game website, along with his brother Griffin and Christopher Grant, and was formerly an editor-at-large there.
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Since 2010, Justin McElroy has co-hosted the comedy podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me along with his brothers Griffin and Travis.
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In 2014, the Justin McElroy brothers launched a tabletop role-playing game podcast entitled The Adventure Zone.
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Justin McElroy played a monk named Amber Gris in the fourth campaign, Ethersea.
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In 2018, Justin McElroy launched The Empty Bowl, a "meditative podcast about cereal" with Dan Goubert, writer of the Cerealously blog.
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Justin McElroy appeared with his brothers on the July 24,2017, episode of @midnight, during which host Chris Hardwick publicly acknowledged that @midnight was ending.
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Justin McElroy has appeared twice as a guest on The George Lucas Talk Show, once during the May the 4th, 2020 fundraiser The George Lucas Talk Show All Day Star Wars Movie Watch Along, and later on the December 22,2020, episode The George Lucas Holiday Special.
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Justin McElroy has appeared as a voice actor in several animated TV shows.
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Justin McElroy provided voice commentary for the 2017 video game 100ft Robot Golf, along with Griffin and Travis.
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Justin McElroy lends a voice to the School of Visual Arts thesis film, "MIDAS".
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In 2006, Justin McElroy received an award for the best business reporting in Ohio from the Associated Press in recognition of his work with the Ironton Tribune.
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In 2009, Justin McElroy received a Shorty Award in the video games category.
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In 2021, Justin McElroy added the "Berries and Cream" sound from a 2007 Starburst commercial to the video-sharing app TikTok, which has since been used in 354.1K videos.