Geek & Sundry
Geek & Sundry is a commercial YouTube and Twitch channel and multimedia production company.[1][2] It was launched on April 2, 2012 by actress Felicia Day[3] with Kim Evey and Sheri Bryant[4] as part of YouTube's 100 million dollar original channel initiative. In June 2012, Forbes suggested that "if successful, it could help blaze a trail for the future of network television."[5] In 2014, Geek and Sundry was acquired by Legendary Entertainment and is now a division of Legendary Digital Networks.[6] Day left the company in 2016.[7]
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Type | Subsidiary |
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Genre | Web series production |
Founded | 2011 (channel launched April 2, 2012 ) |
Founder | Felicia Day, Kim Evey, Sheri Bryant |
Headquarters | , United States |
Revenue | Undisclosed[1] |
Parent | Legendary Digital Networks |
Website | geekandsundry |
History
Origins
The channel was originally based around three unscripted programs produced by Day: The Flog (hosted by Day), Sword & Laser (hosted by Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt) and Tabletop (hosted by actor Wil Wheaton).[1]
Revenue for the company is undisclosed. Before the channel launch, they were given an advance payment by YouTube "against future advertising revenue to jumpstart production."[1]
The channel's founders and hosts of some of its programs have attended a number of fan conventions since its startup in April 2012 including: ComicCon,[8] Dragon*Con,[9] VidCon,[10] and WonderCon.[11] They also attended Comic-Con in 2013[12] and San Diego Comic-Con in 2014.[13]
In March 2013, the channel announced three new series: Felicia's Ark (featuring Felicia Day), Fetch Quest (created by Jordan Allen-Dutton) and The Player One[s]. Two programs, Tabletop and Space Janitors, were renewed for season 2 of the channel starting April 1, 2013.[14]
Acquisition by Legendary Entertainment
In August 2014, Geek and Sundry was acquired by Legendary Entertainment for an undisclosed sum.[6] In December 2014, Geek & Sundry was listed on New Media Rockstars Top 100 Channels, ranked at #68.[15]
In March 2015, Geek & Sundry launched their Twitch channel with a 48-hour stream in support of The Lupus Foundation.[16] After Day heard about a private Dungeons & Dragons home game from Ashley Johnson, she approached the group about playing it in a live-streamed format for Geek & Sundry;[17][18][19] Critical Role began airing on March 12, 2015,[20] however, the show remained creator-owned.[21]
On January 11, 2016, Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group announced that it concluded an agreement with shareholders to acquire Legendary Entertainment for $3.5 billion.[22] In April 2016, "Geek & Sundry's website had 290,000 uniques [...], per comScore. On YouTube, where it got its start, it has 1.4 million subscribers".[23] In June 2016, Legendary Digital Networks (LDN) announced a new subscription streaming service, Alpha, which would include programming from both Nerdist and Geek & Sundry.[23]
In 2016, Critical Role's spinoff show Talks Machina premiered on Geek & Sundry's Twitch channel; in January 2017, Talks Machina: After Dark premiered on Alpha and included 15-20 minutes of extra cast questions pulled from Alpha viewers.[24][25][26] Season 4 of Wheaton's Tabletop was exclusive to Alpha in 2016 before premiering on Geek & Sundry's YouTube channel in 2017.[27][28][29][30]
In 2016, Felica Day left Geek & Sundry after growing "fatigued in a less creative, more managerial role in the company".[7] Day said "I gave it my heart and my soul. When I realized I had given as much as I could, I needed to move on".[7] In January 2017, it was announced that Thomas Tull, Legendary's founder, had exited as Legendary Entertainment CEO[31] and that Eric Campbell, a writer on Geek & Sundry shows such as The Flog, Felicia’s Ark and Signal Boost!, would become the Director of Development for Geek & Sundry.[32][33] In July 2017, Marisha Ray became the Creative Director of Geek & Sundry.[34]
2018–present
Legendary started to scale back their digital division after "Joshua Grode took over as the company’s CEO in 2018".[35]
In June 2018, Critical Role started to self-produce new shows and content which did not air on Geek & Sundry's channels.[36][37][38] Ray stepped down from her position at Geek & Sundry in June 2018 to become the creative director for Critical Role;[39] Matt Key replaced her as Creative Director of Geek & Sundry.[40] The sets for Critical Role and Talks Machina moved from LDN's studios to Critical Role's own studios in July 2018.[41]
In July 2018, the Star Trek role-playing game (rpg) show Shield of Tomorrow ended; the cast and game master Campbell launched a new superhero rpg show on Geek & Sundry called Callisto 6.[42][43] In September 2018, Vampire: The Masquerade – L.A. By Night premiered on Geek & Sundry as a weekly show; Jason Carl, of White Wolf Entertainment, acted as the Storyteller of the Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition game.[44][45]
In February 2019, Critical Role's split from Geek & Sundry and LDN was completed. Critical Role took over production responsibility of the Critical Role and Talks Machina shows, with live broadcasts of their shows and VODs airing exclusively on Critical Role's channels.[46][47] Jeremy Thomas, for 411Mania, wrote that Critical Role "regularly garners viewership in the tens of thousands each Thursday night. It and its Tuesday discussion show Talks Machina are Geek & Sundry’s most popular shows by far, both on Twitch and Legendary’s Project Alpha".[47] Also in February 2019, the Dungeons & Dragons show Relics and Rarities premiered on Alpha; Deborah Ann Woll was the show's Dungeon Master and the campaign had a celebrity guest each episode.[48][49][50]
On March 5, 2019, Matt Key left Geek & Sundry after the Creative Director position was eliminated.[51] On March 31, 2019, the Alpha service was shutdown; Alpha content, such as Relics and Rarities, became available on Geek & Sundry's YouTube and Twitch channels.[52][53]
In April 2019, Wheaton announced that he was suing Geek & Sundry for breach of contract over distribute deals for Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana which he was not consulted on.[54] Also in April 2019, Campbell left Geek & Sundry after Callisto 6 ended.[55] In May 2019, Woll stated that Relics and Rarities had not yet been picked up for a second seasons and said, "I can say I have written a second season, or at least I’ve outlined it. It’s ready to be fleshed out. Whether or not we get picked up, [...][the cast] will be coming over to my house and playing it, cameras or not".[56] Since December 2019, some older episodes of Critical Role and Talks Machina have been deleted from the Geek and Sundry channels and re-uploaded to the official Critical Role channels, beginning an ongoing migration of older content.[57]:0:45
In late 2019, World of Darkness took over production of Vampire: The Masquerade – L.A. By Night; seasons 1-3 remain archived on the Geek & Sundry YouTube channel while season 4 premiered exclusively on the World of Darkness Twitch channel in 2020.[45] In January 2020, Campbell and the cast of Shield of Tomorrow/Callisto 6 launched a new Star Trek show, Clear Skies, on the Queue Times Twitch channel.[58][59] Campbell stated that Clear Skies is not sequel and that "Shield of Tomorrow is Geek & Sundry‘s (and rightfully so). I had hoped to come back to Shield again, but honestly? We wrapped that story up so well, I love that it will exist forever as a completed campaign. [...] Though you may see many familiar faces, as I was using a lot of established characters from the TV Shows and of course, Modiphius publications, while running Shield!"[58]
In July 2020, Legendary laid off 30% of the LDN staff.[35][60] Variety reported that "there was a sense that the operations were a money drain on the company’s profitable film and television operations. Those cuts were accelerated by the onset of COVID-19, which has resulted in layoffs and furloughs across the entertainment industry".[35] The Hollywood Reporter reported that "the digital brands have become less important to the strategic direction of Legendary in recent years as the online content business has shifted away from the networks that grew big during the early heyday of YouTube stardom. Legendary Digital is not a moneymaker for the business the way its core film and TV divisions are".[60] Twitch subscription numbers also have declined: in January 2018, there were over 50,000 subscriptions; in January 2019, there were 19,317 subscriptions; and in January 2020, there were 300 subscriptions.[61]
Programming
Year | Title | Created by | Notes | Status |
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2012 | Dark Horse Motion Comics | Dark Horse | Videos based on comics published by Dark Horse Comics [62] | Completed |
2013–2018 | Spellslingers | Sean Plott | Sean "Day9" Plott plays Magic: The Gathering with a different guest per episode.[63] | Completed |
2012–2013, 2015 | The Flog | Felicia Day | A Vlog done by Felicia Day each week.[64] | Completed |
2007–2013 | The Guild | Felicia Day | Revolves around the lives of a gamers' online guild, The Knights of Good, who play countless hours of a fantasy MMORPG video game entitled The Game.[65] | Completed |
2012 | Sword & Laser | Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt | A book club/video podcast based around elements of sci-fi and fantasy.[66] | Completed |
2012–2017 | TableTop | Wil Wheaton | In each episode, one or more boardgames are explained briefly by Wil Wheaton and then he and his guests, usually web or TV personalities, play the game.[67] | Unknown |
2012 | Written By A Kid | In each episode, a child tells a story, which is used as the script in order to produce a short video.[1][68] | Completed | |
2012 | LearningTown | Paul and Storm | A sitcom starring Paul and Storm as fictional versions of themselves taking over a classic children's show.[69] | Completed |
2012-2013 | On the Table | A wargames show originally run on Beasts of War before moving to Geek and Sundry.[70][71] | Completed | |
2012 | The Storyboard | Pat Rothfuss’ Authors’ Roundtable[72][73] | Completed | |
2012–2014 | Vaginal Fantasy | Felicia Day | Book club based around romance, novels, and alcohol. It stars Felicia Day, Bonnie Burton, Kiala Kazbee, and Veronica Belmont, as they review romance novels and drink alcohol.[74] | Moved to its own channel |
2012–2015 | Space Janitors | Davin Lengyel and Geoff Lapaire | A live-action comedy series about a group of janitors who work for an evil overlord.[75] | Completed |
2012 | MetaDating | Sean Plott and friends drink beer and play online romance simulators.[76] | Completed | |
2012 | #Parent | Kristen Rutherford and Mike Phirman discuss topics relevant to the interests of geek parents.[77][78] | Completed | |
2013 | Felicia’s Ark | Felicia Day | An interactive comedy that stars Felicia Day saving animals from video games, with viewers helping her decide which animals will make it onto her Ark.[14][79] | Completed |
2013 | Fetch Quest | Jordan Allen-Dutton | An animated, musical comedy about video-game culture created by Jordan Allen-Dutton of Robot Chicken.[14][80] | Completed |
2013 | The Player One[s] | A sketch-comedy show that stars the sketch team of the same name finding humour in video-games.[14][81] | Completed | |
2013–2014 | Co-Optitude | Felicia Day | In each episode, Felicia Day and her brother Ryon Day play games that were released on older consoles such as the Genesis, Super NES, and Nintendo 64.[82] | Completed |
2013 | Outlands | Adam de la Peña | Brought to you by Adam de la Peña (Codemonkeys), this brave group is exploring the deep reaches of space, uncharted planets... in order to build intergalactic convenience stores. | Unavailable |
2013–2015 | Talkin’ Comics Weekly | Amy Dallen | Amy Dallen takes on her favorite comic of the week, going on adventures with a variety of exciting guests and making sure you won't leave your local comic shop empty handed![83] | Completed |
2014 | Caper | Amy Berg & Mike Sizemore | Four superhero housemates (Penny, Dagr, Alexia, and Luke) turn to crime when the economic realities of herodom hit home.[84] | Completed |
2014 | Unplugged | Ashly Burch helps turn video games into real life thrill rides.[85] | Completed | |
2014 | Spooked | A paranormal comedy featuring the world's cheapest ghost hunters.[86] | Season 1 completed | |
2014 | Arcade Arms | A series in which Nika Harper explores fantasy game weapons, creating and testing replicas.[87] | Completed | |
2014–2015 | LARPs | Julian Stamboulieh and Jon Verrall | A live-action comedy series about a group of friends who LARP, and their interactions in and out of the game.[88]
The series was picked up by Geek & Sundry after the first season had been shown in early 2014: those episodes were removed from the original channel and re-released by G&S in preparation for the second season.[89] |
Season 2 completed |
2015–2019 | Critical Role | Matthew Mercer | Voice actor Matthew Mercer acts as the Dungeon Master for a series of Dungeons & Dragons campaigns with fellow voice actors Laura Bailey (Vex/Jester), Taliesin Jaffe (Percy/Molly/Caduceus), Ashley Johnson (Pike/Yasha), Liam O'Brien (Vax/Caleb), Marisha Ray (Keyleth/Beau), Sam Riegel (Scanlan/Taryon/Nott), and Travis Willingham (Grog/Fjord).[90] | Moved to its own channel |
2015–2020 | Game the Game | Becca Scott explains game mechanics in short video tutorials. | On Hiatus | |
2015 | Titansgrave | Wil Wheaton | Wil Wheaton takes a group of 4 celebrity role players and their characters through a life-threatening adventure in a world far from our own where goblins wield laser rifles, dragons destroy hovercraft, and great war machines plunder the land.[91][92][54] | Season 1 Completed |
2016 - 2017 | AXYB | Hosts Becca Scott, Whitney Moore, Stef Woodburn, and Blythe Wiedemann each control one button in Telltale adventure game where the audience makes the decisions.[93][94] | Completed | |
2016 | Super Fun Awesome Party Game Time | Jesse Cox and Jessica Marzipan take old board games, remix the rules, and create somewhat embarrassing situations with their awesome (and infinitely patient) guests.[95][96] | Completed | |
2016-2019 | Game Engine | Erika Ishii and Trisha Hershberger host a gaming show. Often include interviews of people from the gaming industry, as well as a live play of a video game.[97] | Completed | |
2016 - 2017 | ESCAPE! | Janet Varney | Janet Varney takes 4 celebrity guests and place them in an escape room each week. The guests must work together and try to escape before time runs out.[98] | Completed |
2016 - 2017 | Signal Boost! | A "weekly love letter to all fandoms, be it books, podcasts, indie games, Etsy shops, soundtracks, websites, or events".[99][100] | Completed | |
2016 - 2017 | VAST | Jackson Lanzing | Writer Jackson Lanzing guides two separate crews of players through the VAST universe, an original IP and game system, where the show alternates between casts. The two casts are part of two different societies which allows the audience to view the same story experienced in very different way.[101][102][94] | 2 Seasons Completed |
2016 - 2019 | The Wednesday Club | Taliesin Jaffe, Amy Dallen, & Matt Key | Taliesin, Amy and Matt discuss the latest comics weekly along with highlighting their favorites and other comic related things.[102][103][104] | Completed |
2017 - 2019 | Ask Your Black Geek Friend! | Damion Poitier & B. Dave Walters | Co-hosts Damion Poitier & B. Dave Walters create a safe, open forum to discuss topics and ask questions surrounding diversity in pop culture.[94][52] | Completed |
2017 | Eric’s TBD RPG | Eric Campbell | Originally conceived as an anthology style RPG show,[105] the cast and game master Campbell became attached to their first episode's characters so the show instead became a full Doctor Who campaign using a rpg system by Cubicle 7. The main cast is: Amy Dallen (the Doctor), Duncan Barclay (human Cillian Rail), Gina DeVivo (human Captain Finn), and Sam de Leve (Ovokali Rokokokoko). Recurring players include: Jody Houser (Time Lord Corsair), Darin De Paul (Sontaran Vellig), Taliesin Jaffe (Time Lord Chronotis), and Matthew Mercer (Ood Meatstick).[106] | Completed |
2017 | INT. Writers Room | Dave Reynolds & Molly Dworsky | In a two-hour run time, Dave & Molly along with a panel of creatives and audience chat work together to write and finalize a short sketch. The sketch is then recorded between episodes and shown to the audience the following week.[102][94] | Completed |
2017 | Sagas of Sundry | Ivan Van Norman | Ivan Van Norman utilizes the rpg system Dread to lead the players through a horror campaign. Season 1, Sagas of Sundry: Dread, starred Matt Mercer, Amy Dallen, Amy Vorpahl, Satine Phoenix, and Taliesin Jaffe. Season 2, Sagas of Sundry: Madness, starred Liam O’Brien, Xander Jeanneret, Marisha Ray, Jeremy Walker, and Erika Ishii. Darin De Paul acts as the opening narrator.[107][108] | 2 Seasons
Completed |
2017 - 2018 | Shield of Tomorrow | Eric Campbell | The Federation is on the brink of war with the Dominion. In the shadow of this cold war, the crew members of the USS Sally Ride must work together to not only protect the Federation, but protect its soul as well. This licensed, live RPG is an epic return to the Star Trek universe that you know and love. | Completed Final Season |
2018 - 2019 | Callisto 6 | Eric Campbell | Superheroes are created from a blast of strange radiation in the Los Angeles of 2119. Ruled by corporations and devastated by a disaster years before, the LA of 2119 is a cyberpunk landscape in which our heroes attempt to remove the threat of an ancient evil entity as it reaches a peak of power. An live broadcast RPG using the Cypher System with 6 main characters, several recurring characters, and special guests. | Completed |
2018 - 2019 | Vampire: The Masquerade - L.A. By Night | Jason Carl | Jason Carl, of White Wolf Entertainment, acts as Storyteller of a Vampire: The Masquerade game that focuses on four vampires of the Anarch sect who try to navigate and survive the terrifying L.A. night.[45] | 3 Seasons Completed, Moved to the World of Darkness Twitch channel |
2019 | Relics and Rarities | Deborah Ann Woll | Deborah Ann Woll acts as the Dungeon Master of Dungeons & Dragons campaign focused on mystery, monsters and murder with a celebrity guest each episode.[48][56] | Completed |
Geek & Sundry Vlogs
Geek & Sundry launched a new channel, Geek & Sundry Vlogs on May 19, 2013, with 10 more vloggers added. All vloggers were mentored by Felicia Day and Jenni Powell, producer of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.[109]
Their vlogs include:
- Wordplay Season 2 with Nika "Nikasaur" Harper (Formerly Story Mode)
- Geeking OUT with Becca Canote (Formerly also with Neil McNeil)
- Read This! with James “Tigermonkey” Isaacs (Formerly about his quest to the World Thumbwrestling Championships)
- Sachie
- Talkin' Comics with Amy Dallen (Formerly a weekly show on the main channel)
- Jeff Lewis
- Katie Satow
- Paul Mason the DIY Guy
- Critical Hit Cocktails with Mitch Hutts
- 2 Broke Geeks with Mia Resella and Omar Najam
- Cristina Viseu
- Songs of Adventure with Vaughan de Villiers and Caitlin Papier
- Dael Kingsmill
- Kiriosity with Kiri Callaghan
- Wargaming with Teri Litorco
- Old School Pixel Party with Scott Tumilty
- Akeem Lawanson
- Holland Talks Movies with Holland Farkas
- Two Guest Vloggers every other Tuesday
Expansion
On May 20, 2013, Geek & Sundry started a search for new vloggers to become a part of their channel. People could submit their entry videos to the channel via YouTube for official review from Geek & Sundry and community feedback.[109]
The second round of "expansion pack" vloggers launched in August 2013. The vlogs channel now included 18 vloggers covering a variety of topics.
Closure
On February 18, 2015, it was announced on Geek & Sundry's website that the Vlogs channel would be "coming to an end" after almost two years of content.[110]
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