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Arin Hanson
Born (1987-01-06) January 6, 1987 (age 37)
West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Pen and pencil
Flash Animation
Pseudonym(s)Egoraptor
Notable works
The Awesome Series
Sequelitis
Game Grumps
CollaboratorsJon Jafari
http://www.egoraptor.net

Arin Hanson (also known by the online handle Egoraptor) is an American animator and voice actor from Burbank, California, best known for his Flash animation short series The Awesome Series.[1][2] Hanson also performs as the co-host and one third of the video-game web comedy series Game Grumps, contributes regularly to Newgrounds, and served as a contestant on the third season of the Sony reality program The Tester.[3][4] Hanson has also provided voices for the iOS survival horror game Minigore and the PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, and PlayStation Portable versions of the action role-playing game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

History[edit]

Metal Gear Awesome[edit]

Hanson's first major Flash animation was Metal Gear Awesome, an animation based on the Metal Gear Solid series. It was submitted to Newgrounds on February 23, 2006, and received several awards, including the Daily Feature on February 24, 2006, the Weekly Users' Choice on March 1, 2006, and the Review Crew Pick for 2006 Movie of the Year. As of March 15, 2013, the Flash animation on Newgrounds has received over 7,000,000 views[5] and the video of the animation on Hanson's egoraptor YouTube channel has been viewed over 3,000,000 times[6]. Newgrounds founder and webmaster Tom Fulp featured the animation in a blog post for G4TV's Attack of the Show! as one of the best Flash cartoons "in the entire Universe."[7] David Hayter, the English voice of the main character of the Metal Gear Solid series, Solid Snake, was introduced to the animation during production of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and gave it his blessing during a 2008 Q&A panel.[8]

In a 2011 interview, Hanson stated that it was Metal Gear Awesome's success that led to him to an animation position with MTV to produce similar animations for the network's online video game show The G-Hole.[9]

Sequelitis[edit]

Another animation series Hanson is known for is Sequelitis, a web video series on YouTube in which a cartoon version of himself discusses the relationships between video game sequels and their predecessors.[10][11][12] (The term "sequelitis" refers to the tendency of a well-received work to spawn many inferior sequels.) So far, Hanson's videos have taken critical looks at the Castlevania series and the Mega Man series. His Mega Man Classic vs. Mega Man X video is the most watched of the series, receiving nearly 6,000,000 views as of March 15, 2013.

The Tester[edit]

Casting for Season 3 of Sony's reality series The Tester began on August 4, 2011.[13] On September 7, Hanson posted his audition video for the show on his YouTube channel.[14] On October 4, PlayStation Network Executive Producer Kevin Furuichi posted the final 20 contenders for the twelve spots on The Tester's cast, one of which was Hanson.[15] On October 20, he received the call to be a contestant on the show.[16] During his time on The Tester, Hanson admitted to the show's judges that part of the reason for wanting to be on the show was to gain more fame for himself.[17] This quickly singled him out by the judges as someone they would not want to be employed by Sony.[18]

On Episode 3 of the show, as an homage to the Uncharted series of video games, the contestants were divided into teams and challenged to traverse an obstacle course and fire cantaloupe projectiles out of a slingshot at five designated targets. During the challenge, Hanson hits one of the targets with a cantaloupe and goes back through the course to get more ammunition. His team ends up losing. At the episode's elimination ceremony, the judges argue that Hanson should not have went back for ammo during the challenge and instead should have given advice on how to hit the targets. That position was used as the reasoning to eliminate him from the competition. The fan reaction to the reasoning behind the elimination was contentious.[19] Hanson's teammate during the challenge, Will "Akilleez Might" Santiago (the eventual winner of Season 3), tweeted sympathy towards Hanson after the episode aired:

@egoraptor I know..that shit sucked. I'm bummed they didn't show how many times you went back for ammo.. You were def MVP of the team!

Game Grumps[edit]

Hanson's current major project is a web video collaboration with YouTube video game reviewer Jon "JonTron" Jafari called "Game Grumps," in which Hanson and Jafari play through various video games while "generally grumping about." As of March 15, 2013, they have over 700,000 subscribers.[20] Their discussions do not always stay on the topic of the game being played. The games they play are donated to them by fans of the series; the fan(s) who sent them the game being played are credited by the Grumps at the start of the playthrough. Their videos have spawned many fan animations of moments from the series.[21][22][23]

Filmography[edit]

Voice work[edit]

Television[edit]

Web animation[edit]

  • The Awesome Series[31]
  • Girlchan in Paradise
  • Lemon and Bill

Web series[edit]

  • Sequelitis
  • Game Grumps

Other works[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Metal Gear Awesome – a work of pure testosterone-induced comedic genius". Ars Technica. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Arin 'Egoraptor' Hanson Q&A #2 at MAGFest XI". ScrewAttack. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  3. ^ "The Tester 3, Episode 1: Unsharted". Wired. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  4. ^ "Makin' faces and talking game design with Egoraptor". Destructoid. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Metal Gear Awesome". Newgrounds. 23 February 2006. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Awesome Series - Metal Gear Awesome". YouTube. 01 October 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Tom Fulp - Attack of the Blog". G4. 29 March 2006.
  8. ^ "David Hayter + EgoRaptor = AWESOME". YouTube. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  9. ^ "Cosplayers: The Movie Episode 8 - Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson Interview - Investigating Anime". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  10. ^ "Sequelitis - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  11. ^ "Egoraptor turns a critical eye towards Castlevania IV". Destructoid. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Egoraptor's Sequelitis analyses Super Castlevania IV". Joystiq. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  13. ^ "'The Tester' Casting Call for Season 3 is Now Open!" (Press release). PlayStation Network. 04 August 2011. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Vote for Egoraptor for The Tester Season 3!!". YouTube. 07 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ "The Tester - Season 3: Meet Your Top 20 Hopefuls!" (Press release). PlayStation Network. 04 October 2011. {{cite press release}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "The Tester Casting: I WON!!". YouTube. 20 October 2011.
  17. ^ "The Tester 3 Episode 1". YouTube. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  18. ^ "The Tester 3 Episode 3". YouTube. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  19. ^ "Flapperdoodle's Gaming Blog Ep. 33: A "Review" of "The Tester" (Season 3, Ep. 3)". ScrewAttack. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  20. ^ "Game Grumps - YouTube". Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  21. ^ "game grumps animated - YouTube". Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  22. ^ "Watch This Silly Source Filmmaker Re-Creation Of Two YouTubers Absolutely Losing It". Kotaku. 03 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  23. ^ "A beautiful moment in Game Grumps". ScrewAttack. 04 January 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  24. ^ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2429688/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 IMDb
  25. ^ GamerTonight.net
  26. ^ "Press Start - Production Notes" (PDF). Dark Maze Studios. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  27. ^ Rigney, Ryan (2011). Buttonless: Incredible Iphone and Ipad Games and the Stories Behind Them. A K Peters/CRC Press. p. 143. ISBN 1439895856.
  28. ^ Lebron, Eddie (23 January 2011). "MagFest 2011/ The 'Sonic' Film Panel Unlocked". Official Sonic Fan Film. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  29. ^ "More Bad Sex Advice with Drunk Uncle Ted". G4TV. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  30. ^ "The Tester 3, Episode 3: When Life Gives You Melons". Wired. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  31. ^ GameAxis Unwired. GameAxis. August 2007. p. 10.

External links[edit]

Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Animators

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