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I'M FROM THE INTERNET

by Jay Brandstetter & Winslow Dumaine

The Internet changed everything. Every single aspect of modern life, whether it is commerce, fashion, war, dating, porn, religion, agriculture, art, or crime, was revolutionized when the Internet was turned on, again when it was brought home, and once more when it was put into our pockets. However, most users were not online when the pillars of modern Internet culture were being erected, and due to the light-speed pace of memetic development, even more are unaware as to why the Internet looks, feels, and behaves the way it does. This is where I’M FROM THE INTERNET comes in, a podcast to inform, entertain, and shock listeners with tales of the Old Internet. Hosted by Jay Brandstetter and Winslow Dumaine, this podcast explores how the culture of the Internet was created, how it changed its users, and how those users went on to influence the Internet we use today. With a combined five decades of experiences on different sides of the Internet, our diverse and insightful takes on the subjects are neither hopelessly blackpilled nor blindly futurist, but fresh, strange, and informative. Jay Brandstetter is an internet historian and online content creator. In addition to a lifetime of firsthand research on the Something Awful forums and elsewhere, he created the popular Twitter account "crazy ass moments in Something Awful history". Winslow Dumaine is a comedian and illustrator out of Chicago. He’s opened for Kyle Kinane, Dave Ross, and Sam Tallent, and toured with Derek Sheen. His debut work of fiction is The Tarot Restless, a hand illustrated deck of tarot cards and a book of short stories. He also created The Restless, a card game set during the final days of human extinction. If you want to know more about his game development and follow along with his future projects, join Winslow’s Discord here. This program is not affiliated with or sponsored by Something Awful LLC or Jeffrey of YOSPOS. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Rick & Morty Szechuan Sauce (2017)

With Adult Swim's breakout sci-fi comedy adventure show in its ninth season, you might be wondering "Wait, nine seasons?!". We're going back to season three, when a joke

Sep 16
1 h 46 min

SA 911

We had the internet back in 2001! So one of the most infamous days in American history has a live real-time record of peoples' reactions, if you know where to look. We're

Sep 9
1 h 32 min

RipoffReport.com

So many episodes of our show have focused on ripoffs, if only there was somewhere on the internet you could complain about being ripped off. Good news! That place exists,

Sep 2
1 h 28 min

Mass Effect 3 (Part Two) (with Kevin Impellizeri of Scandalous Games)

The ending of Mass Effect 3 has left Bioware being showered in criticism, abuse, and cupcakes. With the impending departure of their founders and a decade of slow decline

Aug 26
1 h 35 min

Mass Effect 3 (Part One) (with Kevin Impellizeri of Scandalous Games)

In the time it took to record and release this episode, several game studios have laid off staff while countless creative decisions have been made based on minimizing Gam

Aug 19
1 h 23 min

FootSmoker.com (Part Two)

John Wood's custody battle over his amputated leg with local entrepreneur and fame hound Shannon Whisnant has escalated from feud between two local oddballs to an interna

Aug 12
56 min

FootSmoker.com (Part One)

Welcome to FootSmoker.com. Care to take a peek below the grill hood and see how this website got its name? Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper

Aug 5
1 h 04 min

FakeFactory Cinematic Mod for Half-Life 2 (Part Two)

Years of updates to the Cinematic Mod have made Half-Life 2 almost unrecognizable. In part two, the resistance against the Combine forces take on their toughest obstacles

Jul 29
1 h 02 min

FakeFactory Cinematic Mod for Half-Life 2 (Part One)

150 episodes, can you believe it? What better way to mark the occasion than talking about the world of horny video game mods! Specifically, the infamous Cinematic Mod for

Jul 22
1 h 17 min

Tuebor: I Will Defend (2016)

Selling independent media on the internet has always been difficult. With recent angst about the lack of success for indie game developers on platforms like Steam, we loo

Jul 15
1 h 14 min

Garfield Eats (2018-2021) (Part Two)

We resume with Nathen losing Garfield and rebounding with Scooby-Doo. No, I didn't get this podcast mixed up with my AO3 account; We're entering the wonderful world of th

Jul 8
1 h 08 min

Garfield Eats (2018-2021) (Part One)

If you follow weird internet stories, you've probably heard of Garfield Eats. The improbable Garfield-themed Toronto pizzeria and its manic founder made headlines when th

Jul 1
1 h 31 min

Nathan's Relatable Steak-Umms (2017-2022) (Part Two)

Getting paid to annoy Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka on Twitter is fun. You know what's not fun? Embarrassing yourself in front of comedians you respect and look up to. Our fir

Jun 23
1 h 07 min

Nathan's Relatable Steak-Umms (2017-2022) (Part One)

Brand Twitter was one of the most obnoxious social media phenomenon of the 2010s. Our processed foods and novelty sanitary napkins wanted to be our friends, and since tha

Jun 17
1 h 05 min

Moonbase Alpha (2010) (Part Two)

A free game on Steam was still noteworthy in 2010, so bored kids throughout America are setting about making their own fun in Moonbase Alpha. But will the people who made

Jun 10
1 h 15 min

Moonbase Alpha (2010) (Part One)

In 2010, a free online game from NASA took the internet by storm. But before we get to the fun shenanigans, where did this game come from? Why was it made? And why is the

Jun 3
1 h 15 min

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HitRECord (Part Two)

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May 27
56 min

Joseph Gordon-Levitt's HitRECord (Part One)

Remember that one young white dude that was in a ton of movies in the late 2000s and early 2010s? No, not Shia LaBeouf, think smarmier and more frictionless. That's right

May 20
1 h 03 min

The OUYA (with Frost of Rivia) (Part Two)

The Ouya is launching, now it just needs to find games and an audience before the crowdfunding dries up. This week we are joined by special guest and muckraking expert

May 13
1 h 04 min

The OUYA (with Frost of Rivia) (Part One)

The OUYA is The Little Console That Couldn't. This tiny metal cube promised to democratize videogaming, to the tune of millions of dollars on Kickstarter. The revolution

May 6
1 h 13 min