Griffin Andrew McElroy (/ˈmæk.əlˌrɔɪ/ MACK-əl-roy, born April 17, 1987) is an American podcaster, actor, writer, composer, and former video game journalist.

[7] He departed Joystiq in 2012 in order to found Polygon along with his brother Justin McElroy and Christopher Grant, going on to later become a senior video producer for the site.

[9][10] During his tenure, he oversaw a large volume of video content for the site, including their Monster Factory series and several let's plays.

[16] In the show's third campaign, Graduation, he played the role of Sir Fitzroy Maplecourt, Knight-in-Absentia of the Realm of Goodcastle.

[17] The first sub-arc of The Adventure Zone: Balance, named Here There Be Gerblins, was later adapted into a graphic novel in cooperation with artist Carey Pietsch, and was published by First Second Books in 2018.

The podcast released a bonus episode on April 28, 2020, where they instead watched the original Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

[26] The two had previously hosted another podcast named Rose Buddies, in which they recapped episodes of The Bachelor and related television series.

In 2021, a newly discovered species of millipede was named Nannaria mcelroyorum in recognition of the McElroy family's podcasts, which entertained the scientists during their fieldwork.