Justin Tyler McElroy (/ˈmæk.əlˌrɔɪ/ MACK-əl-roy, born November 8, 1980) is an American podcaster, comedian, and former video game journalist.
In 2012, McElroy co-founded Polygon, a video game website, along with his brother Griffin and Christopher Grant, and was formerly an editor-at-large there.
[15] In 2010, the show was consistently listed among the top 10 comedy podcasts on iTunes,[15] and it has received positive critical reception.
[20][21] In 2014, the McElroy brothers launched a tabletop role-playing game podcast entitled The Adventure Zone.
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.
[32] Beginning in 2015, Justin and his brother Griffin began hosting a gaming comedy show for Polygon called Monster Factory.
[33][34] The series—in which the two use character creation tools from popular video and computer games to create hideous characters—was praised by The Mary Sue as one of the "funniest series on YouTube".
[41] In 2006, McElroy received an award for the best business reporting in Ohio from the Associated Press in recognition of his work with the Ironton Tribune.
[43] 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 field work.
[44] In 2021, 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.