Really it’s about the community meeting each other online and then maybe even meeting face-to-face at the huge Comic-Con event that we did this year. That’s what I hope Geek & Sundry embodies, because it’s my company that is sort of the umbrella for all the different shows that I make. I think that freedom and the lack of gatekeepers, combined with people’s passion, is what really the true spirit of internet geekdom is about. I was a huge fan of video games, I wanted to write something, and I saw the tools at my fingertips to upload a video to my audience, and that’s why I’m here today. That kind of spirit actually got me my career, where I am today. That’s what’s I think is amazing about the internet. You mentioned the disparity between geek fandom and geek celebrity. One of the things that fascinates me about internet fandom is that a fan with enough passion, and preferably with enough screen presence, can very quickly become a celebrity. As well, we’re having a whole slew of programming around the week: special episodes of our existing shows, as well as a special epic video that we’ll be releasing on Friday with our curated day. Yeah, Fan Friday is the theme of our day, and we are curating a lot of videos that have to do with the fandom around geekdom, versus the celebrity around geekdom.
They proposed Geek Week and they came to us, as Geek & Sundry, obviously, we’d be a perfect fit for it, and they said, “We’d love you to curate a day.” I thought about all the things that our channel represents and I originally wanted to make sure that our day represented the grass roots type of geekdom, that’s personal, so we are hosting Fan Friday and I’m very excited about it.Ĭan you tell me a little bit more about Fan Friday? What’s everyone going to be able to expect from this? It’s a great way to use the platform to make audiences aware of things they might like that they might not know about. If anyone can tell you how to make YouTube work for you, it's Felicia Day.ĬraveOnline: Did they run Geek Week by you? Or did they just say, “Hey, we’re doing Geek Week! Do this?”įelicia Day: No, I knew several months ago that they were going to do these really cool events that pushed content and focused audiences on certain themes, and I was really excited about it.
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