I'm a writer, video essayist, podcast host, and general art enthusiast.
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Accolades
Featured on Sight and Sound’s list of “Best Video Essays of the Year,” 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
Featured on Polygon’s list of “Best Video Essays of the Year,” 2020, 2022, 2023 |
“Jacob Geller...is to the video game essay what Annie Dillard is to the literary essay" - Patrick House, LA Review of Books |
"It probably goes without saying that Jacob Geller is the Future of Writing about Video Games, but he’s also the future of writing about…kind of anything?" - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, How a Game Lives |
Thanks for visiting my website.
I write about the intersecting worlds of video games, politics, art, and storytelling.
I primarily publish essays to YouTube, where my work has been cumulatively viewed over a hundred million times.
Host of the podcast Something Rotten
Cohort of the podcast MinnMax
Featured creator for the streaming service Nebula
Hired consultant for major video games
My book, How a Game Lives, re-examines ten of my most popular essays with hundreds of new annotations, original afterwords by acclaimed authors, and stunning artwork.
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