I'M FROM THE INTERNET

Joan Ocean is here to commune with the supernatural by land (Sasquatch), air (extraterrestrials), and sea (dolphins). Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https://www.winslowdumaine.com/stickers/enemy-of-the-pod-bumper-sticker Get over 50 bonus episodes of IFTI, hours of solo episodes every month, and more fun bonuses for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpo...

Normally when a guy named Jay starts to tell you a story about Mt Everest that means you're watching a really good Mr Show sketch. On I'M FROM THE INTERNET, it means that a podcast ostensibly about the history of the internet is about to spend nearly two hours talking about mountaineering. It turns out, even one of the most remote places on Earth has been made worse by the internet. This w...

FurAffinity's domination of the furry art scene continues into the 2010s as it weathers poor moderation decisions, corporate ownership, and the American healthcare system. Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https://www.winslowdumaine.com/stickers/enemy-of-the-pod-bumper-sticker Get over 50 bonus episodes of IFTI, hours of solo episodes every month, and more...

After 20 years online, the institutional furry art community FurAffinity.net has recently been struggling to pay their bills. While things seemed to have stabilized for now, it's a great excuse to discuss the history of the site! We're looking at the primordial ooze of small furry websites and forums that existed before FurAffinity, its initial creation, and some of the early turbulence of...

You're probably familiar with the classic Machinima adaptation of Halflife: Fulllife Consequences by the Fanfiction.net user Squirrelking. Half-Life wasn't the only franchise Squirrelking wrote about, and Squirrelking isn't the only identity they used online. Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https://www.winslowdumaine.com/stickers/enemy-of-the-pod...

Over the course of my life, Wikipedia has gone from the place you weren't allowed to use in school to the only good website left. If you feel the need to add a "citation needed" to that last statement, you'll feel right at home among the unsung heroes of today's episode: The Wikipedia editors that work hard to make sure we never encounter this fearsome rogue's gallery whe...

We're finally talking about the Doom Bathroom! One of the most well-known sagas from the Something Awful forums, this bathroom renovation gone awry is a classic tale of hubris and masculinity gone awry. This week we are joined by comedy experts Dave Ross and Zach Peterson. Check out everything Dave's made at https://davetotheross.com and Zach's website at https://www.zachpetersoncomedy...

Webcomics have been a thing since 1985! This week we're talking about one of the few first-generation webcomics that is still active decades later: Sabrina Online. This 1996 slice-of-life comic strip about an improbably attractive and underdressed computer nerd might have been a bit of a punching bag in the early days of the internet, but 30 years later it's doing better than you might thi...

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 about McDonald's dipping sauce got way out of hand and became the second most embarrassing disaster to come out of Rick & Morty's success. Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https://www.win...

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 going back to the Something Awful forums to relive that awful day and see how people reacted. Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https://www.winslowdumaine.com/stickers/enemy-of-the-pod-bumper...

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, and it's called RipoffReport.com The bad news? It's infested with both literal and metaphorical clowns. Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https://www.winslowdumaine.com/stickers/enemy-of-the-...

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 on the horizon, they're rushing to try and fix what they can of Commander Shepard's final hours. This week we are joined by video game history expert Kevin Impellizeri of the podcast Scandalous Games https://www.buzzsprout.com/17...

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 Gamer Rage. But not too long ago, those were both much less common occurrences in the world of gaming. Mass Effect 3 might not be the first time fan backlash and corporate decision-making have clashed online, but it's hard not to see...

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 international piece of human interest. We finally get to see the foot. Judge Mathis is getting involved. This is still technically about a website, it counts. Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https:...

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 stickers! https://www.winslowdumaine.com/stickers/enemy-of-the-pod-bumper-sticker Get over 50 bonus episodes of IFTI and more fun bonuses for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can review this episode's document with so...

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 yet: crowded level geometry, cluttered sight lines, and unsolicited pornography. Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https://www.winslowdumaine.com/stickers/enemy-of-the-pod-bumper-sticker Get...

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 Half-Life 2. A German man spent his 40s lovingly adding everything Half-Life 2 needed to become a proper big American blockbuster: more rubble, more explosions, and Alyx Vance's polygonal cervix. Our first piece of show merch is...

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 look back at one of 2016's most forgotten titles: Tuebor, a Michigan-themed cyberpunk shooter that struggled to maintain a double digit playerbase. Not even the Imgurian community could save this one. Our first piece of show merch is...

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 third party licensing! Winslow's recording got a little rough in the back half, we did our best to recover it but he still sounds a little robotic. Our first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https://www....

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 the restaurant was founded and closed, but he's been up to some real mischief in the half decade since his restaurant closed its doors. In part one we're exploring the opening and closing of Garfield Eats, part two will document the...

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 first piece of show merch is out: ENEMY OF THE POD bumper stickers! https://www.winslowdumaine.com/stickers/enemy-of-the-pod-bumper-sticker Get over 50 bonus episodes of IFTI and more fun bonuses for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com...

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 that was how Twitter made money we had no choice but to share space with them. In this two parter we're looking back at that era through one of its most outspoken participants: Nathan Allebach, the #relatable millennial voice behind...

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 it be able to capitalize on its unexpected success? Get over 50 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIP...

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 Army credited on a NASA project aimed at children? Get over 50 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPo...

We've got a fun art thing going on, let's just introduce a little bit of commerce to it... Get over 50 bonus episodes of IFTI for just $1 at https://www.patreon.com/IFTIpod You can review this episode's document with sources (and pictures) at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIPodHitRECordDoc Submit episode concepts at https://tinyurl.com/IFTIpodIdeas, or contact the show directly at IFTIpod@gmail.com Create...