Nick Robinson (YouTuber)

Nicolas Robinson, also known as Nick Robinson or Babylonian, is an American YouTuber and gaming journalist known for solving video game-related mysteries, notably for finding the character Pappy van Poodle in the 2013 video game Rusty's Real Deal Baseball. Robinson is also a former editor for video game website Polygon, however, he parted ways with the website in 2017.
== Early life ==
In elementary school, Robinson attended North Chatham Elementary School. Robinson was an intern at the American gaming website Giant Bomb.
== Career ==
=== Polygon ===
In August 2016, Robinson and Griffin McElroy started the series Car Boys on the Polygon YouTube channel, a weekly series that aired on thursdays where Robinson and McElroy played the 2015 game BeamNG.drive. The series ended in May 2017 and had a total of 38 episodes. During its run, the series was well-received, and Jalopnik's Raphael Orlove said that it's the "only YouTube [series] worth watching" and Popular Mechanics' Andrew Moseman stated that the series had "great BeamNG[.drive] videos." Wired's Julie Muncy stated that Robinson and McElroy make some of the "funniest videogame stuff on YouTube". Robinson and McElroy also hosted the series Touch the Skyrim. In March 2017, Robinson was in an episode of Too Embarrassed to Ask.
Following Robinson's criticism of the Nintendo Switch port of Overcooked, a former Polygon employee stated that she had been sexually harassed by Robinson through Twitter. This caused numerous other females in the gaming industry to further back the claim by sharing their history with Robinson. Robinson later made a statement about the accusations and apologized for his actions. A few weeks after Robinson's apology, he returned to actively using Twitter, which he was criticized for.
After Robinson's sexual harassment allegations, Robinson was suspended from Polygon and was pending "a thorough Vox Media inquiry". Robinson was later released from Polygon as announced by the senior vice president of the website, Chris Grant, in a now-deleted tweet.
=== YouTube ===
On November 13, 2017, Robinson uploaded a video titled "Mario's Troubling Relationship with Death", a comedic "playthrough" of Super Mario Odyssey.
On June 25, 2018, Robinson uploaded a video titled "A 1989 TETRIS Expert Plays TETRIS EFFECT for the First Time", in which he played Tetris Effect with professional Tetris player Trey Harrison.
On October 20, 2018, Robinson uploaded a video titled "SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004) Game Designer Tries the PS4 Game for the First Time", in which he played Spider-Man with Jamie Fristrom, the game designer of Spider-Man 2.
On April 19, 2019, Robinson uploaded a video titled "Nintendo's chair controversy, explained", in which he brought attention to how former president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, who had recently retired, had been sitting in a "cheap" chair during his time at Nintendo. In the video, Robinson also promoted a petition to give Fils-Aimé a new chair. Later on May 6, 2019, Fils-Aimé received a new Herman Miller chair.
On May 15, 2019, Robinson uploaded a video titled "The Nintendo character with zero Google results" where he covers how he found the character Pappy van Poodle in the game Rusty's Real Deal Baseball, who at the time, had 0 Google results. The video quickly became popular and Robinson gained over 100 thousand subscribers 10 days after the video's release.
On December 7, 2019, Robinson uploaded a video titled "How I solved Super Monkey Ball's biggest mystery", in which he revealed the voice actor of the announcer in the Super Monkey Ball series, who was previously uncredited. As of 2020, the video has surpassed over 1.9 million views.
On June 12, 2020, Robinson uploaded a video titled "How I leaked Sega's next game", in which he reportedly leaked a new mainline installment in the Super Monkey Ball series.
== Personal life ==
Robinson's father is also named Nick and his younger brother, Porter, is a musician.
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