FleshEatingZipper is an editorial

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 and news

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 website

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 focusing on video gaming, the entertainment industry, and technology

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. The site was founded in January 2011 and quickly gained attention following their coverage of the Phoenix Comicon

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. While the majority of the site's content takes the form of editorialized blogs, the staff also maintains a podcast

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 and publishes video

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 content through their YouTube

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 channel.

History

FleshEatingZipper began life as the TeamXCast, a podcast hosted by Jonathan Stephens, Rob Morris, and N Pfeifer, in January 2010. The early format covered gaming, film, and TV on a weekly basis. News from the technology sector was added later with the addition of Kelly Karnetsky to the staff. Originally, the podcast served as an unofficial show for the TeamXbox

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 forum community, but when parent company IGN

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 announced major layoffs in March 2010, including the original TeamXbox staff, the crew decided to move on. Dissatisfied with their podcast host, the quartet decided to form their own website. Stephens explains the name:
The site went live on January 29th, 2011 adding writer Keith Downey, with a focus on editorialized, opinionated content:
The group's first major event coverage came from the Phoenix Comicon in May 2011, including a rant by author Max Brooks

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