Eric Grissom

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Eric Grissom
Born	Eric Grissom November 26, 1974 (1974-11-26) (age 33) Red Bank, New Jersey, United States
Occupation	Viral Video Producer, Internet Entrepreneur

Eric Grissom is a Webby-nominated^[1], Viral Video Producer, Internet Entrepreneur and Technology Philanthropist. Eric is a lifelong resident of Red Bank, New Jersey.

Eric owned the now defunct Red Devil Games. Red Devil Games was a video game store in central Red Bank that offered both new and used titles. Ownership of the store brought him notoriety in video game retail circles that lead to online publications dealing with the industry. After the closing of the store in 2005, Eric reintroduced Red Devil Games as on online destination for video game news.

Eric's viral videos, often done under the pseudonym newgoldenboys, have appeared on MTV, on the [G-Hole Video Game Special]^[2], and The Stew.

Eric is a prolific contributor to YouTube, where he has has dozens videos, some with comments.

Eric is not unfamiliar to controversy, in 2007 South Park, on their popular Cartoon Series, parodied^[3] one of the "skits" that Eric had produced, "The Guitar Hero, My Wayward Son", this caused much uproar across the blogosphere. Although even in the face of such a grave situation, Eric was able to be compassionate and fair:

"yes it's probably a coincidence"

Eric Grissom, 11/08/2007

Amongst Eric's notable charitable contributions, was his participation in the "Mustaches for Kids" pre-Holiday challenge^[4], which was documented in the Mustache Chronicles.