Mike Murphy

Listed in chronological order on this page you’ll find videos I’ve produced, social posts created / published / ideated, articles written, interviews conducted, videos hosted / guested, podcasts appeared, and other digital / social content I feel are some of my best work.

Rotoworld / NBC Sports EDGE

Articles

2022

WWE Extreme Rules 2022 Predictions (Oct. 6)

WWE Rankings: Damage CTRL is Taking Over the Women’s Division (Sept. 15)

WWE SummerSlam 2022 Predictions (July 28)

WWE Rankings: Bianca Belair’s Strong Raw Bounces Her Back to No. 2 (July 20)

Social

2022

Rotoworld Draft Day Rate This Draft Graphic (Aug. 17)

Joke FF Expo Writer Mock News Blurb (Aug. 16)

Send or Spike: Would Our Staff Draft These Guys in Fantasy Video (Aug. 14)

Rotoworld Staff FF Expo Photo with Joke & Threaded Highlight (Aug. 13)

Testing Fans’ Draft Trivia at the 2022 NFL Draft Video (April 29)

Asking Fans Who They Want Their Team to Draft at the 2022 NFL Draft Video (April 28)

2020

Halloween-themed Scariest Fantasy Performances (for opponents) Graphic (Oct. 30)

Boston Scott Stat Graphic/Meme Combo (Oct. 23)

Brandon McManus Tweetgram (Oct. 18)

Patrick Daugherty Fantasy Rankings Column Top-10 Graphic (Oct. 16)

James Robinson TD Highlight (Sept. 24)

Clyde Edwards-Helaire Star Performer Graphic (Sept. 10)

2019

Staff All-Decade Fantasy Team Graphic (Dec. 31)

Top 10 All-Time PPR Seasons Graphic (Dec. 29)

Santa Getting You a Fantasy Championship Elf Gif Meme (Dec. 25)

CMC Breaks His Own Receptions Record Graphic (Dec. 22)

Kenyan Drake 80-Yard TD Highlight (Dec. 22)

Beating Top Seed in Fantasy Playoffs Black Panther Meme (Dec. 19)

No. 1 & No. 2 Seeds Relaxing on a Playoff Bye Grogu Meme (Dec. 8)

George Kittle Stat Graphic/Meme Combo (Dec. 9)

Patrick Daugherty’s Fantasy All-Pro Team Graphic (Nov. 4)

NFL Kickoff Game Hype Video/Meme (Sept. 5)

Which RB Will Break Out Graphic (Sept. 1)

2018

Patrick Mahomes Moves Into Second in Most Pass TDs in Single Season Graphic (Dec. 30)

Thanksgiving-themed Who We’re Thankful For Top Fantasy Players Graphic (Nov. 22)

Brady/Rodgers Stat Comparison Graphic (Nov. 2)

Rich Hribar’s Trust, Bust, If You Must Worksheet Column Graphic (Oct. 10)

Eric Ebron Opponents Parks & Rec Looping Video Meme (Oct. 5)

Drafting Le’Veon Bell “This is Fine” Gif Meme (Sept. 6)

NBC Olympics

Social

2018

Watching American athletes win Paralympic gold like… (TW gif) (Mar. 16)

Lt. Cmdr. Dan Cnossen wins Paralympic gold in para cross-country skiing (TW video) (Mar. 10)

Waking up to Team USA Paralympic Day 1 success like… (IG meme video) (Mar. 10)

Shawn White’s first gold #tbt (IG video) (Mar. 1)

Yevgenia Medvedeva & Alina Zagitova embrace after they win Olympic silver and gold, respectively (TW screen grab) (Feb. 23)

Team USA women’s hockey team poses w/ gold medals (FB screen grab) (Feb. 22)

We put Michael Scott in a bobsled (FB meme video) (Feb. 21)

Shaun White’s emotional gold medal celebration w/ his family (FB video) (Feb. 13)

Adam Rippon & Mirai Nagasu are now Olympic bronze medalists (IG athlete repost) (Feb. 11)

Mirai Nagasu: HEAR. HER. ROAR. (IG photo) (Feb. 11)

Adam Rippon quote on being a gay athlete (IG graphic) (Jan. 8)

Jason Brown skates to “Hamilton” at the 2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships (TW video) (Jan. 5)

2017

Olympic skiing, but the gates are Owen Wilson saying “Wow” (FB video) (Dec. 13)

UpUpDownDown

YouTube

2016

Brock Lesnar & Paul Heyman on WWE 2K17 & Randy Orton — Expansion Pack (Aug. 20)

Seth Rollins vs. Big E & Jamie Noble vs. Jimmy Uso: UFC 2 Tournament Round 1 — Gamer Gauntlet (Aug. 20)

Big Cass & Toy Story Part 1: Big Cass can sing! — Superstar Savepoint (July 1)

WWE 2K16 MyCareer Part 73: Money in the Bank Ladder Match! — UpUpDownDown Streams (June 4)

Smosh Games & UpUpDownDown Gang Beasts Battle Part 2! — Gamer Gauntlet (March 18)

Bayley vs. Sasha Banks III (Mortal Kombat X Makeup Punishment) — Gamer Gauntlet (Feb. 7)

Seth Rollins vs. Jack Swagger Madden Tournament FINALS (Madden 16 Tournament) — Gamer Gauntlet (Jan. 10)

2015

Sasha Banks returns & Mark Herny debuts for Street Fighter II — Gamer Gauntlet (Dec. 20)

WWE 2K16 FIRST-LOOK GAMEPLAY — UpUpDownDown Plays (Oct. 20)

Turtles in Time w/ Seth Rollins — Superstar Savepoint (July 18)

Mortal Kombat X Cinnamon Challenge — Gamer Gauntlet (June 28)

Welcome to UpUpDownDown (June 15)

WWE

Articles

2015

5 video games you won’t believe existed (May 22)

8 Superstar reality shows we’d love to see (March 4)

WWE Fastlane Predictions (Feb. 20)

8 WWE video games we wish were real (Jan. 6)

2014

The Miz def. Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler (Sept. 21)

NXT Champion Adrian Neville vs. Tyson Kidd vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Sami Zayn (NXT Championship Fatal 4-Way Match) (Aug. 26)

Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze (NXT Championship No. 1 Contender’s Match) (May 22)

GamerNode

Articles

2013

Batman: Arkham Origins Review (Nov. 12)

Games of the Generation: LA Noire (Sept. 7)

UPDATE: David Dreger aka Knuckles Dawson, formerly of Rooster Teeth, found dead (June 26)

The Elder Scrolls Online Interview — Nick Konkle at E3 2013  (June 22)

Zynga to lay off 520 employees, shut down LA, New York, Dallas offices (June 3)

Xbox Reveal — Next-Gen Xbox, Xbox One, Liveblog (May 21)

PlayStation 2013 — [Final] It’s official, Sony’s next console is the PlayStation 4 (Feb. 20)

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Review (Feb. 28)

2012

Halo 4 NYCC 2012 Hands-On Preview (Oct. 26)

NYCC 2012: Marvel Heroes Interview (Oct. 15)

NHL 13 Review (Sept. 24)

Watch Dogs E3 2012 Preview (June 10)

Borderlands 2 Hands-On Preview (April 11)

2011

Old Warfare: Bringing Honesty to Military Shooters (Dec. 15)

Forever an Amateur: My Short and Failed Attempt at Major League Gaming (Aug. 30)

E3 2011 Preview: What can we expect from the Big Three? (June 1)

The Problematic Case of DLC (April 19)

Interview with Colin Johanson: ArenaNet’s Lead Content Designer (March 26)

2010

Supreme Court hears opening arguments in violent video game case (Nov. 3)

GamerNode Sits with Warren Spector (Nov. 1)

Interview with Ken Levine: Creative Director of Irrational Games (Feb. 22)

Podcasts

2015

Vs. Node 59: The 2014 Nodie Awards Show (Feb. 2)

2013

Vs. Node 27: PlayStation 4 Reveal and David Cage’s Old Man (Feb. 28)

2011

Vs. Node 19: The Industry Macarena (Sept. 23)