SethBling

SethBling
SethBling in 2016
Personal information
Born (1987-04-03) April 3, 1987 (age 37)[1][2]
NationalityAmerican
EducationCalifornia Institute of Technology[4]
(B.S. Computer Science)
Occupation(s)Software engineer and speedrunner[3]
Websitesethbling.com
YouTube information
Also known asSeth
Channel
Years active2011–present
GenreLet's Play
Subscribers2 million[5]
Total views641 million[5]
100,000 subscribers2012[6][7]
1,000,000 subscribers2013[8]
EmployerSelf-employed[9]

Last updated: February 7, 2024

SethBling (born April 3, 1987) is an American video game commentator and Twitch video game live streamer known for YouTube videos focused around the 1990 side-scrolling platform video game Super Mario World and the 2011 sandbox video game Minecraft. He created original and derivative video games, devices and phenomena in Minecraft, without using Minecraft mods. He created an interpreter for the programming language BASIC and an emulator for the 1977 home video game console Atari 2600 in Minecraft. In addition to Minecraft builds that run without mods, he created plugins for the game.

SethBling wrote artificial intelligence programs that play Super Mario World, Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Kart. He held a world record of 41.35 seconds for Super Mario World until June 2020, and a former world record for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. He achieved the world record for Super Mario World by using a glitch that enabled him to execute arbitrary code and skip to the game's credits. In 2015, he was the first to do so on a home video game console. He injected code to play a Flappy Bird-like game within Super Mario World on a stock Super Nintendo Entertainment System. He was the first to perform this kind of arbitrary code execution by hand. In 2017, Cooper Harasyn and SethBling created a jailbreak by hand using exploits to save a hex editor onto a read-only memory cartridge, allowing for creation of mods.

  1. ^ @SethBling (April 3, 2013). "It seems that word has gotten out that today is my birthday. I appreciate the birthday wishes :) I'm now 26" (Tweet). Retrieved July 29, 2018 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ SethBling (June 10, 2012). "r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA". Reddit. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference kotaku2218 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ SethBling (June 10, 2012). "r/Minecraft - IAm SethBling, the Minecraft videographer. AMA". Reddit. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "About SethBling". YouTube.
  6. ^ SethBling (January 29, 2012). 50k Subscriber Special: Minecraft Surfing. YouTube. Archived from the original on May 2, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  7. ^ SethBling (September 20, 2012). A Minecraft Magic Trick—SethBling's Quarter Million Subscriber Special. YouTube. Archived from the original on July 20, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  8. ^ a b SethBling (October 8, 2014). SethBling's Gold Play Buddon. YouTube. Archived from the original on April 17, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
  9. ^ SethBling (August 8, 2013). "SethBling Teaches Minecraft For A Living". YouTube Millionaires (Interview). Interviewed by Sam Gutelle. Tubefilter. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2017.