American journalist and media personality (born 1982)
Veronica Ann Belmont
(born July 21, 1982) is an American online media personality. She was formerly the co-host of the
Revision3
show
Tekzilla
alongside Patrick Norton. Belmont was the co-host of the former
TWiT.tv
gaming show
Game On!
along with
Brian Brushwood
, and the former host of the monthly
PlayStation 3
-based
video on demand
program
Qore
. Additionally, she was the host for the
Mahalo Daily
podcast and a producer and associate editor for
CNET Networks, Inc.
where she produced, engineered, and co-hosted the podcast
Buzz Out Loud
.
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Background
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Belmont's mother was a vice president at
Coleco
.
[2]
Belmont went to school at
Conard High School
in
West Hartford, Connecticut
before attending
Emerson College
, in
Boston
,
Massachusetts
, to study audio production and new media studies. After graduation in 2004, she worked briefly in Boston and eventually secured an internship at CNET. She resides in
San Francisco
,
California
with her husband, former
Engadget
editor
Ryan Block
.
[3]
Belmont learned she is
Jewish
through the Internet, "Quite literally, like I found out that I was … My family's Jewish and I never knew that before. And that was all because of, yeah, because of technology."
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Career
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CNET
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Belmont started as an intern producing audio content for
CNET Networks
. She was hired full-time six months later to produce their
First Look from the Labs
series, and also began producing
Buzz Out Loud
. Originally she was the sound engineer and producer of the show, but her role on the podcast grew substantially. She began to inject her own commentary and was acknowledged as an official co-host in August 2006. She also was the producer and co-host of two more CNET podcasts called
MP3 Insider
and
CRAVE Gadget Blog
, which were both co-hosted by
James Kim
.
Belmont made her video debut on CNET on April 6, 2006, on an
Insider Secrets
segment titled "Give your PC a Mac-over". Since then, she has hosted videos from
Maker Faire
,
CES
, and
South by Southwest
. She was also the host of the Prizefight series. She appeared for the final time in CNET TV on July 25, 2007, in the iPhone vs Nokia N95 edition of Prizefight".
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Mahalo
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Belmont left CNET in July 2007 to join Mahalo.
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She hosted and produced her own podcast called
Mahalo Daily
, covering subjects of her choosing. Her first video was an interview with
Leeroy Jenkins
at
BlizzCon 2007
.
[7]
On April 2, 2008, Belmont announced that she would be leaving Mahalo Daily within two weeks.
[8]
This was reported by TV Week on April 3, 2008.
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Revision3
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On April 9, 2008,
Revision3
announced that Belmont would be joining the Revision3 staff as co-host of
Tekzilla
.
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In May 2008, she became host of
Tekzilla Daily Tip
.
In October 2012, Belmont began hosting
Fact or Fictional
, a short format show on Revision3's new
YouTube
channel
techfeed
.
[11]
The show examines technology from popular fictional media and determines if the technology is or could be real.
Belmont left Revision3 in November 2013.
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Qore
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In June 2008,
Sony Computer Entertainment
announced a new subscription-based "monthly lifestyle gaming program" called
Qore
that would be hosted by Belmont.
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On October 19, 2011, she announced via her blog that she would be stepping down as host.
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Sword and Laser
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On October 16, 2007, Belmont started co-hosting a podcast with
Tom Merritt
of
CNET
and
TWIT
's Tech News Today fame. As the name implies, it is strictly about science-fiction and fantasy books and debuted with
Neuromancer
by
William Gibson
. Prior to the creation of the podcast, it was a book club in forum form. This format lasted through the first 3 books, which were,
The Golden Compass
by
Philip Pullman
,
Ender's Game
by
Orson Scott Card
and
American Gods
by
Neil Gaiman
, with the subsequent creation of the podcast.
From 2012 to 2013, a video incarnation of the show ran on
Felicia Day
's
Geek & Sundry
.
[15]
Over 30 episodes were produced.
TWiT.tv
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On October 30, 2011,
Leo Laporte
announced on
This Week in Tech
that Belmont would cohost
TWiT
's upcoming gaming show with
Brian Brushwood
called
Game On!
.
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The show's first official episode aired January 15, 2012, at 6:00 pm Pacific time on a live webcast in the TWiT network. The last episode of the show was uploaded on April 9, 2012.
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Voice acting
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In 2010's
Fallout: New Vegas
, she was the voice of Light Switch 01, Light Switch 02, Stealth Suit Mk II and Christine Royce.
BBC America
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Gizmodo: The Gadget Testers premiered on March 18, 2013 on
BBC America
.
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Belmont is one of the co-hosts and testers who tests the latest gadgets in outrageous and extreme ways.
IRL
podcast
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Starting June 2017, Belmont hosted a podcast called
IRL - Online Life is Real Life
which is produced by
Mozilla
.
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[20]
Belmont left the podcast after season 3 and was replaced by
Manoush Zomorodi
in season 4.
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[20]
Adobe Spark
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In July 2018, Belmont became a product manager and evangelist on the
Adobe Spark
team.
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References and notes
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"Buzz Out Loud 1588: loved the show"
. CBS Interactive. 5 April 2012.
Archived
from the original on 18 September 2012
. Retrieved
September 19,
2012
.
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"Growing Up Geek: Veronica Belmont"
. 21 June 2010.
Archived
from the original on 20 June 2018
. Retrieved
4 October
2017
.
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"Inside"
.
Archived
from the original on 4 June 2016
. Retrieved
4 October
2017
.
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"IRL Podcast: Virtual Connections"
.
irlpodcast.org
.
Archived
from the original on 2019-03-28
. Retrieved
2019-05-03
.
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"Videos - CNET"
. Cnettv.com. Archived from
the original
on 2009-01-06
. Retrieved
2017-10-04
.
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Belmont, Veronica (2007-07-10).
"Big (early) announcement day!"
.
Archived
from the original on 2007-10-17
. Retrieved
2007-11-14
.
So, this announcement is coming sooner than I expected, but a little birdie was set loose into the blogosphere today, so here we are! It's true, I'm leaving CNET to work full-time for Mahalo, producing a daily video show.
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Veronica Belmont ≫ Interview: Leeroy Jenkins
Archived
August 8, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine
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Moving on to new projects ? Veronica Belmont
Archived
April 9, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine
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"Belmont Says Aloha to 'Mahalo' - TVWeek"
.
www.tvweek.com
. Archived from
the original
on 24 July 2013
. Retrieved
4 October
2017
.
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"Revision3 says "aloha" to internet superstar Veronica Belmont"
(Press release). Revision3. 2008-04-09. Archived from
the original
on 2008-04-13
. Retrieved
2008-04-11
.
She will bring that same genius to Revision3, where she will co-host Tekzilla
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"Revision3 Launches Tech Feed"
(Press release). Revision3. 2012-10-08. Archived from
the original
on 2013-05-07
. Retrieved
2013-03-19
.
Fact or Fictional with Veronica Belmont
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"Revision3 > Blog > Veronica Belmont Says Farewell to Tekzilla and Revision3"
. Archived from
the original
on 2013-12-25
. Retrieved
2013-12-12
.
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"PSN subscription-based Qore features exclusive content"
(Press release). ars technica. 2008-06-03.
Archived
from the original on 2008-10-07
. Retrieved
2017-06-15
.
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Belmont, Veronica (October 2011).
"On to the next adventure!"
. Archived from
the original
on October 21, 2011
. Retrieved
October 19,
2011
.
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"Sword and Laser - YouTube"
.
www.youtube.com
.
Archived
from the original on 2014-03-27
. Retrieved
2016-12-28
.
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Leo Laporte (2011-10-30).
"This Week in Tech 325 - Squeezing Little Lemons"
(Podcast).
TWiT.tv
.
Archived
from the original on 2021-06-11
. Retrieved
2021-06-10
.
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Brian Brushwood and Veronica Belmont.
"Game On!"
(Podcast).
TWiT.tv
.
Archived
from the original on 2021-04-23
. Retrieved
2021-06-10
.
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"Gizmodo: Gadget Testers"
. BBC America. Archived from
the original
on March 1, 2014
. Retrieved
February 4,
2014
.
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Hill, Paul (2017-06-20).
"Mozilla launching a new podcast to be hosted by Veronica Belmont"
.
Neowin
.
Archived
from the original on 2018-03-30
. Retrieved
2018-04-18
.
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a
b
"IRL Podcast"
.
Archived
from the original on 2018-10-16
. Retrieved
2018-10-16
.
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Belmont, Veronica [@Veronica] (October 18, 2018).
"Sad to say that Season 3 was my last with IRL"
(
Tweet
) – via
Twitter
.
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"Adobe MAX 2018"
.
www.adobe-max.com
.
Archived
from the original on 2019-01-09
. Retrieved
2019-01-08
.
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