Vinesauce

In 2016, Vinesauce received mainstream attention for their livestream of the 1995 virtual world game Active Worlds.[18][19][20] Taking place in March 2016, the stream involved Vinny venturing in the virtual world until encountering a user named "Hitomi Fujiko", a player who appeared to exhibit non-player character traits.[21] Vinny had initially assumed Fujiko was a character intended to guide players through the virtual world, but after various interactions with Fujiko, he slowly realized the character had evinced human-like traits.[21][22] Vinny and Fujiko's interaction escalated with a conversation where Fujiko knew Vinny's name despite him registering his account as Vinesauce; shortly after, Fujiko left the server.[21] 6,000 people watched the stream unfold with many of them attempting to register accounts in order to join Vinny's session, leading to an overload of the game's servers.[18][21] The stream had led Vinesauce's fan base to uncover clues about the mystery surrounding Fujiko's actions,[18][20][21] with Alex Avard of GamesRadar asserting that "the events that followed were mythologized into one of the internet's best creepypasta stories."[23] In 2018, author Andrew Reinhard cited the Active Worlds videos as an example of archaeogaming in the book Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games.[24]

In 2021, several of Vinesauce's videos were cited in a mystery about a farming game that never existed.[25][26] The mystery came into existence when a Reddit user named "Sparta123" wrote a thread on r/tipofmyjoystick describing a farming game akin to Harvest Moon that they tried to recall, with the premise involving a man who manslaughters his wife and tries to hide the body while working as a farmer.[25][26] Sparta123's post led the game rumor to spread to various social media communities, with users attempting to investigate the existence of the farming game.[25][26] In a video essay, YouTuber Justin Whang revealed that the premise of the game originated from Vinesauce member Vargskelethor Joel, citing a Reddit post from user "PM_MeYourEars" and a Discord post from "AqueousSnake" that identified an animated clip from one of Joel's streams.[25][26] Sparta123 later confirmed that Vinesauce Joel's video was "likely the source of the game,"[26] and Joel also apologized in a Twitch stream.[25]

In 2014, Vinesauce created the Vinesauce is HOPE charity drive, a variety gaming stream where proceeds go to the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation (PCRF); former Vinesauce member Hootey is credited with the idea for the event.[1][27] In 2017 the Vinesauce is HOPE stream raised over $137,000[1] and in 2019 they raised over $218,000.[27]

Red Vox performing in 2016

Red Vox is a rock band formed by Vinny and drummer Mike (Jabroni Mike) in 2015.[1][28] Their music is primarily alternative rock with influences from psychedelic rock. Vinny has stated that rock bands such as Radiohead, Nirvana, Pink Floyd and Tame Impala were inspirations for the group's music.[1][28][29] Their second album Another Light was released in 2017 and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.[29][30] They've released 6 albums and 2 EPs in total.

In 2014, Vinesauce interviewed video game developer Edmund McMillen to discuss secrets surrounding his game The Binding of Isaac.[31][32][33] In 2020, Vinny appeared in an episode of the Boundary Break web series focused on the out-of-bounds content of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.[34][35]