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'Dorito Pope' Was Coined 13 Years Ago This Very Day

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Dorito Pope is a nickname given to gaming journalist Geoff Keighley following an interview between Keighley and LevelSave.com in October 2012. The effusive amount of product placement for Mountain Dew and Doritos during the interview led to large amounts of criticism and led to it becoming a notorious example criticizing the state of gaming journalism at the time.

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'Dorito Pope' Was Coined 13 Years Ago This Very Day

Dorito Pope is a nickname given to gaming journalist Geoff Keighley following an interview between Keighley and LevelSave.com in October 2012. The effusive amount of product placement for Mountain Dew and Doritos during the interview led to large amounts of criticism and led to it becoming a notorious example criticizing the state of gaming journalism at the time.

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Know Your Meme broke the news in on Friday, October 17, 2025.
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