Mallory "Mal" Georg (née Weir, born April 6, 1988) is a YouTuber and video game collector under the name of MalMakes, where she paints scenes inspired by video games she likes. A former high school art teacher, Mal is the wife of Stephen Georg and appears on his YouTube channels frequently.
Mal and Stephen met through the EarthBound fansite Starmen.net in 2007, which Stephen had been a member of for five years prior. They started dating in March 2008 after admitting their feelings to each other after Skype chatting with each other daily. This led to Stephen meeting Mal for the first time that summer after school let out. They started visiting each other many times a year, and eventually got engaged in July 2010. They would later be wed in August 2011.
Mallory has run her own channel on YouTube since early 2016 called MalMakes. It became her full-time job in late 2016. This channel runs two series, the primary one being MalMakes, where she makes paintings inspired by video games she likes. She uploads a time-lapse version and a normal version where she explains what exactly she is doing. The second series is Intro to Painting. In this series, Mal again makes paintings inspired by video games she enjoys, though this time she gives detailed tutorials on how to recreate the art. Mal tries to pick things in which viewers of all skill levels in art can recreate the painting.
Mal has also frequently appeared as a co-Let's Player with her husband on StephenPlays. They have done a variety of series including co-op Let's Plays, single-player games where they pass the controller, competitive Let's Plays (such as their Mario Kart Let's Plays), and a hybrid of these.
History
Mal was born in Wisconsin and lived there until moving to South Carolina with Stephen. She attended the University of Wisconsin - Stout from 2007 through 2011 and earned a Bachelors of Science in Art Education. Her YouTube channel, MalMakes, was started in 2016 after she resigned from her job as a high school art teacher in 2015. She has done over 100 paintings on the channel to date.
Mal and Stephen with their cats
As chronicled by very early StephenVlogs, Mal and Stephen met through the EarthBound fansite Starmen.net in 2007, which Stephen had been a member of for five years prior. They started dating in March 2008 after admitting their feelings to each other after Skype chatting with each other daily. This led to Stephen meeting Mal for the first time that summer after school let out. They started visiting each other many times a year, and eventually got engaged in July 2010. They would later be wed in August 2011.
With their cat Kepler, they lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (Stephen's hometown) for a while, but have since moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in 2022. Since Stephen’s dive into the realm of Twitch in 2018, she has adopted the nickname Internet Grandma alongside Grandpa Stephen.
MalMakes
Mallory has run her own channel on YouTube since early 2016 called MalMakes. It became her full-time job in late 2016. This channel runs two series, the primary one being MalMakes, where she makes paintings inspired by video games she likes. She uploads a time-lapse version and a normal version where she explains what exactly she is doing. The second series is Intro to Painting. In this series, Mal again makes paintings inspired by video games she enjoys, though this time she gives detailed tutorials on how to recreate the art. Mal tries to pick things in which viewers of all skill levels in art can recreate the painting.
As of 2023, Mal has began streaming on Twitch also under the MalMakes name, with streams focused on art and cooking.
Mal on StephenPlays w/Emile
Mal has frequently appeared as a co-Let's Player with her husband on StephenPlays. They have done a variety of series including co-op Let's Plays, single-player games where they pass the controller, competitive Let's Plays (such as their Mario Kart Let's Plays), and a hybrid of these.
Mal and Emile have appeared at the same time on StephenPlays on side series, such as Mario Party, and on bonus episodes such as the VS matches for both of Stephen's Super Smash Bros. Let's Plays.
Mal on StephenVlog w/ Emile
Mallory has appeared on StephenVlog almost every day since a little bit after Stephen's graduation. When Emile and Stephen first met in person, Mallory was there with Stephen as they were married by that point. She has been in almost every video featuring Emile with few exceptions, such as when Stephen went to record The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures with The Runaway Guys and the first time Stephen saw Emile's new house.
Gift Exchange
When Emile visits Stephen, or vice versa, they often give each other gifts. Gifts are also given to Mallory and Masae. Whoever is more generous is a tough contest. This trend started on StephenVlog Day 1318 and has continued since.
- Emile has given Stephen and Mallory:
- A Wii U (with a few extra games and controllers)
- A hard drive
- A capture card
- 3DS eShop gift cards
- An Xbox 1 (with a few extra games and controllers)
- An iPhone 6 Plus, among other things.
- A Nintendo Switch each along with Breath of the Wild and its associated Amiibos.
- In return, Stephen and Mallory have given Emile:
- Framed version of his Let's Play logos.
- Glasses engraved with characters he's Let's played as.
- Versions of his Let's Play Logos for the entire Mother series.
Trivia
- Over the years, Mallory and Stephen have amassed a vast collection of video games by frequenting flea markets in the early days of the vlog, visiting game stores, and through the help of their viewers who send them games in VlogMail. They completed their N64 game collection at the end of 2015, completed their GameCube collection at the end of 2018, and are currently focusing on Wii games. Their video game collection can be found here.
- From 2012 to 2022, Mal and Stephen designed Emile's icons for all his Let's Plays released within that time.
- Emile and Masae often appear together when the Georgs visit, due to living in close proximity to each other.
- Mal is from Wisconsin, but moved to South Carolina in 2011 to live with Stephen.
- Mal and Stephen started e-dating in early 2008 before meeting in person for the first time that summer. They then got engaged on July 16, 2010 and got married August 6, 2011.
- Prior to MalMakes, she worked as an art teacher,
- Mal has a sister, Karley, who has appeared on StephenVlog occasionally.
- Mal has a wikifeet page.
- Mal graduated from University of Wisconsin - Stout.
- Mal is allergic to peanuts, latex, various bug bites, and adhesives
- Mal's favorite bands are Modest Mouse and Alkaline Trio and is often seen wearing their t-shirts.
- Mal's favorite Pokémon is Skitty.
- Mal's running gag in the Custom Smash series is using Mr. Game-and-Watch just to see if she can hit a 9 on his side special, Judge, regardless of the gimmick.
- In general during Custom Smash she is usually the first or second one to fall, usually to mistakes on her part.