Editing Homestar Runner (section)

===Reception===
In 2003, the site received several million hits a month and almost a thousand emails a day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Mandy |date=August 1, 2003 |title=Cult is chasing wacky Web toon |work=Cincinnati Enquirer |url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/08/01/tem_homestar01.html}}</ref> According to Matt Chapman, the site did no advertising, but grew on word of mouth and endorsements. "Certain bands, like fairly popular bands and stuff would link us on their site and, you know we were [[Adobe Shockwave|Shockwave]] site of the day a couple of times over the years."<ref name="Wired" /> ''Homestar Runner''{{'s}} popularity, coupled with its positive critical response, has led to the website receiving widespread coverage. ''Homestar Runner'' has been featured in ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', ''[[National Review]]'', ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', ''Total Gamer'', [[G4 (American TV network)|G4]], and [[National Public Radio|NPR]]'s ''[[All Things Considered]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ydstie |first=John  |date=May 8, 2004 |title=Strong Bad Walks in Footsteps of Darth, Lex, J.R. |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4634837 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117230936/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4634837 |archive-date=November 17, 2007 |access-date=November 9, 2007 |work=[[All Things Considered]] |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref>

A review published in ''National Review'' characterized the site's humor as having "the innocence of [[slapstick]] with sharp satire of American popular culture" — humor that "tends to be cultural, not political."<ref name="natlreview">{{Cite magazine |last=Wood |first=Peter |date=August 27, 2003 |title=Everybody to the Limit |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-wood082703.asp |magazine=National Review |access-date=May 28, 2006 |archive-date=May 11, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060511203728/https://nationalreview.com/comment/comment-wood082703.asp |url-status=live }}</ref>

The site-generated music has enjoyed surprising popularity, such that two songs, "Trogdor" by the character [[Strong Bad]] and "Because, It's Midnite" by Limozeen, have been included in the successful ''[[Guitar Hero II]]'' and ''[[Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s]]'' video games, respectively.