Rocco Botte

Rocco Botte is an actor and co-creator of Mega64, an American satirical comedy troupe and independent production company. Born December 20, 1983, in the US, Botte founded Mega64 with Derrick Acosta and Shawn Chatfield in San Diego in 2003. The group's original self-titled show debuted on public-access television that same year, then evolved into DVD releases—Version 1, Version 2 (2006), and Version 3 (2010)—before a film continuation, V4.1 Revengurrection, arrived in 2021. Beyond their core show, Mega64 produced abridged "Five Minute" retellings of Dragon Ball Z anime, work that grew from promotional collaboration with Funimation for the 2015 Resurrection 'F' movie. The troupe has partnered with major video game companies including Ubisoft and crowdfunded titles like Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Mega64 gained industry recognition creating sketches for the Game Developers Conference's Game Developers Choice Awards, depicting fictionalized backstories of Lifetime Achievement Award winners like Ken Kutaragi and Hironobu Sakaguchi—work that featured cameos from Hideo Kojima, Gabe Newell, and Shigeru Miyamoto. Variety named Mega64 one of its "10 Comics to Watch for 2015". In 2024, the group faced closure due to collapsing merchandise sales, ad revenue decline, and stream scams, but recovered following a livestream about their financial crisis that tripled their Patreon memberships and donations. As a Sagittarius, Botte's work reflects the sign's affinity for bold, philosophical humor and pushing boundaries. Life path 8 suggests entrepreneurial resilience and cycles of reinvention—traits evident in Mega64's survival through industry shifts.