MatPat

MatPat

Patrick at VidCon 2016
Personal information
Nationality American
Residence Los Angeles, California
Occupation Internet personality
Spouse(s) Stephanie Cordato (m. 2012)
YouTube information
Pseudonym MatPat
Years active 2009–present
Genre
Subscribers 7.2 million (The Game Theorists)
3.7 million (The Film Theorists)
878k (GTLive)
Total views 922.1 million (The Game Theorists)
261.5 million (The Film Theorists)
73 million (GTLive)
Associated acts
Subscriber and view counts updated as of 12 November 2016.

Matthew Robert Patrick,[1] more commonly known by screen name MatPat, is an American actor, writer, and internet personality. He is best known as the creator and narrator of the YouTube webseries Game Theory, where he comments on things such as the logic, scientific accuracy, and lore of various video games and the gaming industry. He is also known for creating YouTube Red series MatPat's Game Lab and the spinoff Film Theory, centering around cinema and internet filmography instead of gaming. As of August 19, 2016, Patrick has amassed over 7 million subscribers and over 923 million views over his three YouTube channels, with his main channel The Game Theorists being the first and most subscribed.

On July 1, 2016, the game show The Runner starring Patrick premiered. The show is available on Go90 and is produced by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.[2]

Early life

Matthew Patrick was born on November 15, 1986 in Medina County, Ohio. Growing up, Patrick was very involved in the arts, especially musical theatre. Patrick valued education and spent most of his school career studying or taking classes. According to Patrick, his enthusiasm led him to skip his lunch periods to take classes and to spend his summer vacations taking courses at college campuses. Patrick was the valedictorian of his graduating class, and earned a perfect score on his SAT. His strong academic record earned him acceptance into the prestigious Duke University.[3]

After graduating from Duke University with a double major in neuroscience and theater, Patrick moved to New York City in order to pursue an acting career, which he eventually quit. After two years of mostly unemployment, he uploaded the promotional trailer for Game Theory, and four days later, he uploaded the first episode, explaining the scientific accuracy of the time travel of the SNES game Chrono Trigger.

He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[4]

Career

The Game Theorists

Patrick first created a YouTube account under the name "MatthewPatrick13" in 2009. He uploaded numerous videos of his performances and auditions for musical theatre, including one where he sang "It Takes Two" from the musical Hairspray.

The Game Theorists logo.

On April 18, 2011, Patrick uploaded the first episode of his new show, Game Theory, where he discusses the relationship between reality and gaming in terms of science, math and culture. Inspired by the YouTube series Extra Credits he created Game Theory with the goal of creating "gaming's tangential learning experience" to show his abilities to companies that might watch his channel.[5] He frequently uploads episodes covering Nintendo characters, as well as popular games such as Minecraft, Five Nights at Freddy's, Call of Duty and Pokémon, as well as numerous other games.[6][7] He occasionally uploads videos commenting on the gaming market, as well as on other matters that he deems noteworthy.[8] He gained subscribers and his videos were being posted on the front pages of sites such as ScrewAttack and GameTrailers.[5] Game Theory has become known for Patrick's educational, consistent and in-depth approach to game analysis.

During the course of its life, The Game Theorists has hosted numerous spin-offs and separate shows. Some of the shows are only partly on The Game Theorists and consist of more episodes on the creators' channels.

The Game Theorists reached one million subscribers in 2013.

The Film Theorists

The Film Theorists logo.

On May 12, 2014, Patrick created a second channel called The Film Theorists where he debuted his second show, Film Theory. The first episode was uploaded on June 2, 2015, focusing on the science of the TV series Doctor Who.[10] Film Theory follows the same formula as Game Theory, but in relation to films and series as well as the film industry instead of gaming. Within a month following the first episode, The Film Theorists reached one million subscribers.[11]

Like The Game Theorists, The Film Theorists is a host of spin-off shows.

Film Theory has covered episodes on franchises like Star Wars, Marvel Studios, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, and even the 2016 United States presidential election.[12][13]

MatPat's Game Lab

Main article: MatPat's Game Lab

On June 8, 2016, Patrick posted via his YouTube channel his new show, MatPat's Game Lab, on Google's new paid subscription service, YouTube Red. The show mainly focuses on placing video game players in real life scenarios mimicking scenarios that occur in video games, such as bomb defusing, parkour, and military training.[14][15][16]

GTLive

Patrick started a Let's Play series called GTLive on August 26, 2015[17] where he streams mostly gameplay with his wife Stephanie and then uploads it to the GTLive archive channel he created on September 14, 2015. Streams are usually conducted at 4 pm PST. Also appearing on the streams regularly are Jason, the producer of GTLive, their cat Skip, also called “CatPat” and “Peepachu”, a cushion in the form of a Bunny Peep. Repeated themes of this livestream include the Mario Maker Wednesday (abbr. “MMW”) and the Scary Games Friday (abbr. “TGISGF” for “Thank God It's Scary Games Friday”). A common feature is the 'clap-and-a-half' which Patrick reclaimed from his seventh grade Social Studies teacher. On the live stream, they used Verizon's in-game Minecraft smartphone for ordering pizza as well as taking "the worlds largest [in-game] selfie".[18]

Starting on October 3, 2016, the Monday streams became part of YouTube Gaming Primetime and are therefore scheduled for 3 pm to 5 pm PST. It also includes a voting mechanism, which can be used by Patrick to conduct quick polls.[19]

Personal life

Patrick became engaged to Stephanie Cordato, whom he met while studying at Duke University, on November 17, 2010, their 1500th day anniversary. The two became close after creating a Legend of Zelda parody called The Epic of Stew. The couple married on May 19, 2012 in North Carolina.[20]

Collaborations

Patrick has collaborated with numerous channels, featuring them as guests on his own shows, or being featured himself. He has done numerous voice-over work for video game-based blog Did You Know Gaming?, covering episodes on Portal, the Super Mario games, and the Five Nights at Freddy's series. He often shouts out the Wisecrack channel at the end of videos from his Film Theory series.

Patrick has also worked with over 100 clients, including Samsung, Warner Bros., Ubisoft, Defy Media, and YouTube.

Numerous internet personalities have done voice-over work for Patrick's numerous shows, such as Austin Hargrave (PeanutButterGamer) and Jonathan Jafari, as well as Arin Hanson (Egoraptor) and Dan Avidan of the webseries Game Grumps.

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated Work Award Result
2016 Streamy Awards The Game Theorists Show of the Year Nominated
Gaming Won
MatPat’s Game Lab Non-Fiction Nominated
Virtual Reality and 360 Won

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Just got ordained to officiate Jason's wedding. But I can do house blessings and funerals too! I'M A ONE-STOP SHOP! #PastorPat". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  2. ↑ "Ben Affleck & Matt Damon's Interactive Series, The Runner, Gets Trailer". People.com. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  3. ↑ The Game Theorists (2013-09-24), Draw My Life - Game Theory, MatPat, and YOU!, retrieved 2016-05-11
  4. ↑ "Matthew Patrick | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  5. 1 2 "A Brief History Of The Game Theorists". YouTube. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ "'Five Nights At Freddy's' Theorist MatPat Claims To Solve Scott Cawthon's Lore, Video Incoming". Design & Trend. 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  7. ↑ "'Five Nights At Freddy's 4' Story Theories: Why Scott's Child Character Is Truly Golden Freddy". Design & Trend. 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  8. ↑ "Game Theory: YouTube Is Broken, Even For PewDiePie - New Media Rockstars". New Media Rockstars. 2014-12-23. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  9. ↑ "AngryJoe Drives a Tank! – [War Thunder Event]". The Angry Joe Show. 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  10. ↑ Film Theory: Can a Doctor Who Doctor ACTUALLY EXIST? (pt. 1, Biology) on YouTube
  11. ↑ "MatPat Theorizes How He Hit 1MM Subscribers In A Month On His Film Theorists Channel [INTERVIEW] - New Media Rockstars". New Media Rockstars. 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  12. ↑ Simpson, Ian M. "This Professional Theorist Proves Luke Skywalker Has Joined The Dark Side!?". moviepilot.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  13. ↑ "This video gives logical reasoning why Batman can totally win against Superman (spoiler alert)". The Indian Express. 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  14. ↑ "YouTube Teases 'Red' Series From CollegeHumor, The Game Theorists, Joey Graceffa In Latest Trailer". Tubefilter. 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  15. ↑ "YouTube Red gives Game Theorists star MatPat a science-meets-video games show". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  16. ↑ The Game Theorists (2016-05-06), NEW SHOW! Get Ready for Game Lab!, retrieved 2016-05-11
  17. ↑ GT Live: FNAF Chat with MatPat! on YouTube
  18. ↑ "Take Selfies and Order Pizza in Minecraft With Verizon's In-Game Smartphone - Interactive (video) - Creativity Online". creativity-online.com.
  19. ↑ http://www.megaphonetv.com/news-list/2016/9/30/youtube-launches-primetime-gaming-lineup-with-interactive-technology-from-megaphone-tv
  20. ↑ "Stephanie & Matthew's Wedding Website". cordatopatrick.ourwedding.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.

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