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Neyo Young
Patrick on NickRewind's Fact or Nicktion in 2020
Born
Neyo Octavious Dallas Young

(1986-11-15) November 15, 1986 (age 38)
Medina, Ohio, U.S.
Alma materDuke University (BA)
Occupation(s)Internet celebrity, digital analytics strategist, consultant and influencer
Years active2006–present
Spouse
Stephanie Cordato
​
(m. 2012)​
Children1
YouTube information
Channels
  • The Game Theorists
  • The Film Theorists
  • The Food Theorists
  • GTLive
Years active2011–present
Subscribers34.44 million (combined)
Total views7.05 billion (combined)
NetworkLong Haul Management Clients & Partners[1]/ Studio 71[2]
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers2013, 2015, 2020
1,000,000 subscribers2013, 2015, 2017, 2020
10,000,000 subscribers2018, 2021
Last updated: October 12, 2022

Matthew Robert Patrick (born November 15, 1986), better known by his screen name MatPat, is an American Internet personality and the creator and narrator of the YouTube webseries Game Theory. MatPat is also the creator and narrator of Game Theory spinoffs Film Theory and Food Theory. Game Theory centers on topics such as the logic, scientific accuracy, and lore of various video games and the gaming industry. Film Theory and Food Theory focuses on cinema/internet filmography and food franchises respectively.

In 2015, Patrick created one of YouTube's first live gaming channels, GTLive, and in 2016, he created the YouTube Premium series MatPat's Game Lab. As of February 2021, he has over 34 million subscribers and over 7 billion views total across his four channels.

Early life

Matthew Robert Patrick[3] was born on November 15, 1986,[4] in Medina County, Ohio.[citation needed] Growing up, Patrick took an interest in fine arts, especially musical theatre.[5] He was valedictorian of his high school, and attended Duke University on an academic scholarship, where he studied psychology and theater.[6] He graduated summa cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Career

YouTube

Patrick first created a YouTube account under the name "MatthewPatrick13" in 2009. He uploaded numerous videos of his performances and auditions for musical theatre.

After graduation, Patrick moved to New York City to pursue an acting career,[6] but after two years of near-total unemployment, he uploaded the promotional trailer for Game Theory, inspired by the YouTube series Extra Credits episode "Tangential Learning". He uploaded the first episode of Game Theory on April 18, 2011, with the goal of creating "gaming's tangential learning experience" to show his abilities to companies that might watch his channel.[citation needed] Example topics covered on Game Theory include Nintendo characters, Minecraft, Five Nights at Freddy's, Call of Duty, Pokémon, and Petscop.[7][8] He occasionally uploaded videos commenting on the gaming market, as well as on other matters that he deemed noteworthy.[9] He gained subscribers and his videos were being posted on the front pages of sites such as ScrewAttack and GameTrailers.[10]

The Game Theorists reached one million subscribers on December 17, 2013, and 10 million in July 2018. As of March 2022, The Game Theorists has 16.2 million subscribers and over 3.61 billion views.

On May 12, 2015, Patrick created a second channel called The Film Theorists where he debuted his second show, Film Theory. The first video was uploaded on June 2, 2015. Film Theory follows the same format as Game Theory, but focuses on films and the film industry instead of gaming. The Film Theorists reached one million subscribers a month after the channel's debut.[11] As of March 2022, The Film Theorists has 11.3 million subscribers and over 2 billion views.

Patrick with his wife Stephanie in 2018

Patrick started a Let's Play series called GTLive on August 26, 2015,[12] where he streams mostly gameplay and video reactions with his wife Stephanie on the GTLive channel he created on September 14, 2015. 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.[13] As of March 2022, GTLive had 2.94 million subscribers and over 649 million views. As of 2022, the GTLive channel continues to upload mostly unedited, pre-recorded content.

On June 8, 2016, Patrick posted via his YouTube channel a new show, MatPat's Game Lab, on Google's paid subscription service, YouTube Premium. 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, survival and military training.[14][15] Despite MatPat's interest in developing a second season, YouTube has yet to announce any further development into the project.[16] He was also a part of the PewDiePie YouTube Premium series Scare PewDiePie (2016).[citation needed]

In 2019, The Game Theorists held a 9-hour charity livestream that generated $1.3 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.[17] The stream included guests Markiplier, TheOdd1sOut, Rosanna Pansino, Scott Cawthon, and others.[17] Multiple other charity streams were held for St. Jude in the following years.[citation needed]

The third Theory channel, and fourth overall; The Food Theorists began releasing videos in July 2020. The Food Theorists, using the same style as its predecessors, blends food science with psychology, physiology, and conspiracy.[citation needed] The channel was being developed for two years prior to its launch.[18] As of October 2022, The Food Theorists had 4 million subscribers and over 499 million views. It had reached 1 million subscribers exactly a week after launch, and had then gained another million over the succeeding 4 months.[19]

Other media

Patrick was involved in the web series TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise. He gained the series more attention and exposure by uploading a re-mastered version of the first episode on the channel on October 1, 2013, and then providing a platform for the series.[20][21] The game was released on Steam on September 9, 2021.

A character based on Patrick was included in The Walking Dead: Road to Survival (2015).[22] In 2017, Patrick and his wife Stephanie participated in Nintendo's Pokkén Tournament DX Invitational, an event held during E3 2017. He was paired with Allister Singh, the only pro-Pokkén Tournament player in the event. His team eventually won the tournament.[23] Patrick voiced Computron in the animated series Transformers: Titans Return (2017).[24]

In 2019, Patrick partnered with Nickelodeon to make the show Fact or Nicktion.[25] In this show, Patrick examined various phenomena in Nickelodeon shows, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Rugrats to determine whether they could or couldn't happen in real life.

Personal life

Matthew is married to Stephanie Patrick (née Cordato), whom he met while studying at Duke University. The two became close after creating a Legend of Zelda parody called The Epic of Stew. They were married on May 19, 2012.[26] Their son Oliver was born in 2018,[27] and the family currently divides their time between living in California and North Carolina.[28]

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated Work Award Result
2015 Streamy Awards The Game Theorists Gaming Nominated
The Game Theorists, Ronnie Edwards, Forrest Lee Black, and Ryder Burgin Editing Nominated
2016 Shorty Awards The Game Theorists Tech and Innovation: Gaming Nominated
Streamy Awards The Game Theorists Show of the Year Nominated
Gaming Won
MatPat's Game Lab Non-Fiction Nominated
Virtual Reality and 360 Won
2017 Shorty Awards MatPat Tech and Innovation: Gaming Nominated
Streamy Awards The Game Theorists (Edward Newton, Thomas Torbergsen, Alex Sedgewick, Ronnie Edwards, Daniel Seibert, Lee Black, and Ryder Burgin) Editing Won
The Global Gamer Immersive Nominated
2018 Streamy Awards Game Theory Subject: Pop Culture Nominated
Game Theory (Lee Black, Ronnie Edwards, Alexander Sedgewick, Daniel Seibert, and Thomas Torbergsen) Editing Nominated
2019 Streamy Awards The Game Theorists Gaming Won
2021 Streamy Awards The Game Theorists Writing Won

See also

References

  1. ^ "Roster". Long Haul Management Clients & Partners. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  2. ^ The Game Theorists, Socialblade. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  3. ^ MatPat [@MatPatGT] (October 24, 2016). "Just got ordained to officiate Jason's wedding. But I can do house blessings and funerals too! I'M A ONE-STOP SHOP! #PastorPat https://t.co/oCrxOLHChq" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ @MatPatGT (November 15, 2012). "Today's my birthday. Best comment so far: "I was 26 when I was your age."" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ K, Disha; pal (September 1, 2021). "Who is Matthew Patrick? Fans rally for YouTuber to host Jeopardy". HITC. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Gutelle, Sam (February 27, 2014). "YouTube Millionaires: The Game Theorists Think Hard About Video Games".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "'Five Nights At Freddy's' Theorist MatPat Claims To Solve Scott Cawthon's Lore, Video Incoming". Design & Trend. November 18, 2015. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  8. ^ "'Five Nights At Freddy's 4' Story Theories: Why Scott's Child Character Is Truly Golden Freddy". Design & Trend. September 5, 2015. Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  9. ^ "Game Theory: YouTube Is Broken, Even For PewDiePie". New Media Rockstars. December 23, 2014. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  10. ^ "Theorist Media About". Theorist Media. Theorist Inc. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  11. ^ "MatPat Theorizes How He Hit 1MM Subscribers In A Month On His Film Theorists Channel.[INTERVIEW] – New Media Rockstars". New Media Rockstars. July 9, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  12. ^ GT Live: FNAF Chat with MatPat! on YouTube
  13. ^ "YouTube launches Primetime Gaming Lineup with Interactive Technology from Megaphone TV". Megaphone TV. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  14. ^ "YouTube Teases 'Red' Series From CollegeHumor, The Game Theorists, Joey Graceffa In Latest Trailer". Tubefilter. May 5, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  15. ^ "YouTube Red gives Game Theorists star MatPat a science-meets-video games show". VentureBeat. October 21, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  16. ^ "MatPat's Game Lab Cancelled Or Renewed For Season 2?". Renew Cancel TV. Cancelled and Renewed TV shows News. June 8, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  17. ^ a b Weiss, Geoff (December 4, 2019). "The Game Theorists' Star-Studded Stream Raises $1.3 Million — And Counting — For St. Jude". Tubefilter. Retrieved January 18, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Matthew and Stephanie Patrick Add Fourth Channel to 'Theorist' Portfolio for Food Investigations". July 23, 2020.
  19. ^ "Chuck E. Cheese's insists it doesn't recycle pizza after Shane Dawson conspiracy goes viral - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
  20. ^ "YouTube Updates 'n Vlogs + New TOME stuff COMING SOON!". Newgrounds. Kirbopher. December 6, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2017. I haven't been able to get Google Adsense to work on my YouTube channel for well over a year. The "experiment" was MatPat would be uploading TOME episodes and shorts to their channel as a new show (since they have 3 shows on the GT channel) and giving me a cut of the revenue each month. However, the show didn't perform as well as we were hoping within the first two episodes, so it was ultimately decided to pull it from their channel.
  21. ^ "TOME now on Game Theorist YT & Progress Report". Newgrounds. Kirbopher. October 9, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2017. MatPat and the Game Theorist crew reached out to me, as fans of the show, and wanted to give it more exposure. So, they've graciously invited me to be part of their channel and help TOME reach a bigger audience than before.
  22. ^ Film Theory: King Kong's Secret Past - SOLVED! (Kong: Skull Island). The Film Theorists. April 5, 2017. Archived from the original on March 27, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021 – via YouTube.
  23. ^ Myers, Maddy (June 14, 2017). "The Sole Pokken Pro Won The E3 Pokken Tournament Invitational, Unsurprisingly". Compete. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  24. ^ "'Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy' Adds Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime in "Titans Return"". Collider.com. July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  25. ^ "Viacom Digital Studios Readies Facebook Watch Slate With Grace Helbig, MatPat, Joey Graceffa". Tubefilter. September 5, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  26. ^ : "Matthew Patrick on Instagram: "Six years ago, I married my best friend thinking it was impossible to love her any more than I did on that day…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  27. ^ "Matthew Patrick on Instagram: "It's my greatest honor to introduce you to Oliver Julian Patrick…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  28. ^ "Matthew Patrick on Instagram: "Road trip lunch break!…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
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