He graduated valedictorian in high school and went to Duke University, where he met Stephanie in a game programming class. MatPat was born in Medina, Ohio as an only child and grew to love two arts: video games and theater.
GTLive, his third channel, is where he and Stephanie archive livestreams, which go live at 4:00 pm PST every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. The Film Theorists, his spin-off second channel, is where he hosts Film Theory, a spin-off of Game Theory focusing instead on cinema and television. MatPat himself hosts Game Theory, the channel's main show, in which he posts theories backed by research about aspects of games, including their lore and scientific, mathematical and historical aspects. MatPat's first and most popular channel is The Game Theorists, a hub in which he and several other content creators upload edutaining videos about gaming.
Matthew Robert 'Matt' Patrick, also known by his nickname MatPat, is an American YouTube educator, live streamer, and media researcher and theorist who has co-created multiple YouTube channels with his wife Stephanie Cordato. He's like the Mythbusters of gaming.' -MatPat That’s why Game Theory runs the gamut from the psych of Batman to the zoology of Frogger.
