When YouTube star and game legend MatPat speaks to Rolling Stone, he’s 24 hours from one of the biggest changes of his life. For almost a decade, MatPat, whose real name is Matthew Patrick, has been the main host of Game Theorists, a popular YouTube show that eventually expanded into …
Read More »VidCon Announces Creator Lineup for 2024
VidCon 2024 is just six months away — and the annual internet culture convention is revealing the names of 60 creators set to descend on Anaheim, California. Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal Tuesday that authors (and VidCon co-founders) John and Hank Green, Polynesian-American singer Dinah Jane, YouTube comedian Brandon Rogers, …
Read More »YouTuber MatPat Announces Retirement
Gaming YouTuber MatPat announced on Tuesday afternoon that he would be officially retiring from his YouTube channel,marking an official end to over 12 years of being an online gaming and fandom authority. In a tearful video titled “Goodbye Internet,” MatPat — legal name Matthew Patrick — announced that March 9, …
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