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Inspired by the YouTube series Extra Credits episode "Tangential Learning", uploaded on March 23, 2011, 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. On April 18, 2011, he uploaded the first episode of Game Theory, discussing the relationship between reality and gaming in terms of science, math and culture. He uploaded numerous videos of his performances and auditions for musical theatre, including one where he sang "It Takes Two" from the musical Hairspray. Matthew first created a YouTube account under the name "MatthewPatrick13" in 2009. Immediately after graduating from Duke with bachelor's degrees in neuroscience and theater, Patrick moved to New York City to pursue an acting career, but after two years of near-total 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-traveling mechanic in the SNES game Chrono Trigger. He graduated summa cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was valedictorian of his high school, achieved a perfect 1600 on his SAT, and attended Duke University on an academic scholarship. Growing up, Patrick took an interest in fine arts, especially musical theatre. Matthew Robert Patrick was born on November 15, 1986, in Medina County, Ohio to Robert and Linda Patrick. He also works with the musical web series Random Encounters and helps with special voice acting roles in songs. Between July 1, 2016, and July 31, 2016, he starred in the game show The Runner. As of February, 2021, he has amassed over 28 million subscribers and over 5 billion views total across his four channels. He made an appearance on Season 4, first for the opening of Episode 1 and then as an assistant in Episode 6. In 2018, MatPat joined Joey Graceffa along with other YouTuber guests on the third season of Graceffa's YouTube Premium series Escape the Night. 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. His spinoffs The Film Theorists (also known as Film Theory) and The Food Theorists (also known as Food Theory) center on similar subjects in cinema/internet filmography and food respectively. Matthew Robert Patrick (born November 15, 1986), also known by his screen name MatPat, is an American Internet personality and the creator and narrator of the YouTube webseries The Game Theorists (known better as Game Theory), where he comments on topics such as the logic, scientific accuracy, and lore of various video games and the gaming industry.