Matt Hawkins
Matt Hawkins is an NYC based video game journalist, designer, consultant, and cultralist. He's been published in EGM and GameSetWatch amongst others. Matt also makes comics and zines, is obsessed with cable access, gets into arguments with homeless people all the time, and once had his nipple bitten off during a one night stand. But that's neither here nor there.
Articles by Matt Hawkins
Gaming
Mens bathroom etiquette, through the lens of a Game Boy
A Game Boy Camera to be exact. It’s fifteen things not to do when you’re at the urinal.
Gaming
‘Video Game High School’ is officially in session
What happens when some of the bigger names in the realm of wacky, SFX-heavy, video game inspired, YouTube film making get together? They produce something called Video Game High School, that’s what.
Gaming
‘Super Monkey Ball’ for Vita promo epitomizes the state of the platform in Japan
Word on the street is that the PlayStation Vita is not doing so hot in Japan. And nothing illustrates this better than the advert for its version of Super Monkey Ball.
Gaming
New ‘Assassin’s Creed 3′ footage is filled with pathos, blood, and a bear
Ubisoft has let loose a brand new trailer for Assassin’s Creed 3. It’s filled to the brim with insight and info, though the only thing that most will care about is all the news ways to kill. And understandably so.
Gaming
Time for one last ‘Max Payne 3′ trailer
Sorry for the glut of Max Payne as of late, but hey, it’s only Rockstar’s latest and greatest after-all, and will probably go down as one of the best games of 2012, barring some unforeseen tragedy.
Gaming
‘Divekick’ is a fighting game that is only diving and kicking, period
The upcoming Ultimate Fighting Game Tournament 8 will have a host of fighting games on-hand, but there’s only one that anyone needs to know about. Which is literally being called The One True Game. AKA the glory that is Divekick.
Celebs
Watch Simon Cowell be somewhat impressed by a ‘Tetris’ cover
Let us not forget how those crappy talent shows that glut American airwaves are British imports originally. And here we have the man behind the mess, Simon Cowell, passing judgment on some dork doing a video game cover, and on a laser harp of all things.
Gaming
‘Transformers in a Nutshell’ delivers as advertised
Why torture one’s self by sitting through three excruciatingly bad Michael Bay movies, running seven hours total, when one handy YouTube clip that’s less than a minute can tell you everything you need to know?
Gaming
Let’s all watch the official ‘Diablo 3′ animated short
So to celebrate the pending arrival of Diablo 3, Blizzard hired the dudes behind Aeon Flux and Metalocalypse to created an animated short. Which is like the best idea ever.
Gadgets
An MIT student figured out how to make a real life Mario Kart
It’s been firmly established that folks who go to MIT love games, as evidenced by them turning a building of theirs into a giant game of Tetris. So what’s the next step? Make a real life Mario Kart, of course.
Gaming
Calvin Johnson is your new ‘Madden’ cover boy
A little while ago, EA revealed that Calvin “Megatron” Johnson would grace the cover to Madden 2012. So here we have our first look.