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MatPat's Game Lab | |
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Also known as | Game Lab |
Genre | Reality |
Created by | Matthew Patrick |
Directed by | Kelly L. King |
Presented by | Matthew Patrick |
Theme music composer | Cameron Jaymes Brier |
Composer | Robert Allaire |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
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Executive producers |
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Producers |
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Camera setup | Brandon Alperin |
Running time | 20-23 minutes |
Production company | Vanishing Angle |
Original release | |
Network | YouTube (Premium) |
Release | June 8 – July 20, 2016 |
MatPat's Game Lab is a single-season YouTube Premium reality streaming television series hosted by Matthew Patrick that debuted on June 8, 2016. [1]
Every episode was filmed and released with an accompanying 360-degree video. These videos are either staged pieces about the same game or behind the scenes videos to the episodes. [2] The 360-degree videos were released for free on The Game Theorists YouTube channel, whereas the main series is only fully available for those with a YouTube Premium subscription.
The show won a Streamy Award in 2016 in the now-discontinued Virtual Reality and 360-Degree Video category. [3]
While the release of the first season proved to be a success with high approval among fans, it's assumed the overall production and staffing cost to make each video would outweigh the total profit of the show itself and would be unable to sustain a second season. On October 21, 2017, the episode "Surviving Five Nights of FEAR!" was made free to watch, renaming the episode "Can YOU Survive FNAF IRL? | Free Episode Game Lab FNAF" presumably as a last resort to gain more interest.
While Youtube has neither cancelled or renewed the series for a second season, fans assume that the overall cost, in addition to lack of profit, was what caused the series to flop.
# | Title | Game | Guests | Length | Original release date |
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1 | Can Gamers SURVIVE the Real Mirror's Edge? | Mirror's Edge | Flitz, Mari Takahashi & Brian Fisher | 22:27 | June 8, 2016 |
2 | Soccer + Cars = AWESOME | Rocket League | CaptainSparklez | 20:10 | June 8, 2016 |
3 | Can Gamers Defuse BOMBS? ft. Game Grumps | Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes | Danny Sexbang, Egoraptor & Lasercorn | 20:55 | June 15, 2016 |
4 | DON'T GET CAUGHT! Stealthing like Metal Gear Solid | Metal Gear Solid | PeanutButterGamer, David Odom & Katie Wilson | 23:44 | June 22, 2016 |
5 | Surviving Five Nights of FEAR! | Five Nights at Candy's (Five Nights at Freddy's) | Trisha Hershberger, Vernon Shaw & Rob Gavagan | 22:55 | June 29, 2016 |
6 | OSTRICH JOCKEYS?! | Final Fantasy XV | Stephanie Patrick, PokéKellz & Sohinki | 19:59 | July 6, 2016 |
7 | Are YOU Being HACKED? | Watch Dogs 2 | Jovenshire, Pamela Horton & Jake Roper | 23:00 | July 13, 2016 |
8 | The Science of Sword Fighting! | For Honor | Alex Faciane, Ronnie Edwards & Jirard "The Completionist" Khalil | 21:36 | July 20, 2016 |
9 | Gamers Tell All! | Behind The Scenes | N/A | 6:40 | July 20, 2016 |
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