Matt Casamassina

Matt Casamassina
Born	December 22, 1975 (1975-12-22) (age 35)
Occupation	Global editorial games manager, Apple, Inc.

Matt Casamassina (born December 22, 1975 in California) is a video game journalist who worked for IGN until April 23, 2010. In his time at the site, he was the author of many reviews and previews of Nintendo games.^[1] He resides in Los Angeles, California, is married and has two daughters, Zoe and Fiona Jade, and a son named Rocco Archer.^[2] Fiona was his wife's choice while Jade, her middle name, was Matt's choice and is taken from the main character in Beyond Good and Evil.^{[citation needed]}

Casamassina started in 1997 as editor of the N64.com website, which soon became the Nintendo 64 section of IGN.^[3]

He also appeared on the G4 program Attack of the Show! as a guest^[4] and as a character model in the N64 video game Perfect Dark. He, along with Craig Harris, Chadd Chambers and Peer Schneider, has become one of the main characters in the IGN-published webcomic Cubetoons.

On April 22, 2010, Casamassina announced on his blog that he would be leaving IGN to work for Apple.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Matt-IGN's articles". IGN. http://club.ign.com/b/editor?username=Matt-IGN. 
2. ^ Casamassina, Matt. "Rocco Archer". Twitter. http://twitter.com/mattign/status/8726937267. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
3. ^ "How to Get a Job in the Videogame Industry: Videogame Journalist". IGN. 2006-01-06. http://games.ign.com/articles/679/679512p1.html. 
4. ^ "Attack of the Show!: Brian Savage, Anberlin Recap". TV.com. 2006-03-23. http://www.tv.com/attack-of-the-show!/brian-savage-anberlin/episode/684521/summary.html. 
5. ^ "Apple Hires IGN Editor As App Store Game Editorial Chief". Gamasutra. 2010-04-23. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/28236/Apple_Hires_IGN_Editor_As_App_Store_Game_Editorial_Chief.php. 

External links

• @mattcasa – Casamassina's Twitter account
• SR388 Sanctuary – Casamassina's former blog at IGN

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Name	Casamassina, Matt
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Short description	Video game journalist
Date of birth	December 22, 1975
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