Matt Casamassina: Difference between revisions

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| name = Matt Casamassina

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|22}} =

| birth_place = [[California]], U.S.

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| occupation = Global editorial games manager

| spouse = Edie Kissko

'''Matt Casamassina''' (born December 22, 1975 in [[California]]) is a [[video game journalist]], businessman, and cofounder[[novelist]], and a founding editor of ''[[IGN]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/73708/rogue-games-appoints-matt-casamassina-ceo/|title=Rogue Games appoints Matt Casamassina as new CEO |date=June 22, 2020 |website=PocketGamer.biz}}</ref> He quit working for IGN on 23 April 23, 2010. In his time at the site, he was the author of a many reviews and previews of games by video game developer and publisher [[Nintendo]].<ref name="articles">{{cite web|url=http://club.ign.com/b/editor?username=Matt-IGN|title=Matt-IGN's articles|publisherwebsite=[[IGN]]}}</ref> He resides in [[Los Angeles, California]], is married and has three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://twitter.com/mattign/status/8726937267 |title=Rocco Archer |authorlast=Casamassina, |first=Matt |publisherwebsite=[[Twitter]] |accessdateaccess-date=February 7, 2010-02-07}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=November 2020}}

Casamassina started in 1997 as editor of the website N64.com, which soon became the [[Nintendo 64]] section of the ''IGN'' site<ref name="start">{{cite web |url=http://games.ign.com/articles/679/679512p1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110194305/http://games.ign.com/articles/679/679512p1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 10, 2006 |title=How to Get a Job in the Videogame Industry: Videogame Journalist |date=January 6, 2006-01-06 |publisherwebsite=[[IGN]]}}</ref> and whose domain name now redirects to Nintendo's official website.

CasammasinaCasamassina also appeared on the [[G4 (U.S. TV channel)|G4]] television program ''[[Attack of the Show!]]'' as a guest star<ref name="aots">{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/attack-of-the-show!/brian-savage-anberlin/episode/684521/summary.html |title=Attack of the Show!: Brian Savage, Anberlin Recap |date=2006-03-March 23, 2006 |publisherwebsite=[[TV.com]]}}</ref> and as a character model in the Nintendo 64 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 Inc.|Apple]], where he iswas the editorial manager of the [[iOS]] [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]].<ref name="gamasutra">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/28236/Apple_Hires_IGN_Editor_As_App_Store_Game_Editorial_Chief.php |title=Apple Hires IGN Editor As App Store Game Editorial Chief |date=2010-04-April 23, 2010 |website=[[Gamasutra]]}}</ref>

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