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MatPat's Game Lab

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MatPat's Game Lab
The title sequence of the webseries.
Also known asGame Lab
GenreReality
Created byMatthew Patrick
Directed byKelly L. King
Presented byMatthew Patrick
Theme music composerCameron Jaymes Brier
ComposerRobert Allaire
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producers
  • Matthew Patrick
  • Dan Levitt
  • Mat Miller
  • Kelly L. King
Producers
  • Jason Parker
  • Natalie Metzger
  • Skyler Prendergast
Camera setupBrandon Alperin
Running time20-23 minutes
Production companyVanishing Angle
Original release
NetworkYouTube (Premium)
ReleaseJune 8 (2016-06-08) –
July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)

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.

Episodes

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# Title Game Guests Length Original release date
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

References

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  1. ^ Hamedy, Sara (June 8, 2016). "MatPat's new YouTube Red series 'Game Lab' brings video games to life". Mashable. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  2. ^ Slavey, Randy (June 8, 2016). "Game Lab: Complete First Episode and Interview With Creator Matthew Patrick (MatPat)". GeekDad. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. ^ Spangler, Todd (October 4, 2016). "Streamy Awards 2016: Full Winners List". Retrieved January 31, 2020.
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