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 ====== Matthewmatosis ======
-**Matthewmatosis** is one of //**the**// legendary video game critics. Some of his critiques and reviews are so solid, like the //Bioshock Infinite Critique//, that even over a decade later...nobody has been able to prove him wrong. At least to my knowledge.\\ {{tag>creators youtube}}
+**Matthewmatosis** is one of //**the**// legendary video game critics.((:fn:>And he appears to be the kind of critic who critiques as a means of learning how to make his own things.)) Some of his critiques and reviews are so solid, like the //Bioshock Infinite Critique//, that even over a decade later...nobody has been able to prove him wrong. At least to my knowledge.\\ {{tag>creators youtube}}
 ===== Personal Evaluation =====
-His first two videos are his most controversial (alongside the [[you>VdNhwb7iuI4|Bioshock Infinite Critique]]) as those are not quite to his same standards. Those were reviews of [[you>3q3JMdxx37Q|Portal 2]] and [[you>YT-AXU84UBs|Catherine]]. I actually (mostly) agree with him on Portal 2, though.\\  While I don't have direct proof of this, I'm about half-certain [[lb:thegamingbrit]] has taken inspiration from him, as he uses a similar method of classification and even gives videos similar-looking thumbnails.\\  I am a particular fan of his [[youp>PLdg60-UktzB7FOxFNrVBmNZN7jqhkQdIu|Zelda]], [[youp>PLdg60-UktzB6jzfCek2tm5sZe2q0_CK_e|Mario]] and [[youp>PLdg60-UktzB6NLg6C9-AVN1H5SXjo97xc|Metal Gear Solid]] reviews, which I think showcase his peak.\\  More recently, Matthewmatosis has fallen into the pretentious trap, where his newer videos tend to take a less blunt approach to reviewing/critique and...well, the language just comes off as pretentious to me, it's really hard to describe. His [[you>v=xa9oEroGDQc|Last of Us Part 2 Review]] came off as fence-sitting to me, or a bit dismissive of story issues.((:fn:>Granted, I don't care about the Last of Us as a franchise at all, but I know enough about the mess surrounding it to be surprised by Matthewmatosis' approach.)) The two more recent videos on [[you>pl9G4voWfDQ|Context Sensitivity]] and [[you>v=5NC0sW-t6oY|Extrinsic Motivation]] also focus a lot on semantics...which is fine, I guess, but it does take a while to get to the point of the video.
+His first two videos are his most controversial (alongside the [[you>VdNhwb7iuI4|Bioshock Infinite Critique]]) as those are not quite to the standards set by later videos. Those were reviews of [[you>3q3JMdxx37Q|Portal 2]] and [[you>YT-AXU84UBs|Catherine]]. I actually (mostly) agree with him on Portal 2, though.\\  While I don't have direct proof of this, I'm about half-certain [[lb:thegamingbrit]] has taken inspiration from him, as he uses a similar method of classification and even gives videos similar-looking thumbnails.\\  I am a particular fan of his [[youp>PLdg60-UktzB7FOxFNrVBmNZN7jqhkQdIu|Zelda]], [[youp>PLdg60-UktzB6jzfCek2tm5sZe2q0_CK_e|Mario]] and [[youp>PLdg60-UktzB6NLg6C9-AVN1H5SXjo97xc|Metal Gear Solid]] reviews, which I think showcase his peak.\\  More recently, Matthewmatosis has fallen into the pretentious trap, where his newer videos tend to take a less blunt approach to reviewing/critique and...well, the language just comes off as pretentious to me, it's really hard to describe. His [[you>v=xa9oEroGDQc|Last of Us Part 2 Review]] came off as fence-sitting to me, or a bit dismissive of story issues.((:fn:>Granted, I don't care about the Last of Us as a franchise at all, but I know enough about the mess surrounding it to be surprised by Matthewmatosis' approach.)) The two more recent videos on [[you>pl9G4voWfDQ|Context Sensitivity]] and [[you>v=5NC0sW-t6oY|Extrinsic Motivation]] also focus a lot on semantics...which is fine, I guess, but it does take a while to get to the point of the video.
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