my name is Matthew Patrick but most my
fans know me as MatPat.
and I run the game theorists channel. I
like to describe us as the Mythbusters
for gamers.
We're an educational channel disguised as
a video game channel.
so we use science, math, historical
research to basically analyze
video game logic. Do a Barrel Roll.
and you're doing a turn just like
that just straight.
yeah that's not a barrel roll in our
Terms. where things really start to take
off
was my Sonic is slow video. is he truely
faster than the speed of sound. I'm like, I'm going to prove this, or
disprove this
and it really took off, that's
what really put us on the map
people started to really get aware of who
and what
game theory and the game theorists stood for.
 It was always my
eventual to be able to test a lot of
these video games logical
things, or like the  double-jump or whatever in
real life. When Field Day approached me
about doing a video together that was
immediately
the first thing that came to mind is
finally this is my opportunity
to do larger production video this thing
I've always dreamed
could be, putting gamers, in
this case myself,
you know into a real-life video games
style situation
and seeing how the physics operate
seeing what it actually feels like
seeing if it's more or less fun than playing
it in the video game. in the name of
science.
I've always been afraid of flying
I'm a little bit nervous. Oh you'll be fine.
Getting in a plane and doing stunt
maneuvers with
super intimidating and super scary and
I think that video you can see the
transition from like me being like
terrified and kinda sick too oh this is
awesome and I'm freaking out.
this is so much fun. when we do
land you see me come out and i'm like yeah this was great,
that was 100 percent legitimate because
you know
I had in essence overcome a fear of
flying that had
haunted me for years. it was a very
empowering experience.
you know to walk away and say I flew a
plane today,
and not only did I fly a plane today but
I did back flips and rolled over in
and your upside down all the stuff like that was
incredible.
being on a set and having
this preview significant production team
behind me
it was all completely new to me. Take 1, mark,
What this experience allowed
me to is
breakout that box and really expose
myself to a lot of
new experiences, as a creator, as a person.
my life
is so much richer as a result
