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Who Is Matthew Green?

Matthew Green, 43, is the owner and editor-in-chief of Press The Buttons and co-host of the the Power Button podcast along with his industry pal Blake Grundman. You may have seen Matthew's work at places like PlayStation LifeStyle, GamesRadar, & The Industry magazine, and publications such as Kotaku and 1UP have asked him for quotes. He was also the the co-host of the short-lived Press The Buttons video show with Robert Alsbrook produced in conjunction with IzonOrlando.com. Previously he was the Assistant Director of Reviews for Kombo from 2004-2010 where he reviewed upcoming video games and worked with the Kombo Review Team to craft better reviews. He also previously served as a panelist for the Kombo Breaker podcast with Brad Hilderbrand, Joey Davidson, and Dan Johnson.

Matthew has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Information Technology with a minor in Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida. By day he is a Technology Coordinator, an enjoyable job involving preparing 3D renderings and 2D site plans of conceptual designs for future construction and some light data mining. These tasks seldom feature creative writing activities, however, so that must be why he spends so much time writing for various projects outside of the office.  If you believe that Matthew's unique point of view could enhance your gaming-related product or publication, feel free to .

Matthew's non-PTB work is listed below. Following Kombo.com's demise in 2011, most of this material became unavailable. It is being republished on Press The Buttons over time. Dead links are struck through.

Portfolio


Features

  • Let's Get Dangerous: Darkwing Duck's Gaming Adventures
  • Taking Down The Clown: A Look Back At Aero The Acro-Bat
  • Aero The Acro-Bat Retro Rough Draft Video Game Concept
  • Hello, Mr. Spencer!: In Defense Of Bionic Commando
  • At Rest [published in Issue 2 of The Industry magazine]
  • Nintendo Franchises That Yearn To Be Turned Into Yarn
  • Why A Man Plays Mario (quoted)
  • Why We Play Metroid (quoted)
  • An Oral History Of Mario (quoted)
  • We Love jRPGs! (contributor)
  • Interview Reenactment Theater: A Conversation About Horror Games from 1995 (contributor)
  • The Forgotten
  • Return of The Forgotten
  • Game Boy: Best of the Best
  • Play That Beepy Music: Kombo's Favorite Gaming Soundtracks (co-writer)
  • Top Ten Mondays: The Best Super Mario Levels (co-writer)
  • Top Ten Mondays: Power-Ups (co-writer)

Reviews

  • A Boy and His Blob
  • Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Bionic Commando
  • Bionic Commando (Strategy Guide)
  • Burnout Paradise DLC: Legendary Cars, Toy Cars, Boost Special Cars, Party Pack, and Time-savers Pack
  • Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth
  • Chrono Trigger
  • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
  • Dante's Inferno
  • Donkey Konga 2
  • Elebits
  • Frogger: Ancient Shadow
  • Ghostbusters: The Video Game
  • GoldenEye 007
  • Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
  • Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
  • Gyrostarr
  • High Voltage Hot Rod Show
  • Just Cause 2
  • Katamari Forever 
  • Kirby Super Star Ultra
  • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
  • Mario Party 6
  • Mario Power Tennis
  • Mario Superstar Baseball
  • Mega Man X Collection
  • Midway Arcade Treasures 2
  • MySims
  • Need For Speed: Carbon
  • New Super Mario Bros.
  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  • NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams
  • Nitrobike
  • Pocket Retro Game Emulator
  • Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
  • Rayman Raving Rabbids
  • Rebel Galaxy
  • Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space
  • Sonic and the Secret Rings
  • Sonic Classic Collection
  • Sonic Gems Collection
  • Sonic Heroes
  • Sonic Riders
  • Sonic Rivals 2
  • Sonic Unleashed
  • Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
  • Spider-Man 3
  • SPRay
  • SRS: Street Racing Syndicate
  • Star Fox: Assault
  • Street Fighter IV
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2
  • Super Monkey Ball 3D
  • Super Monkey Ball Adventure
  • Swordigo
  • Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
  • The Godfather: Blackhand Edition
  • The Godfather II
  • The House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return
  • The Simpsons Game
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
  • Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 
  • Viewtiful Joe 2
  • Watch Dogs (Strategy Guide)

Previews

  • Beautiful Katamari
  • Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
  • Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
  • Bionicle Heroes
  • Brain Training 2: More Training In Minutes A Day
  • Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
  • Contra 4
  • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
  • Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix
  • Dewy's Adventure
  • Escape From Bug Island
  • Eternal Sonata
  • Excite Truck
  • G-Force
  • Ghostbusters: The Video Game
  • Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
  • Kirby Canvas Curse
  • Mario Super Sluggers
  • Mario Superstar Baseball
  • Mario Superstar Baseball
  • Marvel vs Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
  • Mega Man Anniversary Collection
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Nintendo 3DS initial technical demo
  • Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
  • Prince of Persia: Rival Swords
  • Quantum Theory
  • Red Steel
  • Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
  • Shadow the Hedgehog
  • Silent Hill Origins
  • Sonic Gems Collection
  • Sonic Wild Fire
  • Space Station Tycoon
  • Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
  • Split/Second
  • Star Fox: Assault
  • Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
  • Super Mario Galaxy
  • Super Mario Strikers
  • The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
  • Tomb Raider: Underworld
  • Ultimate Spider-Man
  • Wario Land: Shake It!!
  • Wii Music
  • Wii Sports Resort
  • Yoshi Topsy-Turvy

Podcasts

  • EvilCast Recap (guest)
    • EvilCast Recap - 2010 Outtakes Special
    • EvilCast Recap - 2011 Outtakes Special
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 130
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 131
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 139
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 140
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 143
    • EvilCast Recap - 2012 Outtakes Special
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 160
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 165
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 167
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 169
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 171
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 173
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 174
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 178
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 180: E3 2013 Predictions Special
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 181: E3 2013 Keynote Analysis Special
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 183: E3 2013 Wrap-Up Special
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 192
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 193
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 198
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 227: E3 2014 Keynote Analysis Special
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 228: E3 2014 News Wrap-Up Special
    • EvilCast Recap - Episode 231
  • Kombo Breaker (panelist)
    • Episode 10: New Year's Relaunch!
    • Episode 11: Looking Fine in '09
    • Episode 12: K-K-K-KOMBO BREAKER!!!
    • Episode 13: More Reliable Than FedEx??
    • Episode 14: Bang Camaro Joins Us!
    • Episode 15: Jeff Cannata and the NYCC
    • Episode 16: John Davison and the Other Side of Game Journalism
    • Episode 17: The One with Garnett Lee
    • Episode 18: Game Hunters In The Wild!
    • Episode 19: Glenn Gamble of Terminal Reality and Ghostbusters
    • Episode 20: Wrecking Ball!
    • Episode 22: Sprinkles and Blood Rain From the Sky
    • Episode 23: We're the Ones Being Interviewed?
    • Episode 24: Riddick-ulous!
    • Episode 25: Controlled Response
    • Episode 26: COIN-OP TV and Arguing
    • Special Edition: Invaders! Possibly from Space!
    • Episode 27: Estrogen Edition
    • Episode 28: Bogus Reviews
    • Episode 29: Brad Went to Vegas!
    • Episode 30: Big Red
    • Episode 31: Red Faction: Guerilla Associate Producer Sean Kennedy Joins Us!
    • Episode 32: Pre-Natal Vitamins!
    • Episode 33: This one's for you, Guybrush Threepwood!
    • Episode 34: The Wide World of Nintendo with Craig Harris of IGN 
    • Episode 35: Peggle Is Like Weapons-Grade Heroin... For Your THUMBS!
    • Episode 36: Phil Kollar and the Rising Cost of DLC
    • Episode 37: "The PS3 Will Still Win This Gen"
    • Episode 38: Game Writer Anne Toole Joins Us
    • Episode 39: Joystiq + Kombo = AWESUM!
    • Episode 40: Fall's Fantastic Line Up (Dan 'Shoe' Hsu Joins Us)
    • Episode 41: The PS3 Slim Will Change The Console Landscape!
    • Episode 42: Just Following (Alpha) Protocol
    • Episode 43: Berghammer Meets Breaker
    • Episode 44: Muramasa and NPDs!
    • Episode 45: Heavy Rain Interview
    • Episode 46: Tony Hawk: Ride!
    • Episode 47: Phil Kollar and Dave Rudden Join Us
    • Episode 48: NPD Day, Julien-K, and Uncharted 2 Soiree
    • Episode 49: David Ellis of 1UP and Video Games (Go figure...)
    • Episode 50: We Celebrate 50 Episodes With John Davison (Gamepro), Jeff And Dan (Totally Rad Show), And James Stevenson (Insomniac Games)
    • Episode 51: Garnett Lee Talks Modern Warfare With Us
    • Episode 52: NSMB Wii and CheapyD (Yeah, It Rhymes)
    • Episode 53: Dan "Shoe" Hsu Clears The Electronic Gaming Air; Saboteur Non-demure?
    • Episode 54: Nintendo: The Year In Review / Looking Ahead With Nintendo World Report's Jonathan Metts
    • Episode 55: Microsoft: The Year In Review / Looking Ahead With TeamXbox's Brent Soboleski
    • Episode 56: Sony's Year In Review
    • Episode 57: Phil Kollar Joins Us to Talk This Decade in Gaming
    • Episode 58: Hey, Let's Catch Up
    • Episode 59: Mass Effect 2 Special with Alexander Sliwinski
    • Special Edition: BioShock 2 Developer Conference
    • Episode 60: Garth Chouteau Talks Addiction and PopCap Games
  • Kombo @ E3 2008 (contributor)
    • Kombo E3 2008 Podcast: Day Two
    • Kombo E3 2008 Podcast: Day Three (MP3)
  • Kombo Breaker @ E3 2009 (contributor)
    • Episode 1
    • Episode 2
    • Episode 3: Ghostbusters... Again??!

Specials

  • AMN's Best of GameCube E3 2005 (contributor)
  • AMN Roundtable: Holiday 2005 (contributor)
  • AMN Roundtable: Why We Can't Wait For E3 2005 (contributor)
  • AMN Roundtable: Revolution Revealed (contributor)
  • A Boy's Memories (contributor)
  • Game Boy: Overall Best of the Best (contributor)
  • GameCube Games of the Fall: 2005 (contributor)
  • Cube Team's Top Ten of 2004 (contributor)
  • Cube Editors' Most Wanted of 2005 (contributor)
  • The Buzz: September 2005 (contributor)
  • Interview with NOA Treehouse (audio)
  • AMN Roundtable: Microsoft First Party Lineup (contributor)
  • Holiday 2005 Roundtable (contributor)
  • Editor's Top Ten of 2005 (contributor)
  • Meet The Team (contributor)
  • Editor's Top Ten of 2006 (contributor)
  • AMN Roundtable: Updated Console Versions: Good or Bad? (contributor)
  • AMN Roundtable: Do Video Games Create Killers? (contributor)
  • AMN Roundtable: Best Game of E3 2007 (contributor)
  • AMN Roundtable: Who Won E3 2007? (contributor)
  • AMN Roundtable: Thanksgiving Gaming (contributor)
  • There Shall Be No Crime Before It's Time
  • Mario Kart Wii Tournaments Need Not Be Time Trials
  • Kombo Roundtable: Why We're Excited For E3 2008 (contributor)
  • Kombo's Top 15 Games of E3 2008 (contributor)
  • Kombo Editor's Top 10 Games of 2008 (contributor)
  • Roundtable #18: What Makes A Game of the Year? (contributor)
  • Gaming Habits Seep Into Reality
  • E3 2009: Microsoft Media Briefing Liveblog
  • Kombo Editor's Top 10 Games of E3 2009 (contributor)
  • What We're Thankful for This Thanksgiving (contributor)
  • The Kombo Breaker Crew's Decade in Review (contributor)
  • Monday Makeover: Metroid Prime: Hunters (contributor)
  • Check Out This Game's Graphics! — Mega Man (lead contributor)
  • Check Out This Game's Graphics! — Sonic the Hedgehog (lead contributor)
  • Check Out This Game's Graphics! — Tomb Raider (contributor)

Interactive Contests

  • What The BEEP Is That? #1: Stage Start! (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #2: You Died! (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #3: Puzzle Games! (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #4: Sounds of the Starting Line! (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #5: Chatty Announcers! (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #6: Paused! (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #7: Scream For Me! (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #8: Crashes and Smashes! (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #9: For England, James? (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #10: Get Equipped With Power-Ups! (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #11: Sports Announcers! (co-writer)
  • What The BEEP Is That? #12: That's So Cute! (co-writer)

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