Matt Peckham

Matt Peckham
Born October 29, 1972 (1972-10-29) (age 39)
Madison, Wisconsin
Occupation Blogger, Journalist, Columnist
Nationality United States
Genres Non-fiction
Subjects Interactive entertainment, technology, culture
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Matt C. Peckham (born October 29, 1972) is an American journalist, critic, and columnist. He currently writes for TIME and edits PC World's official games blog Game On.

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Background and education

Peckham was born in Madison, Wisconsin but grew up in West Point, Nebraska. He attended Creighton University, where he received a Master's degree in English.[1]

Writing career

Peckham's work has appeared in both print and online media, including Time (magazine), Technologizer, The Washington Post, ABC News, Yahoo Tech, MSN, Variety, Computer Gaming World, 1UP, Games For Windows, PC World (magazine), Electronic Gaming Monthly, The Sci-Fi Channel, X-Play, GamePro, and others. He also edits and maintains the official site of Eisner-nominated British writer Mike Carey and American artist/writer Peter Gross.

Peckham's 2004 SF Site article on Stephen King's Dark Tower series[2] was cited by Best American Fantasy series[3] editor Matthew Cheney as "one of the best pieces of criticism I've read in quite some time."[4]

Peckham partnered with PC World to launch a games blog in April 2007.[5] In 2009, the blog was nominated for a Maggie Award in the category "Best Regularly Featured Web or Digital Edition Column/Consumer."[6]

Controversy

Peckham's review of Atari's Neverwinter Nights 2 was controversially removed shortly after publication by games site 1UP after company executives (though not editorial) disagreed with its style and content.[7] The review was later published by The Sci Fi Channel.[8] Peckham has also been a vocal critic of media score aggregators such as Metacritic and Gamerankings for averaging non-normalized grading scales and producing misleading percent totals.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Listing at Nebraska Center for Writers". http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/NCW/mpeckham.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
  2. ^ "Climbing The Tower: Preface". SF Site. http://www.sfsite.com/vault/climbing01.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-22. 
  3. ^ "Best American Fantasy series home page". http://bestamericanfantasy.com/. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
  4. ^ "Artistic Merit and Stephen King". The Mumpsimus. 2004-08-02. http://mumpsimus.blogspot.com/2004/08/artistic-merit-and-stephen-king.html. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
  5. ^ "Game On, PC World". PC World. http://blogs.pcworld.com/gameon/. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
  6. ^ "2009 Maggie Finalists". Western Publishing Association. Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20090310023225/http://www.wpa-online.org/2009finalists.php. 
  7. ^ "Neverwinter Nights 2 Review Pulled". 1UP. 2006-11-03. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154916. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
  8. ^ "Neverwinter Nights 2 review at SCI FI". Archived from the original on 2007-09-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20070906143152/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw14136.html. 
  9. ^ "Change Your Game Score or Else". PC World. http://blogs.pcworld.com/gameon/archives/004606.html. Retrieved 2007-12-23. 
  10. ^ "Homefront Reviews Torpedo THQ Stock Price, Metacritic Broken". PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/222293/homefront_reviews_torpedo_thq_stock_price_metacritic_broken.html. Retrieved 2011-03-22. 

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