Matt Casamassina is a

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, businessman, and

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, and a founding editor of ''

IGN ''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...

''. He quit working for IGN on April 23, 2010. In his time at the site, he was the author of many reviews and previews of games by video game developer and publisher

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. He resides in

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, is married and has three children. Casamassina started in 1997 as editor of the website N64.com, which soon became the

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section of the ''IGN'' site and whose domain name now redirects to Nintendo's official website. Casamassina also appeared on the G4 television program ''

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'' as a guest star and as a character model in the Nintendo 64 game ''

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''. He, along with Craig Harris, Chadd Chambers, and

Peer Schneider ''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...

, has become one of the main characters in the ''IGN''-published

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''Cubetoons''. Casamassina independently published his first novel, ''Dead Weight'', in 2016. In 2017, Casamassina founded Rogue Games Inc., which has developed and released games such as ''Fisti-fluffs'', ''The Pocket Arcade'', and ''Under: Depths of Fear''.

Work

Apple

On April 22, 2010, Casamassina announced on his blog that he would be leaving ''IGN'' to work for

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, where he was the editorial manager of the

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Novels

Casamassina is the author of two novels: ''Dead Weight'' (2016) and ''Sophistication'' (2018).

References

External links

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Casamassina's former blog on ''IGN''
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