Matt Vatankhah is a contributor for Waypoint/VICE Media. He started his career in games media as a freelance writer for Prima Games in 2022, later becoming Managing Editor in 2024. You can also find his work on other sites like Siliconera and OpenCritic. He’s had a passion for video games all of his life, spanning back to when he first held a Super Nintendo controller in his hands and throughout every generation that would follow. An avid video game music fan, Matt collects vinyl of his favorite game soundtracks and once remixed a Final Fantasy VI song with the Nas classic “Made You Look.”
Matt is a sicko for retro FPS games, fighting games, Metroidvanias, roguelikes, and RPGs. Some of his current favorite games include the Final Fantasy series, Street Fighter 6, Slay the Spire, Path of Exile, and, most recently, SUPERVIVE. You can find him on Bluesky, posting nothing but the Best Content of All Time®. Despite being a boomer by today’s standards, he will absolutely stomp you in Tetris.
