I started streaming on Twitch during the pandemic. Surprise! I didn’t mean to, but well, I did it as a joke and now I’m a small streamer. And I started streaming an asymmetric survival horror game called Dead by Daylight. I made a lot of new friends doing that, and I invited a lot of …
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Mar 11
A List of Great Reasons Why Sexist Jokes Aren’t Bad
Life has been busy and this blog has been quiet. I’ve been working on the sequel to Dragonslayer, pitching a new series of books and seeking out new opportunities, so I haven’t really posted much here. But I saw a thing on Facebook and so I figured I’d write an article listing some very good …
Sep 13
Dragonslayer Blog Tour
The thing about Blog Tours, is that I can’t help feeling like I’ve already put everything worth saying about the book I’ve just written into the book. And so I don’t know what to write about when it comes to going into other people’s spaces. So I asked a number of my fellow authors for help, …
Apr 08
Mass Effect Andromeda: Is it homophobia if…?
So I’ve been playing Mass Effect Andromeda blind. And I’ve been intending to upload that as a Let’s Play. And yes, I play gay men where possible because after spending nearly twenty years pretending to be straight I don’t see why I should have to do it in a video game. Bioware, as a studio …
Feb 20
Better with Bacon – Touring the Blogosphere
Recently, I’ve been popping up all around the internet doing guests posts as part of a blog tour for my new Novella, Better with Bacon. The story itself follows David and Patrick: two best friends who have the chance to deepen their relationship. There’s just the question of Patrick’s ex showing up in his life. …
Aug 01
3 Days in Tokyo. Matt’s completely unofficial guide to getting lost in very limited areas of the city
I flew into Japan after spending pretty much a whole day travelling. My flight arrived at 7PM local time and I figured it would take a while to get my bags, get through customs, and get out into the city proper. It looked like a good hour on the train from Narita Airport to Shinjuku, …
Jul 22
Don’t Blow Your Nose in Public – Matt’s Top Ten Tips for visiting Tokyo
I’ve been recently reminded that immersing yourself in a foreign culture is an act of bravery. It may not seem like it to the seasoned traveller, but leaving the familiar for the unknown where you don’t peak the language or read the signage can be scary, overwhelming, and panic inducing for the best of us. …
Oct 10
Memory Lane: Family
I’m sitting on a near empty Malaysian Airlines Plane bound for Penang from Kuala Lumpur. Outside a muggy haze covers everything, although it’s harder to see in the dying light of a sunset hidden somewhere beyond the smoggy horizon. The tarmac is concrete grey -probably actual concrete when you think of it – I wonder …
Sep 13
Mass Effect: Collision Trailer
So, Mass Effect chapters have been not coming out for a while, and yes I’ve been busy with things, but the reason for that is I’ve been waiting for chapter artwork from the amazing Annah Lang. And the reason I’ve been waiting for artwork is because of this. See, the Mass Effect RPG went on …
Sep 03
Another Letter to Joy FM, re: Racism on Air
from: Matthew Lang <matthew@matthew-lang.com> to: wpd@joy.org.au date: 3 September 2015 at 21:43 subject: Racist remarks on C&C Drive Factory, 9th September 2015 mailed-by: matthew-lang.com Dear James Findlay, I am appalled at the recent racist remarks made on Joy on Thursday the 9th of September, 2015, around 6:30 or 6:40 PM, which implied that Chinese people …
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