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== Overview ==
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== Positron Character ==
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[[Image:Matt_Miller.jpg|thumb|300px|Matt "Positron" Miller, as he appears in [[The City Scoop]]]]
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* [http://www.w00tstudios.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=272&Itemid=67 Issue 14 Communication] at [http://www.w00tstudios.net w00tstudios.net] <!-- Please note that the article says Issue 13: Architect, which is a typo or brainfart. -Agge -->
* [http://www.w00tstudios.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=272&Itemid=67 Issue 14 Communication] at [http://www.w00tstudios.net w00tstudios.net] <!-- Please note that the article says Issue 13: Architect, which is a typo or brainfart. -Agge -->


==Trivia==
== Trivia ==
* In a topic suggesting Clowns as a new Mastermind powerset, Positron immediately rejected the idea. Many players assumed this meant he had a fear of them ([[wikipedia:coulrophobia|coulrophobia]]).
* In a topic suggesting Clowns as a new Mastermind powerset, Positron immediately rejected the idea. Many players assumed this meant he had a fear of them ([[wikipedia:coulrophobia|coulrophobia]]).
** In a forum post[http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Number=13388458#Post13388458] about this, he corrected this assumption and revealed that he has a fear of spiders ([[wikipedia:arachnophobia|arachnophobia]]).
** In a forum post[http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Number=13388458#Post13388458] about this, he corrected this assumption and revealed that he has a fear of spiders ([[wikipedia:arachnophobia|arachnophobia]]).
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Revision as of 03:00, 10 June 2009

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Overview

Positron aka Matt Miller is a developer for NCsoft's Paragon Studios. He is currently Lead Designer for City of Heroes/Villains.

Background

Matt Miller started out in the gaming industry in 1993 at Domark Software (which later became Eidos Interactive) as a game tester and phone support. He worked on many titles at Eidos and left in 1999 when he moved to Southern California to work at Prolific Publishing as a producer. Matt joined Cryptic Studios in 2003 as a mission designer and then a systems designer. When Jack Emmert was promoted to Chief Creative Officer of Cryptic, Matt was promoted to Lead Designer.

Positron Character

Matt "Positron" Miller, as he appears in The City Scoop
Main Article: Positron

Matt created the Positron character for the Champions Pen & Paper game. When Matt started at Cryptic, he was given an opportunity to place Positron as a signature character into the game.

External Links

Trivia

  • In a topic suggesting Clowns as a new Mastermind powerset, Positron immediately rejected the idea. Many players assumed this meant he had a fear of them (coulrophobia).
    • In a forum post[1] about this, he corrected this assumption and revealed that he has a fear of spiders (arachnophobia).