- "When MatPat said "Hey, I'm doing a show, do you wanna come be on it?" I'm like "Yes! What's it about?" and then he never texted me back..."
- —Jovenshire in the "Gamers Tell All!" BTS video
MatPat's Game Lab is a YouTube Red reality show hosted by MatPat on his channel The Game Theorists. Debuting on June 8, 2016, the show focuses on placing MatPat and guest Internet personalities of the gaming genre in real life scenarios mimicking scenarios that occur in video games. So far, the series only has one season with nine episodes total, and there has not been an announcement of a second season.
Every episode is released alongside a 360° video, which are either staged pieces relating to the same game or behind the scenes videos to the episodes.
A few of the Smosh Family have appeared in four of the nine episodes of the show (five including the final "behind the scenes" episode), as listed below.
Episodes[]
| # | Episode | Game | Guests | Length | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can Gamers SURVIVE the Real Mirror's Edge? | Mirror's Edge | Flitz, Mari Takahashi, Brian Fisher | 22:27 | June 8, 2016 |
| 2 | Soccer + Cars = AWESOME | Rocket League | CaptainSparklez | 20:10 | June 8, 2016 |
| 3 | Can Gamers Defuse BOMBS? | Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes | Lasercorn, Danny Sexbang, Egoraptor | 20:55 | June 15, 2016 |
| 4 | DON'T GET CAUGHT! Stealthing like Metal Gear Solid | Metal Gear Solid | PeanutButterGamer, David Odom, Katie Wilson | 23:44 | June 22, 2016 |
| 5 | Surviving Five Nights of FEAR! | Five Nights at Freddy's | Trisha Hershberger, Vernon Shaw, Rob Gavagan | 22:55 | June 29, 2016 |
| 6 | OSTRICH JOCKEYS?! | Final Fantasy XV | Sohinki, Stephanie Patrick, PokéKellz | 19:59 | July 6, 2016 |
| 7 | Are YOU Being HACKED? | Watch Dogs 2 | Jovenshire, Pamela Horton, Jake Roper | 23:00 | July 13, 2016 |
| 8 | The Science of Sword Fighting! | For Honor | Alex Faciane, Ronnie Edwards, Jirard Khalil | 21:36 | July 20, 2016 |
| 9 | Gamers Tell All! - GAME LAB Behind The Scenes | N/A | All previously mentioned guests | 6:40 | July 20, 2016 |