Born in the great city of Sacramento, Matthew A Hyra has been designing games for what some would describe as an eternity. Matt first broke into the industry at Wizards of the Coast working on the Pokemon Trading Card Game. He eventually took his talents to Upper Deck where he worked on games such as Shaman King, Vs. System, and he was the R&D lead for the World of Warcraft Miniatures Game.
Matt currently works at Cryptozoic Entertainment where he is the oldest surviving member of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game R&D team. Matt also spends a good portion of his time designing and developing new games, such as The Lookouts and Food Fight. Matt also enjoys yoga, driving down the coast, and most recently he has been dominating the local Orange County DDR scene.