Matt Regan was one of the original team that launched UK multiformat videogame magazine Mean Machines. He and Julian Rignall started off as the two main reviewers. Mean Machines was a market-leading multi-format gaming magazine released between 1990 and 1992 in the United Kingdom, much loved by gamers of the time for its irreverent humor, anarchic editorial tone and style, and its extremely accurate, if sometimes outrageously outspoken reviews. ... Julian Jaz Rignall was a reviewer for the seminal Commodore 64 magazine ZZap! 64. ...

According to the first issues' editorial, he was a keen Amiga player before joining the magazine and being "converted" to consoles. However his heart wasn’t really in it and after a few issues it was obvious he couldn’t get excited about consoles. Many of Matt’s review comments were actually penned by Richard Leadbetter as Gary Harrod didn't have time to create Rich in cartoon form until issue 9. The original Amiga 1000 (1985) with Commodore 1080 monitor The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced home entertainment and productivity machine. ...

He left in issue 9. He reappeared in fellow EMAP publications Sinclair User and PC Leisure, then joined PC Format magazine. EMAP plc is a British media company, specialising in the production of magazines, and the organization of business events and conferences. ... Sinclair User was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum. ... PC Format is a computer magazine published in the United Kingdom and South Africa by Future Publishing. ...

External links

• Matt Regan's Biography at the Mean Machines Archive