Matthew Green, Servo5678, owner of pressthebuttons.com, has passed away

February 23, 2025 2:09 AM

Obituary. He was member Servo5678 here, and also on everything2, which is where I first met him. I mean online, I never met him in person. For more, see inside.

Matthew Green worked in the games press for the website Kombo, when it was around, and also maintained his own game news site, pressthebuttons.com, and podcast with 390 episodes, Power Button. He was on Twitter until recently, and both Mastodon (on mefi.social) and Bluesky. Just a year ago I posted here about a fan-made recreation of a lost media Nintendo game that he broke the news of on his site.

I never met Matt in person, and we could only be regarded as casual acquaintances at best, but it's hurting me very hard right now. Goodbye, Servo5678.

posted by JHarris to MetaFilter-Related at 2:09 AM (48 comments total)

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posted by HearHere at 8:28 AM on February 23

Oh man. So young. RIP. And fuck cancer.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 8:40 AM on February 23 [2 favorites]

Fuck cancer.

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posted by kittens for breakfast at 3:53 PM on February 23

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posted by Songdog at 6:59 PM on February 23

I will miss him.

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posted by biogeo at 7:22 PM on February 23 [1 favorite]

Same here.
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posted by Sphinx at 6:59 AM on February 24

I didn't know him, online or elsewhere, but reading his obit really ... you get such a sense of such a nice guy you'd be happy to be in a room with. And he had and led large communities. What a striking loss for his loved ones, friends and community.
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posted by Lawn Beaver at 7:59 AM on February 24

Aw, wow, I remember him from e2 back in the day -- he was always so pleasant and delighted to talk about video games with everyone willing to do so. Cancer is the worst. :(
posted by aecorwin at 1:16 PM on February 24 [1 favorite]

I remember him.

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posted by mochapickle at 1:35 PM on February 24 [1 favorite]

dang it

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posted by stormyteal at 9:26 PM on February 25

Super young. So sorry. Condolences to his wife and parents.
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