Austin Hourigan

Austin Hourigan is the host of The Game Theorists and former Shoddycast series The SCIENCE!. He also runs the community youtube channel for a game studio he works with called UncommonGameStudio. His videos focus on studying the science behind occurrences in popular games. As of June 25, 2018, Austin has sixty "The SCIENCE!" videos, twenty-four on The Game Theorists and the other thirty-six on Shoddycast.
==History==
===Early Childhood===
===Career===
In The Final Proof that Minecraft ISN'T FLAT! | The SCIENCE of... Minecraft, Austin says that he and MatPat started talking because they both posted theory videos about Minecraft on the same day. These videos were Game Theory: The TRUTH About Minecraft's World! and The SCIENCE! Behind Minecraft's World.
====Game Theory====
==Trivia==
*While the oldest video in the The SCIENCE! official playlist is called, The SCIENCE! Behind Laser Rifles in Fallout 4.  which was published on Jan. 29th, 2016, the first video in the style of The SCIENCE! is called "Dear Bethesda, Where Do We Poop in Skyrim?"
*Austin debates against MatPat in the Deadlock episode of Pokemon: Which Gen 1 Starter is TRULY THE BEST?, fighting for the side of Squirtle.
*Austin currently lives with his spouse Sasha, their daughter, and their pets.
*In the video "Can FNAF Kill You IRL? | The SCIENCE!...of Five Nights at Freddy's", it is revealed that Austin has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
*Austin is colorblind said in multiple tweets. It is most likely Tritanopia. Stated by him that he has a difficulty seeing colors with a lower wavelength.
*Austin's first youtube video was uploaded on September 23 2014.
The SCIENCE! Behind Laser Rifles in Fallout 4
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