Matt Brett » Freelance Web Design, Premium WordPress Themes, and Video Game Reviews (via Mowser)

Heyo! I'm Matt Brett, a freelance web designer from Ontario, Canada. I specialize in WordPress development and generally making things that are awesome. When I'm not working, I'm often playing video games, and I've published 100 game reviews over the past few years.

Brutal headache is brutal, and seems like a daily occurrence lately. I blame it on the mild weather, although I'm not complaining, too much. 2 hrs ago Pretty stoked to see Notification Center coming to Mac in OS X Mountain Lion. http://t.co/ThJWArCr Growl has been garbage since it went paid 3 hrs ago Super excited to hear the news about Assassin's Creed 3! Been in development for 3 years. Out this October. http://t.co/HPVDuA9x 15 hrs ago More updates...

Personal Blog & Other Fun Stuff

Rayman: Origins

I never thought I'd be head over heals for a Rayman game, but that's exactly where I've found myself after having invested countless hours into this pseudo reboot. Rayman: Origins is a gorgeous, challenging 2D platformer that hits all the right notes, and has left this old school gamer feeling tremendously satisfied. If you grew up with a NES controller in hand, you owe it to yourself to play this game.

Using Multiple Xbox 360 Consoles Just Got a Whole Lot Easier

The fall '11 dashboard update for the Xbox 360 brought a shiny new user interface, but also some significant changes under the hood. One of the most exciting being Cloud Storage. This allows you to save games on a remote server and access them from any console you're logged into with your Xbox Live account.

How to Completely Uninstall bbPress 2

bbPress has been around for a while, but when version 2 was released back in September 2011, it brought something entirely new to the table; it was no longer standalone software, but a plugin that fully integrates the forums into your WordPress installation. This is great on many levels, but it can be a nightmare if you need to remove bbPress, as I discovered.

Photos Taken Out & About with Instagram

Gaming Gettin' My Frag On

Music Rocking My Socks

Quick Bits Things of Interest, To Me At Least

How to Zoom Text in Your Browser

After reading an article arguing that 16px should be the absolute minimum font size, and how most people don't know that you can zoom text in your browser, I tossed together a quick one-page site showing people how to zoom.

The Fine Art of Saying Hello

Elliot Jay Stocks hits the nail on the head, in regards to one of my biggest pet peeves when dealing with potential clients.

New PS3 Terms of Service Aim to Prevent Class-Action Lawsuits

The mandatory update which includes the terms of service update is a pretty bold move, and one that's left a nasty taste in my mouth. If it wasn't for Uncharted, I would sell my PS3 right now.

Workshop Resources, Tutorials, Insight

Bare Bones Stylesheet

HTML/CSS

Itâ€™s not a full-blown framework, but rather a collection of selectors I commonly use. Everything from structural elements to typography is covered. A couple variations for logo and nav treatments are included, along with basically everything else I might need.

Envato Marketplace Buttons

PSD

A set of custom buttons for Envato Marketplace authors to use on their profiles and items. Styled to match the Marketplace sites. Including a “follow me” button for each of the Marketplace sites, rss, email, Facebook, and Twitter.

Custom Web Design & Development

Marketplace Delicious Digital Goodies

Black Aperture - $30

Black Aperture is an all-in-one news and reviews theme for WordPress, specifically catered to video games. It's built for WP 2 .7+ and doesn't require any plugins to run out of the box.

Filthy - $30

Filthy is a personal blog theme for WordPress that's been through the ringer. This thing is just down right dirty! And best of all, it comes it 2 shades of filth - brown and black.

Imperial - $35

Imperial is a WordPress theme with no specific focus. It's not sure if it wants to be a personal blog, or house an online magazine. It's not even sure if it's black or white, for that matter!

Spectre - $30 FREE

Spectre (pronounced, speck-ter) is a web professional theme that features a portfolio and blog. It's built for WordPress 2 .7+ and doesn't require any plugins to run out of the box.

Varnish - $35

Varnish is quite possibly the most customizable WordPress theme on the planet. Choose one of the 23 bundled colour schemes, or create your own - all from WP-Admin!

Wave - $35

Wave is a beautiful and flexible WordPress theme catered to those that want to build a video focused site.

Dribbble Shots What I've Been Working on Lately

Having a lot of fun redesigning a blog focused on video games in the horror genre. Went for a "campfire scary story" kind of vibe for the logo. Hence the light shining up from below.

Tossed together a quick one-page site in response to this article by Smashing Magazine. Need a nice way to illustrate the shortcuts, so I whipped up these icons.