Max Scoville

IGN Host & ProducerOakland, CA

Max Scoville is a senior writer, host and producer for IGN covering video games, movies, toys and collectibles. He has more than 15 years of experience in pop-culture media, previously writing for and/or appearing on Current TV, Destructoid, Revision3 and StarWars.com. He has been involved with several podcasts, including The Comedy Button, Weird Heat, Podtoid, This Thing Rules and you can currently find him hosting IGN’s weekly PlayStation show, Beyond.
His favorite video games/series include Metal Gear Solid, Yakuza, Bloodborne and Secret of Evermore. Some of his all-time favorite movies are Akira, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Royal Tenenbaums, Boogie Nights and My Neighbor Totoro. When he’s not looking at a screen for some reason, he loves to read, paint cartoon monsters, build model kits and miniature dioramas, but most of his free time these days is spent with his kid and/or being tired.