For the post-mortem retrospective on Blood Bath And Beyond, Eric Peterson refers to the Matt Hazard series as a spoof ("Post Mortem: Vicious Cycle's Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond", Gamasutra, 1 February 2010). Hazard is a self-aware video game character staging his triumphant return to games who has been in so many spin-offs and sequels that his back catalog reads like a history of gaming. 7/10