Patrick Hickey Jr.
- Actor
- Writer
Patrick Hickey Jr. is an Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chair of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.
Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews, GothamBaseball, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey also wrote a hockey book, Aces Over Brooklyn and the EPHL's Fight for Hockey Relevancy in 2024.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, penning several series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu's Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios' WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 65 characters in the game. He also served as Phone Guy in the new Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive's World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS's BPM Boy.
Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews, GothamBaseball, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey also wrote a hockey book, Aces Over Brooklyn and the EPHL's Fight for Hockey Relevancy in 2024.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, penning several series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu's Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios' WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 65 characters in the game. He also served as Phone Guy in the new Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive's World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS's BPM Boy.
