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Three years later, handheld PC gaming has evolved beyond niche
By Brian CrecenteIt’s been a bit more than three years since the Steam Deck landed, popularizing a way of gaming that, at its best, was a high-priced hobbyist pursuit. While the Deck wasn’t the first handheld gaming PC (that honor goes to...
Polygon’s fitful birth and sudden ‘death’
By Brian CrecenteIt took about a year for Polygon to come screaming to life back in 2012. It took less than a...
Harebrained Schemes Discusses Three Major Lessons Learned From The Lamplighters League
By Brian CrecenteWhen it hit in 2023, The Lamplighters League was neither a triumph nor a failure. It was a novel turn-based...
Nintendo takes the road more traveled with Switch 2
By Brian CrecenteWhere famous blockbuster Nintendo creations like the Game Boy, DS, and Wii took the path less traveled to tremendous success,...
The making of a horror video game doc
By Brian CrecenteThis is something new. Not necessarily a replacement of my typically written column, but a stab at trying my hand...
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View AllBBC: Could a ‘dating app’ for video games help smaller developers?
By Brian CrecenteI chatted with the BBC about the development of a new game discoverability app called Ludocene, that I'm listed as an expert for. The interview taps into the problem of...
On Journalism
View AllRobots Have Already Replaced You
By Brian CrecenteThis week, like probably every week of the year, some website did something that upset people. In this case, that something was when a website published thoughts about a beta...
Crime
Gangs thrive in shadows since bloody summer of 1993
By Brian CrecenteDank pumped his legs, powering a bicycle around the manicured lawns and shiny cars of Highlands Ranch. He was 14....
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