April 23, 2019
About
Brian Crecente founded video gaming site Kotaku and co-founded Polygon. He was also the video games editor for Rolling Stone and…
Author: Brian Crecente
November 30, 2018
Spacewar!: Birth of the Game Industry
It was a pilgrimage of sorts. Some of the biggest, most established names in the nearly $140 billion game industry…
November 17, 2018
‘The Walking Dead’ Video Games: An Oral History
“The Walking Dead” comic book’s enduring popularity gave birth not just to two television shows and an eclectic mix of…
November 7, 2018
‘Spacewar!’: Birth of the Game Industry
It was a pilgrimage of sorts. Some of the biggest, most established names in the nearly $140 billion game industry…
August 17, 2018
The Story Behind the Story of ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’
“Red Dead Redemption 2” doesn’t deliver one story, it delivers 23 of them. And in true Rockstar Game fashion, that’s not…
January 8, 2018
The 1099 Podcast
On this week’s episode, the editorial director at Glixel, a founding editor and former executive editor for Polygon, and the…
November 8, 2017
Classic Arcade Machines Make a Come Back $100 a Pop
Shilo Prychak gently, almost tenderly, lifts a bundle from his backpack laying spread apart on the floor and places it…
October 23, 2017
Heroes: God of War’s Kratos
In God of War, we’ve seen Kratos get his revenge on the Greek gods, but is he a hero? Creators…
July 7, 2017
Video game journalism and newsroom management
Journalism ethics is never more murky than when removed from the stark light of dire circumstances. The decisions a reporter…
April 12, 2017
From hacker to Valve and back again
Flame-throwing race car driver, circuit board hacker, computer store chain founder, toymaker, game tweaker, car builder: Before co-founding her own augmented…