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Anthony John Agnello

  • Creative Director, Moonrock
Ithaca
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Covers:  Video games, technology, climate science, climate culture, pop history, entertainment, relationships, finance, and parenting.

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Anthony John Agnello is a writer, editor, broadcaster, creative and brand manager living in Ithaca, New York who covers video games, human beings, and climate change. His work has appeared in The Ringer, The A.V. Club, Engadget, and other publications.

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An Oral History of 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater'

An Oral History of 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater'

"Skateboarding is not a crime." As a slogan in 2019, it's antiquated to the point of hilarity. Who in the hel…

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Cars Are Dying, Forza Horizon 4 Will Live On - Escapist Magazine

Cars Are Dying, Forza Horizon 4 Will Live On - Escapist Magazine

Forza Horizon 4 buries me in reminders of why I love cars. The game knows that cars are a threshold as much a…

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The Key to Content Marketing is Love

The Key to Content Marketing is Love

At the end of June, I was interviewing with one of the heads of an expanding indie game studio about content …

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Virtual reality stole my dance with Bjork

Virtual reality stole my dance with Bjork

This is the same person that turned the song " All is Full of Love" into a Chris Cunningham-directed video th…

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With one final death, Nier: Automata's ending redefines the meaning of life

With one final death, Nier: Automata's ending redefines the meaning of life

2B dies a lot. For Nier: Automata's fetish-maid-android-samurai, death is just another occupational hazard of…

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Nier: Automata's creators explain why games probably won't let you kill real people

Nier: Automata's creators explain why games probably won't let you kill real people

Feature Creative collaborations are mercurial beasts. Unlike marriages or friendships, which can endure hard …

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[eBook] Free - Video Game Maps: SNES Volume 1 by Brian Riggsbee @ Retro Game Books

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By Anthony John Agnello
| ozbargain.com.au
Add the eBook to cart > Check out > Enter code and apply. Email required for delivery. In video games, maps serve as guide, world builder, and interactive element. A single image can add incredible depth to the story and lore of a digital universe. With Video Game Maps: SNES - Volume 1, experience the beauty, creativity, and wonder of some of the most iconic Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Super Famicom maps in this curated art gallery.
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We pick the best, worst, and weirdest games from four decades of The Legend Of Zelda

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By Anthony John Agnello
| The A.V. Club Verified
The very first screen of the original The Legend Of Zelda is video games’ most clarifying mission statement. Green, rocky mountains. Barren plain space between them with paths leading east, west, and north. Little elf in a green tunic and a pitch black cave offset to the left of the northern passage. It’s a statement limited in its interpretations: you can go anywhere you want but you can’t go back.
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Knights Of The Old Republic’s Endings Provide More Proof That Good Is Dumb

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By Anthony John Agnello
| The Kotaku Times
If you rush through it, finishing Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic takes just about the same amount of time as watching all six existing Star Wars movies. Even though it’s set a few thousand years before Anakin Skywalker has to inexplicably race a pod while enduring the squeals of Two-Headed Greg Proops, it still runs through many of the same motions as the movies. There’s the Jedi training montage with a frog man.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I started as an editorial intern at Nerve.com in 2004 and my first paid byline was Sex Advice From Doormen.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Purely in the context of being a super pretentious high school kid who found it romantic until he had to replace an ink ribbon.

How is social media changing news?

Social media has made good headline writing an even more delicate and vital practice.