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Brian Crecente

  • Contributor and Founder, Pad and Pixel, LLC, Freelance
New York
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Covers:  technology, video games, entertainment, media
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Consultant, Kotaku founder, Polygon co-founder, former video game editor Rolling Stone and Variety, former award-winning crime and safety reporter

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Cuba: Where underground arcades, secret networks and piracy are a way of life

Cuba: Where underground arcades, secret networks and piracy are a way of life

Like its music, like its art, Cuba is a complex, colorful mash-up of dichotomous ideas, cultures and emotions…

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Competition will drive success of Nintendo Switch more than Zelda or Mario

Competition will drive success of Nintendo Switch more than Zelda or Mario

Redefining esports

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When pigs flew: The strange history of Capcom's Big Bang Bar

When pigs flew: The strange history of Capcom's Big Bang Bar

When I first heard the story, I thought it was an urban legend. Like Mikey's stomach, infused with a deadly c…

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The Division isn't just Ubisoft's next game, it's the company's future

The Division isn't just Ubisoft's next game, it's the company's future

This week doesn't mark just the launch of Ubisoft's latest new franchise with the release of Tom Clancy's The…

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Time killers: The strange history of wrist gaming

Time killers: The strange history of wrist gaming

Time killers: The strange history of wrist gaming

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Their future is Epic: The evolution of a gaming giant

Their future is Epic: The evolution of a gaming giant

Take an exclusive in-depth look at how Epic Games has evolved from Gears of War into "Epic 4.0.

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Gaming fans need a new safe haven

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By Brian Crecente
| Pad and Pixel
Sharing is caring! It seems that many major players in the video game industry haven’t quite caught on to the fact that social media is essentially dead or dying. I talked about this a bit in January in my monthly column. But I ended the article on a note upon which I probably should have elucidated. At the time I wrote: “Currently, I think brands and media need to focus on building up their own safe haven for consumers, readers, and fans away from social media and the like.
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Cuba’s next indie game is powered by fear, family, and the sun

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By Brian Crecente
| Pad and Pixel
Sharing is caring! It is, perhaps, the perfect time in Cuba to make a horror game. Intertwined oil shortages and an economic crisis sparked by fuel shortages and the continued U.S. embargo, have rocked the island nation, leading to daily rolling blackouts as well as food, water, and medical shortages. Back in 2016, when Cuban indie developer Josuhe Pagliery, started work on his first game, it garnered international attention at a time when he thought things couldn’t get any more difficult.
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Crimson Desert Hands-on on a Handheld

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By Brian Crecente
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Sharing is caring! Crimson Desert is the sort of glee-generating, open-world graphical powerhouse that clearly isn’t designed to be played on a handheld PC.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes

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Teams, Google everything, Scrivener

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2018 - Kunkle

Special recognition for 12-part series on video gaming in Cuba entitled “Cuba: Where underground arcades, secret networks and piracy are a way of life."

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2018 - Kunkle

Excellence in esports writing first place

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Gamepro's 20 most influential people

2009

2009 Named one of the 20 most influential people in the video game industry over the past 20 years by GamePro.

Most Influential Newspaper/Online Editors

2009

Number 21 on the world's most influential newspaper and online editors, as ranked by Mediate.

Edge's Top 50 Journalists

2006

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2003 - News Reporting

First place for "Dead Wrong"

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Associated Press Sports Editors' Red Smith Award

2003 - Best Writing

Associated Press Sports Editors Best Writing - Feature Story for Deadly Departed

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Scripps Howard Award

2001 - Best of Scripps Award
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