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Exit Interview: Ryan Friend

Exit Interview: Ryan Friend

North America's premier Counter-Strike booster talks hostile readers and his 'Maniac' reporting

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Some notes on my Valorant and Esports World Cup coverage

Some notes on my Valorant and Esports World Cup coverage

A sort-of mini edition of How to Read Articles

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
Internal Esports World Cup document includes Valorant in 2025 event lineup

Internal Esports World Cup document includes Valorant in 2025 event lineup

The document also references a Game Changers event, though a Riot Games spokesperson said Game Changers is not under consideration for the 2025 EWC

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Luigi Mangione is a gamer. What does that tell us?

Luigi Mangione is a gamer. What does that tell us?

There are limits to what you can learn about a person from the games they play.

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Exit Interview: Ryan Fairchild

Exit Interview: Ryan Fairchild

A former lawyer for esports athletes and content creators talks about stepping back from the job.

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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The mystery of the anonymous esports manifesto

The mystery of the anonymous esports manifesto

What is the Open Esports Initiative?

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Some notes on 'The internet looks right wing'

Some notes on 'The internet looks right wing'

Also: A 'young men go right wing' reading list

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
The internet looks right-wing

The internet looks right-wing

Why did young men swing toward Trump? I have (a shaky first draft of) a theory.

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
Concord's disappearing act

Concord's disappearing act

Sony's new FPS didn't need to be great. It needed to be free.

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
Why The Verge ignored Deadlock's quasi-embargo

Why The Verge ignored Deadlock's quasi-embargo

On the journalistic ethics of waving off a polite request from a billion dollar company

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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I'm going (more) independent (again)

I'm going (more) independent (again)

A mini postmortem for my Patreon with Jacob Wolf + what's next!

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Esports journalism's institutional memory problem

Esports journalism's institutional memory problem

A reader asks: I churned out of esports journalism. Can the next generation be helped?

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov