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Two years of ReaderGrev

Feb 24, 2025

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8 min read

Two years of ReaderGrev

Plus: How long should you play a game before writing about it?

‘A fat L for people who care about sportswashing’

Feb 18, 2025

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12 min read

‘A fat L for people who care about sportswashing’

Disappointment and apathy in the wake of Riot Games’ planned return to the Esports World Cup

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Exit Interview: Ryan Friend

Jan 7, 2025

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21 min read

Exit Interview: Ryan Friend

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

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Some notes on my Valorant and Esports World Cup coverage

Dec 31, 2024

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10 min read

Some notes on my Valorant and Esports World Cup coverage

A sort-of mini edition of How to Read Articles

Internal Esports World Cup document includes Valorant in 2025 event lineup

Dec 27, 2024

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7 min read

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

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

Dec 10, 2024

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10 min read

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.

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Exit Interview: Ryan Fairchild

Dec 6, 2024

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17 min read

Exit Interview: Ryan Fairchild

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

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The mystery of the anonymous esports manifesto

Nov 20, 2024

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16 min read

The mystery of the anonymous esports manifesto

What is the Open Esports Initiative?

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Some notes on 'The internet looks right wing'

Nov 13, 2024

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15 min read

Some notes on 'The internet looks right wing'

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

The internet looks right-wing

Nov 6, 2024

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11 min read

The internet looks right-wing

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

Concord's disappearing act

Sep 4, 2024

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10 min read

Concord's disappearing act

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

Why The Verge ignored Deadlock's quasi-embargo

Aug 16, 2024

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13 min read

Why The Verge ignored Deadlock's quasi-embargo

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

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