Adieu
After writing 11,296 stories for Kotaku I find myself at a loss for words as I write this, my last for the site.
Drive-By: Proof That Video Games Cause Violence
Video games do cause real life violence. I know this because after a half hour of playing Drive-By: Gang Warfare for the iPad at Crecente's request, I'm Google mapping his house and checking eBay for firearms.
Crecente's 1/10 Of A Second Colbert Report Appearance
Not only did my face manage to make it's way onto the The Colbert Report last night, as I slept, but it did so as the voice of the Twittersphere.
The Changing Face Of Games Journalism
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In this final season two episode of Players Only with Scott Steinberg, Crecente and Totilo join Oddworld's Lorne Lanning, Cliff Bleszinski, and many more as they discuss the evolution of games journalism.
Fairytale Fights Features Naked Man With A Sword
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Don't worry, the latest new character for Fairytale Fights isn't always a naked man with a sword. Sometimes he has an axe.
T-Rex Crecente Invades A Denver Magazine: 5280
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A few months back, Robert Sanchez, a talented writer formerly of the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post, hung-out with me in my lush jungle home offices to research a story about all things Crecente for 5280 Magazine.
Spot Crecente, Win Schwag
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This morning my family and I are kicking off a two-and-a-half week road trip that will have us traveling across a dozen states or so.
Crecente Pops Into the War Room
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I popped into ManiaTV Arcade's War Room show earlier this week to loom over the shoulders of their hosts and talk about the year in games and where we might be headed.
Here's Your Kotaku (Video) Podcast (Maybe)
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Here for your viewing is another little video experiment we're tinkering with. I know people have been wanting us to do a podcast for quite sometime. And I want to do a podcast, but frankly I hate how bloated they've become. Also, I really wanted to do something with video. Oh and I like shooting people and arguing.…
Where In The World Is Brian Crecente?
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San Francisco. That game would have been a whole lot shorter if they had just been upfront about things. I didn't even ask you guys a geography question! Crecente is out for the better part of this week, hopping between San Francisco and LA for various events with companies such as Electronic Arts, Sony, Ubisoft,…