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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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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
This fucking guy again?

This fucking guy again?

Dr Disrespect, who admitted to sending inappropriate DMs to a minor, is teasing a comeback

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Reporting critically in a cliquey environment

Reporting critically in a cliquey environment

A reader asks: I'm worried that writing negative stories will land me on a blacklist. Help!

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
The internet's a scary place. Where does Polygon fit in?

The internet's a scary place. Where does Polygon fit in?

Talking anger and slop with executive editor Matt Patches

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
I think I'm done with Xbox Game Pass

I think I'm done with Xbox Game Pass

"Don't make a girl a promise if you know you can't keep it."

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
Riot Games cancels Pool Party, unannounced Smash Bros. style fighting game

Riot Games cancels Pool Party, unannounced Smash Bros. style fighting game

A team of 70-80 employees was staffed to the project: a Melee-like platform fighter set in the League of Legends universe

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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Some notes on Dr Disrespect and 'Now they tell us'

Some notes on Dr Disrespect and 'Now they tell us'

Plus: A brief follow-up on 'POV your Valorant esports team is falling apart'

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
Now they tell us

Now they tell us

Why hasn't the press broken the Dr Disrespect Twitch ban story?

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
POV your Valorant esports team is falling apart

POV your Valorant esports team is falling apart

"This sucks. Like, I love Valorant, but I hate my job."

Mikhail Klimentov
Mikhail Klimentov
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